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To: TopQuark
Your high praise makes me eager to see it. Could you please tell me the title by which I can find it?

It's on the DVD set for the "World at War" series as an extra add-in. I found a copy at my local Barnes and Noble.

The series itself is a 24-part documentary narrated by Laurence Olivier that won awards for documentary achievement. It's not cluttered with the revisionism that is so common today. Ambrose looks a lot different in this interview -- he's got shoulder-length hair and one of those big sweaters that the college types wore in those days.

I must have seen the series 50 times on videocasette -- no, I'm not kidding -- and I learn something new every time I see it. There's an hour devoted to the decision to drop the bomb that ranks as among the best documentary features I've ever seen, mainly because it was done when some of the decision makers were still alive to tell first-hand of their processes. Highest recommendation.

14 posted on 10/13/2002 8:01:46 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg
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To: Colonel_Flagg; TopQuark
'The World At War' is a fantastic series. I hadn't seen it since the 70's. My library has one tape with 3 episodes on the U-Boats, Battle Of Leningrad and Bombers Over Europe.

It rates up there with 'Victory At Sea'

61 posted on 10/13/2002 10:21:23 PM PDT by rockfish59
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