Includes more than 30 hours of footage and films, some of which are not available in other compilations, such as several accounts of the war. It also includes the United States' most controversial and respected Worls War II movies of all time, including the rare, extended version of December 7th and the Academy Award winner The True Glory, and the propaganda film, The fighting lady. The U.S. National Archives movies that are included in this set have been carefully transferred to preserve the original films while using the latest digital technology to give you the highest picture quality possible in any collection found anywhere. Six volumes, each with four discs!

Title from original box. Special features include : a young Ronald Reagan starring as a WWII pilot ; actual footage of Generals "Hap" Arnold and Douglas MacArthur ; startling footage of Nazi concentration camps ; the official signing ceremony of the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri ; an undersea adventure to solve the mystery of a German U-boat. Officially licensed product of the U.S. National Archives.

volume 1 : The Battle of Midway -- Japanese sign final -- The Fighting Lady -- The fleet that came to stay -- Brought to the action -- Why we're here : a report from General Sultan -- December 7th : extended version -- Navy Trade School, Hampton Roads, Va. -- Naval Aviation School, Great Lakes, IL. -- volume 2 : December 7th -- Appointment in Tokyo -- Army Air Forces : Pacific -- Reconnaissance pilot -- Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter -- Solomon Islands -- With the marines at Tarawa -- The Battle for the Marianas -- This is the Philippines -- Fury in the Pacific -- Action at Angaur -- Surrender in the Pacific -- volume 3 : D-Day -- San Pietro -- The liberation of Rome -- The true glory -- The Battle of Britain -- Target for tonight -- Target for today -- volume 4 : Nuremberg -- Prelude to war -- The Nazi strike -- Here is Germany -- Divide & conquer -- Death mills -- Nazi concentration camps -- volume 5 : Silent warriors -- Hunt for U-479 part 1 -- Hunt for U-479 part 2 -- Hunt for U-479 part 3 -- volume 6 : World War II : Struggle -- World War II : Europe -- World War II : Pacific -- World War II : Home front -- World War II : Legacy.