Great battles of the Pacific : [Pearl Harbor to final victory]
Publication Information
Chicago, IL : Questar Inc., c2001.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (4 hrs.) : sd., b&w with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
From Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender on the battleship Missouri, these archival films take the viewer through the epic Pacific battles of World War II.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Videodisc release of the 2001 production.
Not rated.
Special features include: 14 critical battles ; map of the battles ; crystal clear digital picture and sound ; detailed chaptering lets you jump to your favorite scenes.
Contents
- Volume one (1941-43). Attack and counterattack: Pearl Harbor ; Battle of Midway ; The Solomons ; Tarawa ; The Burma road
- Volume two (1944-45). Victory in the Pacific: Saipan & Tinian ; Peleliu & Anguar ; The battle of Leyte Gulf ; Return to the Philippines ; Iwo Jima ; Okinawa.
Subjects
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
- Midway, Battle of, 1942.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Solomon Islands.
- Tarawa, Battle of, 1943.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Burma.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
- Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Japan > Okinawa Island.
- Documentary films.
- Historical films.
- Philippines > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.