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The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

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Overview

This four-hour series narrated by Martin Sheen captures America's wartime experience through original color film footage and compelling passages from diaries and letters. Rare color footage-much of it never before publicly screened-presents a vivid and intimate portrait of life on the battlefield and on the U.S. home front.

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Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

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world war ii

About The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color

The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color is a documentary, war & politics series that first aired in 2003 exploring themes of world war ii. it stars Martin Sheen. This four-hour series narrated by Martin Sheen captures America's wartime experience through original color film footage and compelling passages from diaries and letters. Rare color footage-much of it never before publicly screened-presents a vivid and intimate portrait of life on the battlefield and on the U.S. home front.

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