- Summary
- An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable experience.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- New York : A & E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, 2004
- Locale
- France
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
Africa, North
Germany
Japan
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
- Contents
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v. 1 A new Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; The making of the series
v. 2. Alone: May 1940-May 1941 ; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 ; Banzai !: Japan 1931-1942 ; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942
v. 3. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 ; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943
v. 4. Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough old gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires: Britain 1940-1944
v. 5. Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 ; Morning: June-August 1944 ; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945
v. 6. Genocide: 1941-1945 ; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan: 1941-45 ; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
v. 7. The bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember
v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; The two deaths of Adolf Hitler
v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace
v. 10. The final solution pt.1-pt.2
v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932-
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.
Junge, Gertraud.
Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976.
Hiss, Alger.
Thames Television, ltd.
FremantleMedia.
History Channel (Television network)
A & E Home Video (Firm)
New Video Group.
- Notes
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Originally broadcast as a television special in 1974.
Special features: the making of 'The world at war'; bonus documentary: "Secretary of Hitler"; documentary "The two deaths of Adolf Hitler"; documentary "Warrior"; documentary "Hitler's Germany: 1932-1939"; documentary "Hitler's Germany: 1939-1945"; documentary "The final solution"; documentary "From war to peace"; 30th anniversary feature-length retrospective film; biographies; timeline; gallery of photos from the Imperial War Museum collection.
v. 1 A new Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; The making of the series -- v. 2. Alone: May 1940-May 1941 ; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 ; Banzai !: Japan 1931-1942 ; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 -- v. 3. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 ; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943 -- v. 4. Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough old gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires: Britain 1940-1944 -- v. 5. Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 ; Morning: June-August 1944 ; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 -- v. 6. Genocide: 1941-1945 ; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan: 1941-45 ; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 -- v. 7. The bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember -- v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; The two deaths of Adolf Hitler -- v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace -- v. 10. The final solution pt.1-pt.2 -- v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war.
Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; interviews with: Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
