Aired: Feb 12, 2003Opening with some of the earliest color motion picture images ever filmed-of ...
The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Season 1 Episode 2: Battlefronts: 1942-1944
The second episode focuses on the years 1942 to 1944, from the massive buildup of America's military and industrial capabilities to preparations for D-Day. Among the many images captured in color are the mobilization of women and African Americans on the industrial home front and in the military; the internment of Japanese Americans; American troops landing in North Africa, and tank battles in the North African desert; training of African-American aviators at Alabama's Tuskegee Inst...
