The war.

The war. a world without war

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Episode seven: March 1945-December 1945. A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific - Okinawa. In August, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nag...

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Corporate Authors: American Lives II Film Project, LLC, Florentine Films, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), PBS Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Botstein, Sarah, Ward, Geoffrey C., Burns, Ken, 1953-, Novick, Lynn, David, Keith, Hanks, Tom, Lucas, Josh, Cannavale, Bobby, Jackson, Samuel L., Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014, Arkin, Adam, Conway, Kevin, Holtz, Rebecca, McCormick, Carolyn, Wahlberg, Robert
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, 2007
Series:The war.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work.
City dwellers > Effects of war on > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
United States > History > 1933-1945.
Nonfiction films.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Episode seven: March 1945-December 1945. A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific - Okinawa. In August, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese, too, surrender. Millions return home, to try to learn how to live in a world without war.
Item Description:Title from set container and disc 6 label. Subtitle on container: In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941-1945.
Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007.
Episode seven of a seven-episode series tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Special features: Exclusive deleted scenes; additional interviews; educational resources.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Audience:TV-14; disturbing content, violence.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.
ISBN:141572749X (set)
9781415727492 (set)

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