Learning on ScreenWorld at War, The. Vol 3 (6 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Part 1: The Anglo-American advance from Sicily as the Big Three meet (producer Ben Shephard, writer David Wheeler).
Part 2: The Burma campaign. Depicts the differing Japanese and Western attitudes towards the jungle and illustrates the mixture of training and technology used in defeating the Japanese in the later phases of the war (producer/director John Pett, writer John Williams).
Part 3: Britain is bombed but not invaded: the civilians’ war (producer Phillip Whitehead, writer Angus Calder).
Part 4: Germany: the civilians’ war (producer Phillip Whitehead, writer neal Ascherson).
Part 5: D-Day and after (producer/director John Pett, writer John Williams).
Part 6: Occupied Europe: life in Holland under the Gestapo (producer/director Michael Darlow, writer Charles Bloomburg).
Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier; music by Carl Davis. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 6 x 52 min.
- Year of production
- 1973
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- Broadcast weekly on BBC2 beginning Monday 5 Sept 1994
The entire series is available on 11 videocassettes as a boxed set (ref. PTWAR 1) priced £74.99 or as a set of 11 DVDs (ref FHEDWAR) containing additional material, for £99.99. - Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- World War II
Credits
- Director
- John Pett; Michael Darlow
- Producer
- Ben Shephard; John Pett; Michael Darlow; Phillip Whitehead
- Writer
- Angus Calder; Charles Bloomburg; David Wheeler; John Williams; Neal Ascherson
- Contributor
- Carl Davis; Jeremy Isaacs; Noble Frankland
- Cast
Laurence Olivier
Sections
- Title
- Tough old gut
- Synopsis
- Part 1: The Anglo-American advance from Sicily as the Big Three meet (producer Ben Shephard, writer David Wheeler).
- Title
- It’s a lovely day tomorrow
- Synopsis
- Part 2: The Burma campaign. Depicts the differing Japanese and Western attitudes towards the jungle and illustrates the mixture of training and technology used in defeating the Japanese in the later phases of the war (producer/director John Pett, writer J
- Title
- Home fires
- Synopsis
- Part 3: Britain is bombed but not invaded: the civilians' war (producer Phillip Whitehead, writer Angus Calder).
- Title
- Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44
- Synopsis
- Part 4: Germany: the civilians' war (producer Phillip Whitehead, writer neal Ascherson).
- Title
- Morning
- Synopsis
- Part 5: D-Day and after (producer/director John Pett, writer John Williams).
- Title
- Occupation
- Synopsis
- Part 6: Occupied Europe: life in Holland under the Gestapo (producer/director Michael Darlow, writer Charles Bloomburg).
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
FremantleMedia Home Entertainment
- videodvd@fremantlemedia.com
- Web
- http://www.fremantlehomeentertainment.com/ External site opens in new window
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