America: The War Years 41 - 45 - [DVD]

This outstanding 2-DVD set contains a monthly chronicle of world and national events of 1941-1945 as captured by original newsreel footage. Covering events ranging from the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the rise of Rosie the Riveter as a new symbol for women to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Franklin Roosevelt's unexpected death in 1945, this set is essential for all US history buffs.