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Infamy: 1919-1942

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Battlefronts: 1942-1944

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Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day

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Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

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The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

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200355m10.0

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Infamy: 1919-1942

Season 1 · Episode 1 · Feb 12, 2003

Opening 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 up to the outbreak of the Second World War, through the Nazi invasion of Poland that triggered Britain's and France's declaration of war on Germany, to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are life in Depression-era America; huge Nazi rallies in pre-war Germany; the sinking of a British merchant ship six weeks into the war and the rescue effort mounted by a passing American vessel; civilian refugees streaming along the roads of occupied France; the devastation at Pearl Harbor as photographed by a Navy film unit working for Hollywood director John Ford; and the U.S. victory over the Japanese at Midway—the decisive sea battle of the Pacific war.

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The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

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200355m10.0

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Infamy: 1919-1942

Season 1 · Episode 1 · Feb 12, 2003

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