World War II: The Memphis Belle, Thunderbolt, To the Shores of Iwo Jima and This is Guadalcanal, World at War
March 29, 2010World War II: The Memphis Belle, Thunderbolt, To the Shores of Iwo Jima and This is Guadalcanal, World at War
Call Number: VHS01081
by United States. Office of War Information.; Front Row Entertainment;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Edison, NJ : Front Row Entertainment, [1995], ©1994.
Notes: Four tape set (181 min.)
Chapters: The Memphis Belle (45 min.): Focuses on the final combat mission of a single 8th Air Force B-17 and says much about why the war was fought. Follows the plane from England to Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Thunderbolt (50 min.):Tells about the 57th Fighter Group which participated in Operation Strangle in Italy in 1944 while flying the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber from bases in Corsica. Includes introduction by Jimmy Stewart.
To the Shores of Iwo Jima and This is Guadalcanal (41 min. Black & White and Color): The battle for two of the key strongholds in the South Pacific
World at War (45 min. Black & White): Traces the trend toward war during the decade of 1931-1941, showing the events in Asia and Europe from the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
OCLC #: 299191949, 33419545, 33419054, 33419409
Added: March 29, 2010
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
