1 posted on
07/06/2007 2:01:11 PM PDT by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
Absolutely. One of the most remarkable pieces of documentary film ever made. It goes on and on but is facinating throughout.
To: Lorianne
One of the only, if not the only, tv shows my father insisted all us kids watch.
3 posted on
07/06/2007 2:03:43 PM PDT by
Spruce
To: Lorianne
I remember when it aired nightly in the 1970s.
It is available on DVD today I believe with some expanded materials.
4 posted on
07/06/2007 2:08:38 PM PDT by
weegee
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5 posted on
07/06/2007 3:46:15 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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Images of the Italian mountains in 1944 drive home the madness of the Allied decision to fight a campaign up their entire length, in territory so perfectly suited to German defence.
The idea of attacking the "soft underbelly of Europe" was pushed, hard, by Churchill, part of the critical contribution made by the British in defeating the Axis. ;')
6 posted on
07/06/2007 3:50:24 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: Lorianne
Carl Davis's theme music for this show was one of the very best things he ever wrote. It's in A-flat minor (7 flats), and just when you think it is going to resolve in the major key, he turns and slams you with a minor key cadence.
It's a devastating ending.
8 posted on
07/06/2007 3:52:22 PM PDT by
Publius
(A = A)
To: Lorianne
When I think of Laurence Olivier, I think of “The World at War” over his movies. Amazing documentary series. The episode on The Battle of Stalingrad was the highlight.
12 posted on
07/06/2007 4:56:10 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Lorianne
...the series opens amid the ruins of the French village of Oradour-Sur-Glane, to this day preserved as a memorial, exactly as it was on the June day in 1944 when it was visited by men of the 2nd SS Panzer Division, the Das Reich. www.oradour.info/
13 posted on
07/06/2007 6:17:13 PM PDT by
uglybiker
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Last milhist ping for the day...have a great weekend, everybody.
15 posted on
07/06/2007 7:51:28 PM PDT by
indcons
(My 2-step solution to stopping terrorism: defuse the bombs; deport the muslims.)
To: Lorianne
Now you've done it.
I've got the theme music running through my head and it won't leave! AIEEEEE!!!
Full Disclosure: I grew up on that show, being a WW II buff from a young age.
Cheers!
17 posted on
07/06/2007 8:26:51 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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To: Lorianne
Probably the best documentary ever produced, followed by Victory at Sea in close second place. I’ve got the soundtrack on CD and listen to it at work. Powerful and moving!
To: Lorianne
An excellent write up concerning the World at War series. Absolutely the best WW II documentary of all times, bar none. And all 26 hours are worth watching.
24 posted on
07/08/2007 7:26:23 AM PDT by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Lorianne
That was a good series, I remember whne WOR-TV From New York aired it (we had it on our cable system) in the late 1970’s when I was 11 or 12. First time I really saw graphic pics and film of the Holocaust, it really put a lot of fear in me. I have a few tapes of it myself.
26 posted on
07/08/2007 10:32:54 AM PDT by
Nowhere Man
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