Spanning the years 1922-1967, from the rise to power of Adolph Hitler to the dedication of Auschwitz as a Holocaust memorial, this complication of original Hearst newsreel footage chronicles with compelling immediacy the causes events, and aftermath of World War II. This footage offers a time capsule of the war years, and chronicles the emergence of America on the world stage as a superpower. Newsreel segments include the US declaration of war on Japan, Lt. Col. James Doolittle's air raid of Tokyo, D-Day, Japan's surrender, and the Nuremburg Trials.

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