Video section focuses on the year 1945. Newsreel footage captures stories on the formation of the United Nations, the invasion of Okinawa and Iwo Jima, Mussolini's execution, Hitler's suicide, the discovery of Nazi concentration camps, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the big three conference in Crimea, Japanese kamikaze attacks, etc. Audio section (Music): Music from the day's hottest artists. Audio section (News): contains radio broadcasts of important news events during the year 1945. Audio section (Entertainment): "On a note of triumph", written, produced, and directed by Norman Corwin.

Disc 7 of 7. "The Timeline series is a DVD collection focusing on specific years of the 20th century. Each DVD has a video chapter that tells a year's stories told using archival newsreel film, narrated by Lowell Thomas, Ed Herlihy, Bob Considine and others. An audio chapter includes facts and photos relative to awards, trends and historic events"--Container. Special features: Interactive chapter - includes awards, lists, data, miscellany and a special focus item - The death of Adolf Hitler. Also, facts & photos.

Video chapter -- Sights & sounds, Timeline 1941 (68:28), with bonus track of film trailers for some of the year's biggest movies (28:32) -- Music (34:52); News (32:46); Entertainment (57:31). Sights & sounds -- Music & memories: music, news, entertainment -- Facts & photos.