Crusade in the Pacific. Vol. 1.
Format:
Video disc
Title:
Crusade in the Pacific. Vol. 1.
Other title(s):
War classics
Publication Information:
[La Crosse, Wis.] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (300 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Film sources: U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Australian Government Information Service, British Information Service, New Zealand Army, Netherlands Information Service, March of Time, Newsreel Pool, captured Japanese film from U.S. National Archives and Office of Alien Property.
Contents:
Crusade in the Pacific -- Awakening in the Pacific -- Rise of the Japanese empire -- America goes to war in the Pacific -- U.S. and the Philippines -- Navy holds 1942 -- Guadalcanal, America's first offensive -- War in the north, the Aleutians -- Road back, New Guinea -- Up the Solomon's ladder--Bouganville -- Attack in the Central Pacific: Makin and Tarawa -- War at sea.
Summary:
This documentary covers the entire saga of World War II in the Pacific theatre, utilizing film footage shot by cameramen on both sides of the War, originally broadcast on television in 1951.
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