Advantages: Genuine footage Disadvantages: How the Amercians won the war
Of all the branches of the armed services of probably pretty much any country the air force is probably seen as one of the most glamorous, or perhaps even the most glamorous.
WorldWar2 In Colour, Air War, tells the true story (shown with actual live colour footage, filmed by combat cameramen) of the real story of the fighting aircraft of WorldWar2 and of their brave and dedicated aircrew and equally brave and dedicated ground support staff who, at great risk to themselves, kept the aircraft serviceable and fighting against the enemy Axis forces.
The image of the airman, smartly dressed in his flying suit, and flying free above the earth was only a small part of it. A very small part of it. For being an air combatant during WorldWar2 was often not much fun.
The programme shows how dangerous and how short the life of an air ...
Advantages: Interesting to see colour footage Disadvantages: None, really
from 1930s Germany. And some examples of the evil propaganda films used by the Nazis during that time.
The programme then gave a rapid run through of how Germany and German civilians coped with the turning tide of WorldWarII, when the Germanwar machine crumbled, collapsed and fell.
American combat cameramen filmed the death camps (these films are shown in the programme) and the narrator (with a hint of a sneer in his voice) pointed out that "German civilians professed ignorance of the camps frightful work". (Incidentally, I knew a woman who, as a young girl, had been a very lowly placed civil servant in the Reichstag. She told me that she had had no idea of the existence of the death camps. And I have no reason to doubt her word.)
Allied troops forced German civilians to look at the camps and to dig graves there.
The film ...
Advantages: DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS. Disadvantages: NONE
i know strictly speaking this review is only for volume 2 but as i did not buy the box set and got the world at war in 5 seperate parts. I have combined my review.
THE WORLD AT WARDVD COLLECTION
This is the definitive collection of documentaries from WWII. Coming to us more than 30 years after it was initially broadcast. It is narrated by academy award winner, Sir Lawrence Olivier.
I bought all 5 volumes from retrowarez-promotions on ebay. Priced at £6.79 each with £2 postage.
Volume 1 runs for 417 minutes, and features archival footage from 1933-1942 doocumenting the rise of the Nazis in Germany. And the start of the war. It also includes the making of. And more.
Volume 2 features archival footage fro 1939 ?1944 and documents the Russian victories and the bombing raids in England. It runs for 432 minutes. And more ...
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Product details
Genre
Documentaries & Biographies - Military Documentary - Air
Classification
Exempt
Plot
The Stuka dive bomber created terror as its sirens wailed before releasing bombs on Europe from 1939 onwards. Although designed to help ground operations it was always to be found with the army as 'flying artillery'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ARTSMAGIC
Release date
16/02/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
ATDVD 1094
Barcode
5025682210948
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interactive Menus, Previews, Test Your Knowledge
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital English
DVD Description
A documentary covering the deadly Stuka bomber that was used to great effect by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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