Summary
In this provocative, thorough examination of the final months of World War II, American Experience looks at the escalation of bloodletting from the vantage point of both the Japanese and the Americans.
Contents
Special features: Target Tokyo (22 min.) / a production of the First Motion Picture Unit, Army Air Forces ; narrator, Ronald Reagan ; photographed by Army Air Forces camerman. [1945]. This film looks at the B-29's first missionBomb and the end of the war (13 min.).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945
-- Campaigns
-- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. :PBS Home Video ;2005 Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | American experience (Television program) |
| Contributors |
Hoyt, Austin.
Martin, Melissa. Bellows, Susan. Grimberg, Sharon. Samels, Mark. Stiers, David Ogden. Goldfarb, Kippy. Haydu, Peter. Horn, Paul. McCarthy, Stephen. Neuburger, Jon. Lattanzi, Bill, 1956- Bacon, Michael, 1948- Nishimura, Mikiko. Austin Hoyt Productions. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) PBS Home Video. Paramount Home Video (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Narrator, David Ogden Stiers. Voice-overs, Kippy Goldfarb, Peter Haydu, Paul Horn. |
| Other Contributors |
Photography, Stephen McCarthy ; editor, Bill Lattanzi, Jon Neuburger ; composer, Michael Bacon ; translation, Mikiko Nishimura. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Language |
English Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Originally broadcast on the television series, American Experience. "Enhanced for 16x9 television"--Container. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (1 hr, 52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1415712301 |
| Other | Classic View |