They Filmed the War in Color

When you envision World War II, you most likely picture stark black-and-white images. Now experience never-before-seen full-color footage in this remarkable portrait featuring amateur films as well as military maneuvers captured by Hollywood directors John Ford, Darryl Zanuck and George Stevens. The Pacific War reveals the events and aftermath of December 7, 1941, from Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea and Guadalcanal. Victory In Europe! spans the peaceful times before German occupation, through the harrowing events of the war ─ the Americans' landing on Omaha Beach and the advancement of troops across Normandy ─ and finally to joyful liberation. These vivid, unflinching films tell the real story of World War II, previously known only to those who lived through it.

The Pacific War - On December 7, 1941, Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor resulting in the United States being thrust full force into World War II - turning it into a truly global conflict.
American Marines and many of the great filmmakers of the day captured color footage of the events as they unfolded - the Coral Sea in flames; Guadalcanal littered with corpses; rarely seen images of the deportation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent; the discovery of Japanese civilians by Marines on Okinawa and much more.

Victory in Europe - In 1939 French citizens enjoyed a peaceful life unaware that in three months they would be at war and within a year conquered by Germany. From the peaceful times before the war, though the German occupation and liberation of France, experience scenes of civilian daily life; footage of Hitler recorded by Eva Braun; military maneuvers documented by Hollywood directors Darryl Zanuck and George Stevens; celebrity visits by Ernest Hemingway, Edward G. Robinson and Clark Gable; and much more.