The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

2003 1 Seasons ⭐ 10.0
Documentary War & Politics

This four-hour series narrated by Martin Sheen captures America's wartime experience through original color film footage and compelling passages from diaries and letters. Rare color footage-much of it never before publicly screened-presents a vivid and intimate portrait of life on the battlefield and on the U.S. home front.

Seasons

No image
1. Infamy: 1919-1942

2003-02-12

Opening with some of the earliest color motion picture images ever filmed-of a victory parade in Paris at the end of World War I-this episode takes viewers from the years leading …

No image
2. Battlefronts: 1942-1944

2003-02-12

The second episode focuses on the years 1942 to 1944, from the massive buildup of America's military and industrial capabilities to preparations for D-Day. Among the many images c…

No image
3. Wrath: D-Day-V-E-Day

2003-02-19

The third episode focuses on the European theater during the months between D-Day, in June 1944, and V-E Day, in May 1945. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are the …

No image
4. Triumph: The Pacific, 1943-1945

2003-02-19

The series concludes by covering America's efforts to win the war in the Pacific. Among the many scenes captured by color footage are U.S. troops staging a dawn landing on tiny bu…

Top Cast

Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen

Similar Shows

Colombuses

Colombuses

Female Spies: Courage and Espionage in WWII

Female Spies: Courage and Espionage in WWII

The Pope and the Führer - The Secret Vatican Files of World War II

The Pope and the Führer - The Secret Vatican Files of World War II

Hitler's Last Stand

Hitler's Last Stand

WWII in the Pacific

WWII in the Pacific

World War II: The Price Of Empire

World War II: The Price Of Empire

Sensacje XX wieku

Sensacje XX wieku

'Allo 'Allo!

'Allo 'Allo!

Land Girls

Land Girls

The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Secret Army

Secret Army