The World At War and December 7th - DVD

The World At War and December 7th - DVD

See the events that brought the U.S. into the war. Brigadier General Stanley M. Ulanoff, a widely decorated military historian who served with the Counterintelligence Corps in Europe during World War II, introduces these gripping documentary films.

The World at War

The events between 1931 and 1941 that drew the U.S. inexorably into war are shown in dramatic detail, starting with the Japanese incursion into Manchuria and ending with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Newsreel and captured enemy footage also highlight the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, Hitler's plan for world domination and, most chilling of all, an American Nazi Party rally at Madison Square Garden.

December 7th

At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, which FDR called "a date which will live on in infamy," the Japanese began an air attack that devastated the Pacific fleet and took the lives of 2,343 servicemen. Since few cameras were actually present during the surprise attack, Lt. Cmdr. John Ford skillfully blends historic action with studio shots in this ACADEMY AWARD-winning look at the day's events.