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World War II was unique in thousands of ways, one of which was the unparalleled scope of the Axis and Allies' visual documentation of their activities. As a result, this war is understood as much through written histories as it is through its powerful images. The Nazis were remarkably thorough in recording even their most abhorrent atrocities--in an impressive amount of color footage. The World at War was one of the first television documentaries to exploit these resources so completely, giving viewers an unbelievable visual guide to the greatest event in the 20th century. This is to say nothing of the excellent, comprehensible narrative. Some highlights include early German and Nazi documentation of Hitler's rise to power through the impending attack on Poland in volume 1; the early British losses in the blitz in the skies over Britain and in North Africa in volume 12; the turning point of the war and Germany's first defeat in volume 13; one of the most fascinating documentaries of life inside Nazi Germany, from Lebensborn to the Hitler Youth, in volume 16; an unromanticized view of the Normandy invasion (unprecedented until Saving Private Ryan) in volume 17; one of the most widely shown introductions to the Holocaust in volume 18; an important look into wartime Japan and its expansion (although early 20th-century history that lead to Japan's role in World War II is superficial) in volume 22; and another widely seen documentary of the Manhattan Project, the Enola Gay, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki in volume 24.
The World at War will remain the definitive visual history of World War II, analogous to Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. No serious historian should exclude The World at War from their collection, and no student should leave school without having seen at least some of its salient episodes. Rarely is film so essential. --Erik J. Macki
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Ted Childs, Martin Smith (VII), David Elstein |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Black & White, NTSC |
| TYPE: | War Documentaries |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 13 |
| UPC: | 026359020636 |
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Customer Reviews of World at War Vols. 14-26
Top Shelf Reminded me of sitting in the T.V. room with Dad on Saturday's when i was a kid. He loved all of these segments. I too found this collection to be a treasure of memories watching t.v. with dad. As far as a factual acount of history. You couldn't ask for a more indepth coverage of the years of WWII. It is a must have.
Had to watch it at school and have hunted it down ever since
This is the most remarkable synthesis of entertainment, documentary and soul searching in one program. The consistency between all 26 episodes illustrates why many consider this the greatest documentary series of all time.
the empathetic view of the human consquences of the war, for victor and loser hides Issacs passionate views very neatly. While the revolutionary glueing of real film, real players and historical perspective make this a unique, once in history event. Many of the views an opininions about WW II are totally formed around this masterpiece
detailed chronolgy / analysis of world war II the best by fa
The best World War II documentary series by far! Very expensive but worth it!!! Black and white original cuts with Sir Lawrence Olivier documenting and narrating.