| Location |
AV-3F |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
DVD-0069 |
| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - BBC Worldwide Limited
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| Title Statement |
- Title - World War II collection
- Remainder of title - : horror in the East
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Iriye, Akira; Harris, Sheldon; Tanaka, Yuki and others [writers and producers] : Barrett, Sean and West, Samuel [narrators]
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - London:
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - BBC Worldwide Limited,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2005.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 2 digital videodiscs (approx. 210 mins):
- Other physical details - sd., col., ;
- Dimensions - 4 3/4 in.
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| Content Type |
- Content type term - two-dimensional moving image
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - videodisc
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| Digital File Characteristics |
- File type - video file
- Encoding format - DVD
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Turning Against the West--Death Before Surrender--The Forgotten Volunteers--Burma the Forgotten War
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Turning Against the West--
Using Japanese archive footage and interviews with both prisoners and their guards, this film investigates why, having treated their POW's comparatively well during World War I, their attitudes had altered so dramatically by World War II.;---
Death Before Surrender--
Conclusion of a two-part documentary on Japan at war, examining why, when the Second World War turned against Japan, so many Japanese soldiers chose death rather than surrender. Archive footage and interviews with veterans form a comprehensive portrait of a nation in crisis, revealing how Japan's inability to surrender would have terrible consequences for all the countries touched by the war in the East.;---
The Forgotten Volunteers--
This programme investigates the fate of the two-and-a-half million Indians who fought for Britain during the Second World War. It looks at how they were forgotten by Britain, and disowned by India after the war and faced racism and prejudice. ;---
Burma: The Forgotten War--
Valiant efforts by British and Empire troops, mainly Indian, left a country that soon gained independence and with it, military dictatorship. The Allied victory (because there was some U.S. involvement) was, whatever the ultimate fate of Burma, 'a truly great feat of arms'. In his giant canvas of battles and Japanese atrocities, of Kohima and the infamous Burma-Thailand railway, Mr Latimer never loses track of individual soldiers and civilians. This not only gives a very human touch to his story of ultimate victory wrenched form initial disaster but provides a structure that holds the vast story together.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Asia
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| Index Termgenre/form |
- Genre/form data or focus term - Documentary films
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Iriye, Akira
- Dates associated with a name - 1934-
- Personal name - Harris, Sheldon
- Dates associated with a name - 1928-2002
- Personal name - Tanaka, Yuki
- Dates associated with a name - 1949-
- Personal name - Barrett,Sean
- Dates associated with a name - 1940-
- Personal name - West, Samuel
- Dates associated with a name - 1966-
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