War In The Pacific (DVD)

Homefront DVD in Colour. World War 2 In Colour

Advantages: Interesting to see colour footage
Disadvantages: None, really

This DVD is part of the History Channel World War II in Colour. It is the story (shown in colour) of how the people of the USA and Britain coped on the homefront, whilst the service personnel of both countries were away fighting against the Axis countries in what must have seemed like the four corners of the globe. The Atlantic, the Pacific, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the far East, Australasia, and so forth. The first chapter of the DVD is entitled "making do." Because the programme was created for the American audience, it begins not at the start of the homefront in Britain, but with the homefront in America, which was basically created only when Pearl Harbour was attacked by the Japanese. Suddenly, America new what it was like to face a relentless enemy who seemed implacable and incapable ...

Martinscholes 27.12.2005 · Read full review
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World War Two in Colour, Face to Face

Advantages: Well put together programme
Disadvantages: Featured only American troops

and we see foot patrols, in the South Pacific battle zones. Some of the footage is so crystal clear with such perfect colour that it could have been shot yesterday, rather than during the middle of the last century. The use of footage filmed at the time, and the reading of extracts from contemporary letters from the soldiers who were serving in that particular "theatre of war" is a very good device to tell the story of how the American GIs suffered as they battled against the military forces of the Japanese empire. Some of the scenes are quite harrowing, including one where an Okinawan civilian woman, so indoctrinated by her government about what the American troops would do to her, that she would rather leap to her death from a high cliff so although the DVD is "Exempt" from classification, you might not want some younger children to ...

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World War 2 In Colour, Air War

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. World War 2 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 World War 2 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 World War 2 was often not much fun. The programme shows how dangerous and how short the life of an air ...

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