For discussions on prior parts of “The War”
URL for thread on Part 1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1901006/posts?page=1
URL for thread on Part 2 (Monday 9-24-07)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901629/posts
and to check for airing times of “The War” on local PBS stations...
URL to check listing for local PBS stations:
http://www.pbs.org/thewar/broadcast_schedule.htm
DO BE FOREWARNED:
One poster on the West Coast last night said that when they tuned into
their PBS station...SEAN PENN was on the air!
So, maybe put your welder glasses on and turn down the volume in
case your local station is putting somebody like Sean Penn on...”for balance”.
You have been warned!
On at leasst some PBS stations, each part of “The War” has been rebroadcast,
i.e., here in Mid-Missouri, Part 1 aired at 7PM Central, then was rebroadcast
at 9PM.
This might help late-arrivers or folks with VCRs.
I’ve only seen a couple of Ken Burns doc*s but what i did see i liked the Civil War was a good one i thought and i can’t remember the other one i think it was about a great flood here in the U.S. somewhere ...
Burns may be a bit PC at times, but imo thusfar the documentary has been both well done and fair. ....and he leaves no doubt whatsoever about who the good guys were. The footage from Guadalcanal was tremendous. Tonight I suspect we'll see some footage of P-51 Mustangs taking on the Luftwaffe while escorting B-17s in their daytime bomb over Germany.
last heads-up bump before Part 3 airs...
but VOA will be back later!
I give it a 9.
My dad was an Aviation Machinists Mate,never talked about it,found that out in a news clip when my Parents were engaged.
OOPS...let’s do the time-warp again!
Yes, Part 3 is airing tonight, TUESDAY September 25, 2007!!!
Sorry to bother you...IF you can do it AND have time, please correct my
typo on the date of the title for this thread! AS VOA GOOFED and didn’t
put the proper date of 9-25-07 in the title!
If you can fix it without too much bother...
Thanks In Advance!
Thread Title should read:
“The War” (by Ken Burns) Part 3 of 7; Airing on PBS @ 7PM Central 9-25-07
I’ll be watching. Dad entered the army in the fall of 1943. Served in New Guinea and Luzon. 760th FA BN - attached to the 191st HQ. He took part in of the occupation of Japan.
Funny, my son is stationed in Japan now.
According to my local TV listings (Texas—Central Time), the program begins at 8 pm not 7 pm.
Too much attention paid to the status of Japanese and Black Americans During the war. Yes of course, it was horrendous and shameful in retrospect; but somehow it seems out of place and jarring in this Documentary.
The treatment of minorities during WWII may have been best left to a Doc dedicated that to that subject alone. Maybe not—I don’t know.
Overall, the more I watch, the more I think it doesn’t quite congeal. He’s trying to do too much — oscillating between war theaters and the conditions at home.
My son called me about 15 mins ago and said Ma- you want to know what war’s like- turn this on...
I can’t believe I didn’t know it was on..but I knew FR would have a thread..
Has it been this good all night?
Is it just me, or does the female voice narrating the photos seem weird? Do you think it could be a “mistake”. Last night’s program had no such narration.
Those 88’s were murder.
OK,
Part 4 tomorrow night: D-Day
(I do like the Band of Brothers’ label “The Day of Days”)
The first two nights were good, but tonight we are being punished with liberal guilt. I understand we had internment camps and segregation....report it and move on. Tonight has been 20% history and 80% lib hand wringing.