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Description

1. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor catapulting America into a war that had actually been ten years in the making. In this tape, rarely seen footage documents the German, Japanese and Italian aggression that culminated in "the day that will live in infamy." This chronicle of a wartorn decade begins with Japan's invasion of China in 1931; Italy's exploits in Africa; the advance of the Nazi war machine across Europe; the Battle of Britain and the invasion of Russia.

Subject

1. Haile Selassie > I, > Emperor of Ethiopia, > 1892-1975
2. World War, 1939-1945 > Italy
3. Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
4. Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940
5. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
6. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
7. Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
8. World War, 1939-1945 > Ethiopia
9. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
10. Munich four-power agreement, 1938
11. Maginot Line (France)
12. Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
13. Malta > History > Siege, 1940-1943
14. World War, 1939-1945 > France
15. World War, 1939-1945 > Norway
16. World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area
17. World War, 1939-1945 > Europe
18. World War, 1939-1945 > Japan
19. World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain
20. World War, 1939-1945 > Africa, North
21. World War, 1939-1945 > Denmark
22. Soviet Union > History > German occupation, 1941-1945
23. Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
24. World War, 1939-1945 > Netherlands
25. Lightning war
26. World War, 1939-1945 > Scandinavia
27. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany
28. World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union
29. Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939
30. World War, 1939-1945 > Belgium

Title

1. The Universal video yearbook reference library. Volume 41A, The War years: 1931-1941. [videorecording]

Imprint

1. Morris Plains, NJ : Lucerne, 1988.

Performer

1. Host: Fred Graham.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Branch call number

1. VTH 1643 U