WW2 DVD Set NIP - National Archives War In The Pacific - World War II History

New, in sealed packaging. Some wear on box as pictured. Since 1935, the National Archives has been responsible for the acquisition, preservation and public dissemination of the permanent records of the United States government. Now, for the first time, select materials from this inestimable national resource have been assembled to produce War in the Pacific, the DVD boxed set representing an invaluable cinematic chronicle of the island battles and events leading up to ultimate Japanese surrender in 1945. Comprising thrilling newsreel footage, training films and an Oscar®-winning documentary from Hollywood director John Ford, War in the Pacific spotlights astonishingly varied and emotional images culled from the millions of pieces making up the National Archives' popular holdings. The story of World War II and America's part in it is best told through the sights and sounds of history as it happened. This is the real war, documented in priceless strings of pictures and streams of sound, as chosen by our film archivists -Les Waffen CONTAINS UNEDITED FOOTAGE DIRECT FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES