The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
This four-hour series narrated by Martin Sheen captures America's wartime experience through original color film footage and compelling passages from diaries and letters. Rare color footage-much of it never before publicly screened-presents a vivid and intimate portrait of life on the battlefield and on the U.S. home front.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Infamy: 1919-1942
12-02-200355mOpening with some of the earliest color motion picture images ever filmed-of a victory parade in Paris at the end of World War I-this episode takes viewers from the years leading u...
- Ep 2
2.Battlefronts: 1942-1944
12-02-200355mThe second episode focuses on the years 1942 to 1944, from the massive buildup of America's military and industrial capabilities to preparations for D-Day. Among the many images ca...
- Ep 3
3.Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day
19-02-200355mThe third episode focuses on the European theater during the months between D-Day, in June 1944, and V-E Day, in May 1945. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are the s...
- Ep 4
4.Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945
19-02-200355mThe series concludes by covering America's efforts to win the war in the Pacific. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are U.S. troops staging a dawn landing on tiny but...
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