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WWII in HD-History Channel
Posted on 11/15/09 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 11/15/09 at 5:43 pm
Starts at 8 tonight.
Here's hoping all this recycled/remastered footage doesn't suck.
Here's hoping all this recycled/remastered footage doesn't suck.
This post was edited on 11/15/09 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 11/15/09 at 5:51 pm to offshoreangler
frick yes thanks for the reminder. Ive been wantin to see this for a while.
Posted on 11/15/09 at 5:59 pm to offshoreangler
What is the story with this show? I just set the DVR for it because WWII stuff really interests me. Is it just a running series that goes through the entire war a little time per episode?
Posted on 11/15/09 at 6:29 pm to DestrehanTiger
Gracias. I watch The World at War while studying WW2 history. This should be cool
Posted on 11/15/09 at 6:50 pm to DestrehanTiger
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What is the story with this show? I just set the DVR for it because WWII stuff really interests me. Is it just a running series that goes through the entire war a little time per episode?
Per their webiste:
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WWII in HD is the first-ever World War II documentary presented in full, immersive HD color. Culled from thousands of hours of lost and rare color archival footage gathered from a worldwide search through basements and archives, WWII in HD will change the way the world sees this defining conflict. Using footage never before seen by most Americans--converted to HD for unprecedented clarity--viewers will experience the war as if they were actually there, surrounded by the real sights and sounds of the battlefields. Along the way they'll meet a diverse group of soldiers whose wartime diaries and journals show in visceral detail what the war was really like.
This visually astonishing landmark series presents the story of World War II through the eyes of 12 Americans who experienced the war firsthand. Viewers will hear the story of Army nurse June Wandrey, who served from the beginning of the war in North Africa to the liberation of the camps in Germany. They will meet Shelby Westbrook, a young African American from Toledo, who became a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen; Jimmie Kanaya, the son of Japanese immigrants, who served in the U.S. Army and was imprisoned in Europe; and Jack Werner, a Jewish émigré who escaped from Austria before the war and wound up fighting not against Hitler and the hated Nazis, but in the Pacific Theater.
Posted on 11/15/09 at 8:10 pm to offshoreangler
I'm DVRing the ABSOLUTE frick out of this right now.
Posted on 11/15/09 at 8:16 pm to offshoreangler
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WWII in HD is the first-ever World War II documentary presented in full, immersive HD color.
LINK
Smithsonian Channel kinda of says other wise
Posted on 11/15/09 at 8:22 pm to geauxlsu07
Didn't know this was on. I just set the DVR. Is this based on the Euro or Pacific campaign? Army, Navy or Marines?
Posted on 11/15/09 at 8:24 pm to LSUlefty
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Didn't know this was on. I just set the DVR. Is this based on the Euro or Pacific campaign? Army, Navy or Marines?
Both theaters, most major campaigns, all branches of service I think.
So far, it's pretty good. I'm a huge history buff and have seen just about every documentary out there on WWII. Some of this footage is damn good.
This post was edited on 11/15/09 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 11/15/09 at 8:55 pm to offshoreangler
hitler's mustache looking epic in hd.
what type of landing craft were used at Guadalcanal?
what type of landing craft were used at Guadalcanal?
Posted on 11/15/09 at 9:02 pm to Coon
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Japanese corpses looking epic in hd.
Posted on 11/15/09 at 9:06 pm to offshoreangler
Is this as awesome as it sounds?
Posted on 11/15/09 at 9:10 pm to UnluckyTiger
It's 5 episodes? Just on Sundays or the rest of the week?
Posted on 11/15/09 at 9:10 pm to UnluckyTiger
Jumps around a lot following more than one person's version of the war while still trying to paint the big picture for the viewer.
This post was edited on 11/15/09 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 11/15/09 at 9:12 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Is this as awesome as it sounds?
yes
Posted on 11/15/09 at 9:19 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Is this as awesome as it sounds?
i know a decent bit about ww2 but i wouldn't call myself a buff. that being said, this is AWESOME. it's like a movie that i keep having to remind myself this is actual footage.
This post was edited on 11/15/09 at 9:19 pm
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