World War II with Walter Cronkite. The War against Japan [Videorecording] / CBS, Inc.

Contributor(s): Cronkite, Walter | Shaplen, Robert, 1917- | Benjamin, Burton | Gilligan, John | Reisman, Phil | CBS NewsMaterial type: FilmFilmReference number:9722159Series: CBS Video LibraryPublication details: New York : Columbia House, c1982. Description: 1 videocassette (Beta) (95 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 inSubject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Asia, Southeastern | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations | Tarawa, Battle of, 1943 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island | Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Bombardment, 1945
Contents:
Burma Road and the Hump -- Tarawa -- Typhoon at Okinawa -- Hiroshima.
Production credits: Produced by CBS News ; producers, Burton Benjamin, Isaac Kleinerman ; writers, Robert Shaplen, Burton Benjamin, John Gilligan, Phil Reisman Jr.Walter Cronkite.Summary: Looks at the building of the Burma Road, the fighting at Tarawa where the entire U.S. 5th Fleet engaged the Japanese forces on the most heavily defended island in the Pacific theater, to Okinawa--the strategic stepping stone to the Japanese mainland, and you will witness the single most devastating blow of the War -- the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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Beta format.

Video release of the television production.

Produced by CBS News ; producers, Burton Benjamin, Isaac Kleinerman ; writers, Robert Shaplen, Burton Benjamin, John Gilligan, Phil Reisman Jr.

Walter Cronkite.

Burma Road and the Hump -- Tarawa -- Typhoon at Okinawa -- Hiroshima.

Looks at the building of the Burma Road, the fighting at Tarawa where the entire U.S. 5th Fleet engaged the Japanese forces on the most heavily defended island in the Pacific theater, to Okinawa--the strategic stepping stone to the Japanese mainland, and you will witness the single most devastating blow of the War -- the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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