The untold story of Japanese-American soldiers who valiantly fought for freedom around the world while battling prejudice at home. Hosted by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye and narrated by George Takei (Star Trek), this documentary honors the heroes who grew out of this climate of hate and injustice.
From PBS Home Video. The story of the war's most concentrated aerial attack on London in 1941 and how the city nearly perished under the German barrage.
Mark Arnett starts this award winning independent film with a simple goal: Make a documentary about WWII for people, like himself, who don't like documentaries. He wants to tell the story of his father's World War II experience to the spoiled, pretentious, and ungrateful baby boomer generation that he belongs to.
Ken Burns has definitely succeeded in breaking new ground, exploring in depth the effect of the war on common Americans, and not just the soldiers of The Greatest Generation that fought it. As the narration says at the beginning, "The war affected people in every house, on every street in every town in America."
Captivating documentary series takes an in-depth look at WWII through the eyes of the soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using archival footage – most of it previously unseen and now colorized.
From BBC Video: A tyrant responsible for the death of millions, Stalin also had some unlikely relationships during the Second World War. Not just with leaders of the great democracies like Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, but also with Hitler and the Nazis.
From the History Channel.
• Third Reich: The Rise (2hr)
• Third Reich: The Fall (2hr)
Rare and never-before-seen amateur footage tells the epic story of the Third Reich as it's never been told before: through the eyes of the people who lived it.
From the History Channel.
Using cutting-edge computer technology, unearthed archival film, and eyewitness testimony, this documentary offers a comprehensive analysis of the incredible face-off that stunned the world.
This classic documentary series, The Road to WWII, follows the events that inevitably sparked World War II, capturing the drama, the excitement and the juxtapositions of these crucial years between the end of World War I and Pearl Harbor.
Released July 2, 2013, by National Geographic. In this compelling three-part mini-series, the confusion and chaos is explained by those who were there to witness it in extraordinary stories laced with heroes, villains, tragedy and triumph.
From the History Channel: a comprehensive and intimate survey of this epic war featuring nearly 30 of its greatest World War II documentaries, each packed with original archival footage, interviews with military experts and historians, and gripping reenactments.
More than 30 years after its initial broadcast, THE WORLD AT WAR remains the definitive visual history of WWII. Digitally re-mastered for DVD, this is epic history at its absolute best. Includes 12 hours of bonus material and 3 hours of new material.
From the History Channel.
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.