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The Resource The world at war, producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television

The world at war, producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television

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Summary
"An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants--from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines --and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable experience"--Container
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
11 videodiscs (approximately 1194 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced for television in 1974 ; bonus documentaries produced between 1974-2004
  • Bonus documentaries have note: "The world at war : a special presentation."
  • Special features include: disc 1: The making of the series ; disc 11: The history of 'The world at war' ; biographies ; gallery of photos from the Imperial War Museum collection. Discs 8-11 contain bonus documentaries, compiled from interviews and archive materials gathered for the series World at war
Contents
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • From war to peace
  • produced by Jerome Kuehl
  • (ca. 23 min. ; 1975?)
  • v. 10.
  • Final solution, pt. 1
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 95 min. ; 1975) Final solution, pt. 2
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 89 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 11.
  • Bonus documentary: The making of the series / Thames Television ;
  • Making the series (a 30th anniversary retrospective)
  • (ca. 123 min. ; 2004?)
  • Experiences of war
  • (ca. 58 min. ; 2004?) ; special features
  • director, Peter Tiffin
  • (ca. 48 min. ; 1989)
  • v. 2.
  • Alone : May 1940-May 1941
  • produced & directed by David Elstein ;
  • written by Laurence Thompson
  • Barbarossa : June-December 1941
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 1
  • Banzai! : Japan 1931-1942
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • On our way : U.S.A. 1939-1942
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 3.
  • Desert : North Africa 1940-1943
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • Stalingrad : June 1942-February 1943
  • directed by Hugh Ragget ;
  • written by Jerome Kuehl
  • A new Germany 1933-39
  • Wolf pack : U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944
  • produced & directed by Ted Childs ;
  • written by J.P.W. Mallalieu
  • Red star : the Soviet Union 1941-1943
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith ;
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • v. 4.
  • Whirlwind : bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944
  • produced & directed by Ted Childs ;
  • written by Charles Douglas Home
  • directed by Hugh Ragget;
  • Tough old gut : Italy November 1942-June 1944
  • produced by Ben Shephard ;
  • written by David Wheeler
  • It's a lovely day tomorrow : Burma 1942-1944
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by John Williams
  • Home fires : Britain 1940-1944
  • produced by Phillip Whitehead ;
  • written by Angus Calder--
  • v. 5.
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • Inside the Reich : Germany 1940-44
  • produced by Phillip Whitehead ;
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • Morning : June-August 1944
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by John Williams
  • Occupation : Holland 1940-1944
  • produced & directed by Michael Darlow ;
  • written by Charles Bloomberg
  • Pincers : August 1944-March 1945
  • Distant war : September 1939-May 1940
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 6.
  • Genocide : 1941-1945
  • produced & directed by Michael Darlow ;
  • written by Charles Bloomberg
  • Nemesis : Germany February-May 1945
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith ;
  • written by Stuart Hood
  • Japan : 1941-45
  • directed by Hugh Ragget ;
  • directed by David Elstein ;
  • written by Courtney Browne
  • Pacific : February 1942-July 1945
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by David Wheeler--
  • v. 7.
  • The bomb : February-September 1945
  • written & produced by David Elstein
  • Reckoning : 1945 ... and after
  • written & produced by Jerome Kuehl
  • Remember
  • written by Laurence Thompson
  • written & produced by Jeremy Issacs
  • v. 8. Bonus documentaries:
  • Hitler's Germany : the people's community 1933-1939
  • written by Jerome Kuehl ;
  • produced by Raye Farr
  • (ca. 74 min. ; 1976)
  • Hitler's Germany : total war 1939-1945
  • written by Jerome Kuehl ;
  • produced by Raye Farr
  • (ca. 76 min. ; 1976)
  • France falls : May-June 1940
  • y The two deaths of Adolf Hitler
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith
  • (ca. 46 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 9.
  • Secretary to Hitler
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 23 min. ; 1974)
  • Warrior
  • produced by Alan Afriat ;
  • (ca. 49 min. ; 1975)
Isbn
9780767065818
Instance
Label
The world at war
Title
The world at war
Statement of responsibility
producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants--from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines --and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable experience"--Container
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Cataloging source
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Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
World at war (Television program)
Credits note
Music, Carl Davis ; editor, Alan Afriat ... [et al.]
PerformerNote
Narrator, Laurence Olivier ; narrator (v. 8 & 10), Eric Porter ; interviews with Traudl Junge, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alger Hiss
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1932-
  • 1907-1989
  • 1928-1995
  • 1902-1976
  • 1936-
  • 1935-
  • 1931-
  • 1908-1980
  • 1939-
  • 1937-
  • 1948-
  • 1927-2011
  • 1934-
  • -1985
  • 1915-2011
  • 1915-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Isaacs, Jeremy
  • Olivier, Laurence
  • Porter, Eric
  • Junge, Gertraud
  • Fuchida, Mitsuo
  • Hiss, Alger
  • Davis, Carl
  • Afriat, Alan
  • Ragget, Hugh
  • Ascherson, Neal
  • Elstein, David
  • Thompson, Laurence
  • Batty, Peter
  • Tiffin, Peter
  • Kuehl, Jerome
  • Childs, Ted
  • Mallalieu, J. P. W.
  • Smith, Martin
  • Douglas-Home, Charles
  • Shephard, Ben
  • Wheeler, David
  • Pett, John
  • Williams, John
  • Whitehead, Phillip
  • Calder, Angus
  • Darlow, Michael
  • Bloomberg, Charles
  • Hood, Stuart
  • Browne, Courtney
  • Farr, Raye
  • Thames Television, ltd
  • Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
  • A & E Home Video (Firm)
  • New Video Group
Runtime
0
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
  • Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943
  • Genocide
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The world at war, producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced for television in 1974 ; bonus documentaries produced between 1974-2004
  • Bonus documentaries have note: "The world at war : a special presentation."
  • Special features include: disc 1: The making of the series ; disc 11: The history of 'The world at war' ; biographies ; gallery of photos from the Imperial War Museum collection. Discs 8-11 contain bonus documentaries, compiled from interviews and archive materials gathered for the series World at war
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • From war to peace
  • produced by Jerome Kuehl
  • (ca. 23 min. ; 1975?)
  • v. 10.
  • Final solution, pt. 1
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 95 min. ; 1975) Final solution, pt. 2
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 89 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 11.
  • Bonus documentary: The making of the series / Thames Television ;
  • Making the series (a 30th anniversary retrospective)
  • (ca. 123 min. ; 2004?)
  • Experiences of war
  • (ca. 58 min. ; 2004?) ; special features
  • director, Peter Tiffin
  • (ca. 48 min. ; 1989)
  • v. 2.
  • Alone : May 1940-May 1941
  • produced & directed by David Elstein ;
  • written by Laurence Thompson
  • Barbarossa : June-December 1941
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 1
  • Banzai! : Japan 1931-1942
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • On our way : U.S.A. 1939-1942
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 3.
  • Desert : North Africa 1940-1943
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • Stalingrad : June 1942-February 1943
  • directed by Hugh Ragget ;
  • written by Jerome Kuehl
  • A new Germany 1933-39
  • Wolf pack : U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944
  • produced & directed by Ted Childs ;
  • written by J.P.W. Mallalieu
  • Red star : the Soviet Union 1941-1943
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith ;
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • v. 4.
  • Whirlwind : bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944
  • produced & directed by Ted Childs ;
  • written by Charles Douglas Home
  • directed by Hugh Ragget;
  • Tough old gut : Italy November 1942-June 1944
  • produced by Ben Shephard ;
  • written by David Wheeler
  • It's a lovely day tomorrow : Burma 1942-1944
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by John Williams
  • Home fires : Britain 1940-1944
  • produced by Phillip Whitehead ;
  • written by Angus Calder--
  • v. 5.
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • Inside the Reich : Germany 1940-44
  • produced by Phillip Whitehead ;
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • Morning : June-August 1944
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by John Williams
  • Occupation : Holland 1940-1944
  • produced & directed by Michael Darlow ;
  • written by Charles Bloomberg
  • Pincers : August 1944-March 1945
  • Distant war : September 1939-May 1940
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 6.
  • Genocide : 1941-1945
  • produced & directed by Michael Darlow ;
  • written by Charles Bloomberg
  • Nemesis : Germany February-May 1945
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith ;
  • written by Stuart Hood
  • Japan : 1941-45
  • directed by Hugh Ragget ;
  • directed by David Elstein ;
  • written by Courtney Browne
  • Pacific : February 1942-July 1945
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by David Wheeler--
  • v. 7.
  • The bomb : February-September 1945
  • written & produced by David Elstein
  • Reckoning : 1945 ... and after
  • written & produced by Jerome Kuehl
  • Remember
  • written by Laurence Thompson
  • written & produced by Jeremy Issacs
  • v. 8. Bonus documentaries:
  • Hitler's Germany : the people's community 1933-1939
  • written by Jerome Kuehl ;
  • produced by Raye Farr
  • (ca. 74 min. ; 1976)
  • Hitler's Germany : total war 1939-1945
  • written by Jerome Kuehl ;
  • produced by Raye Farr
  • (ca. 76 min. ; 1976)
  • France falls : May-June 1940
  • y The two deaths of Adolf Hitler
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith
  • (ca. 46 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 9.
  • Secretary to Hitler
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 23 min. ; 1974)
  • Warrior
  • produced by Alan Afriat ;
  • (ca. 49 min. ; 1975)
Control code
55859339
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
11 videodiscs (approximately 1194 min.)
Isbn
9780767065818
Isbn Type
(v. 6)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Bowdoin lacks v.9-v.11
Other control number
  • 733961713756
  • 733961713763
  • 733961713770
  • 733961713787
  • 733961713794
  • 733961713800
  • 733961713817
  • 733961713824
Other physical details
sound, color and black and white
Publisher number
AAE 71374--AAE 71385
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The world at war, producer, Jeremy Issacs ; in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum ; Thames Television
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced for television in 1974 ; bonus documentaries produced between 1974-2004
  • Bonus documentaries have note: "The world at war : a special presentation."
  • Special features include: disc 1: The making of the series ; disc 11: The history of 'The world at war' ; biographies ; gallery of photos from the Imperial War Museum collection. Discs 8-11 contain bonus documentaries, compiled from interviews and archive materials gathered for the series World at war
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • From war to peace
  • produced by Jerome Kuehl
  • (ca. 23 min. ; 1975?)
  • v. 10.
  • Final solution, pt. 1
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 95 min. ; 1975) Final solution, pt. 2
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 89 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 11.
  • Bonus documentary: The making of the series / Thames Television ;
  • Making the series (a 30th anniversary retrospective)
  • (ca. 123 min. ; 2004?)
  • Experiences of war
  • (ca. 58 min. ; 2004?) ; special features
  • director, Peter Tiffin
  • (ca. 48 min. ; 1989)
  • v. 2.
  • Alone : May 1940-May 1941
  • produced & directed by David Elstein ;
  • written by Laurence Thompson
  • Barbarossa : June-December 1941
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 1
  • Banzai! : Japan 1931-1942
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • On our way : U.S.A. 1939-1942
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 3.
  • Desert : North Africa 1940-1943
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • Stalingrad : June 1942-February 1943
  • directed by Hugh Ragget ;
  • written by Jerome Kuehl
  • A new Germany 1933-39
  • Wolf pack : U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944
  • produced & directed by Ted Childs ;
  • written by J.P.W. Mallalieu
  • Red star : the Soviet Union 1941-1943
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith ;
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • v. 4.
  • Whirlwind : bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944
  • produced & directed by Ted Childs ;
  • written by Charles Douglas Home
  • directed by Hugh Ragget;
  • Tough old gut : Italy November 1942-June 1944
  • produced by Ben Shephard ;
  • written by David Wheeler
  • It's a lovely day tomorrow : Burma 1942-1944
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by John Williams
  • Home fires : Britain 1940-1944
  • produced by Phillip Whitehead ;
  • written by Angus Calder--
  • v. 5.
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • Inside the Reich : Germany 1940-44
  • produced by Phillip Whitehead ;
  • written by Neal Ascherson
  • Morning : June-August 1944
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by John Williams
  • Occupation : Holland 1940-1944
  • produced & directed by Michael Darlow ;
  • written by Charles Bloomberg
  • Pincers : August 1944-March 1945
  • Distant war : September 1939-May 1940
  • written & produced by Peter Batty
  • v. 6.
  • Genocide : 1941-1945
  • produced & directed by Michael Darlow ;
  • written by Charles Bloomberg
  • Nemesis : Germany February-May 1945
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith ;
  • written by Stuart Hood
  • Japan : 1941-45
  • directed by Hugh Ragget ;
  • directed by David Elstein ;
  • written by Courtney Browne
  • Pacific : February 1942-July 1945
  • produced & directed by John Pett ;
  • written by David Wheeler--
  • v. 7.
  • The bomb : February-September 1945
  • written & produced by David Elstein
  • Reckoning : 1945 ... and after
  • written & produced by Jerome Kuehl
  • Remember
  • written by Laurence Thompson
  • written & produced by Jeremy Issacs
  • v. 8. Bonus documentaries:
  • Hitler's Germany : the people's community 1933-1939
  • written by Jerome Kuehl ;
  • produced by Raye Farr
  • (ca. 74 min. ; 1976)
  • Hitler's Germany : total war 1939-1945
  • written by Jerome Kuehl ;
  • produced by Raye Farr
  • (ca. 76 min. ; 1976)
  • France falls : May-June 1940
  • y The two deaths of Adolf Hitler
  • produced & directed by Martin Smith
  • (ca. 46 min. ; 1975)
  • v. 9.
  • Secretary to Hitler
  • written & directed by Michael Darlow
  • (ca. 23 min. ; 1974)
  • Warrior
  • produced by Alan Afriat ;
  • (ca. 49 min. ; 1975)
Control code
55859339
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
11 videodiscs (approximately 1194 min.)
Isbn
9780767065818
Isbn Type
(v. 6)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Bowdoin lacks v.9-v.11
Other control number
  • 733961713756
  • 733961713763
  • 733961713770
  • 733961713787
  • 733961713794
  • 733961713800
  • 733961713817
  • 733961713824
Other physical details
sound, color and black and white
Publisher number
AAE 71374--AAE 71385
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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