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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: A&E HOME VIDEO
Fabric Type: 0733961209341
Graphics Memory Size: Color
Maximum Color Depth: A&E Home Video
Maximum Focal Length: EnglishOriginal Language
Metal Type: A&E Home Video
Pearl Type: 209340
Processor Count: 2
Publisher: 2
Total Firewire Ports: A&E Home Video
Total Parallel Ports: January 26, 2010
Total S Video Out Ports: 470 minutes
A&E Home Video
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 01/19/2010
Amazon.com:
At first glance, the very concept of WWII in HD seems like an oxymoron. After all, isn't the footage from back then nothing more than grainy black-and-white newsreel? And really, how much definition can be added to film that was shot more than 60 years ago? The answers: no, and quite a lot, actually. The quality of much of what is seen in the course of these 10 episodes (each around 45 minutes long) is surprisingly good. Add to that the fact that most of it is in color (not colorized, but originally recorded in that medium, some at the behest of the United States government), and the result is nothing short of astonishing. It's not easy viewing; there are sequences that are shockingly graphic (vivid examples include the carnage on view after major battles and the shots of Japanese civilians on the Pacific island of Saipan hurling themselves off cliffs to avoid capture by American troops). But all of it has been put to good use in what is undoubtedly one of the most compelling accounts of World War II ever produced.
Other documentaries have chronicled the same events seen here, from the earliest days of the war (when Hitler was overrunning Europe and the ill-prepared Americans were still years away from becoming involved), through Pearl Harbor, the major confrontations with the Japanese in the Pacific theater (like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the incomparably bloody Iwo Jima) and with the Germans in Europe and North Africa (the invasion of Tunisia, D-day, the Battle of the Bulge), and straight on to victory in Europe and finally the Japanese surrender after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But what separates WWII in HD is the filmmakers' decision to view these events through the experiences of a dozen individuals who were actually there, including a couple of war correspondents (one of whom, Richard Tregaskis, was the author of the seminal Guadalcanal Diary); an Austrian immigrant who escaped the Nazis and almost immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army; a nurse with General George Patton's Third Army; an African-American pilot who was one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen; a Japanese-American medic who fought heroically while his family was held in an internment camp; and others from the rank and file. All of them are voiced by such actors as Rob Lowe, Amy Smart, Steve Zahn, Josh Lucas, and LL Cool J; and with Gary Sinise providing voice-over narration, the whole piece comes off as a dramatic film as much as a straight documentary (an effect also enhanced by some brilliantly creative juxtapositions of words, images, and music). Not all of these men and women made it through the war (those still alive also appear in on-camera interviews), but none could ever forget the horrors they witnessed, and while those of us who did not serve will never really comprehend the sacrifices they made, this remarkable program may be as close as we can get. --Sam Graham
Average Rating: 
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This is a Great combination of WWII history. Great Movie for anyone who likes History and the Excitement, and Action Movies.
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I'm still watching my way through these discs but they are amazing. The color film is wonderfully restored and the tales of the soldiers and medics involved is an excellent backdrop to the footage. This is not for the faint of heart as there is a harsh reality of war displayed of not just dead soldiers but civilians. This is the kind of movies that our young americans to see so they can understand the sacrifices and maybe learn a little humility along the way!
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A compelling, heart wrenching video experience with amazing footage. History will never be forgotten. I'm glad to have seen this series.
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Great piece of filming.
It really shows how these individuals scoured through all the archives and old films of WWII to get these
pictures.
If you are a true WWII buff you will appreciate all the work to bring this series about the two wars together.
Thanks again
Sam Riffel
Rating:  -
It's OK, but it bounces back and forth too much between the war in the Pacific and the war in Europe. It gets confusing at times.
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