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Part 2 of a five-part documentary series about World War II. By the time the U.S. entered the war, the Nazi blitzkrieg had flattened France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Luxembourg, and the Japanese were over-whelming in the Pacific Ocean. At home in 1942, our mighty war machine roared to life, and crowds cheered America's first victories in the Doolittle Raid, the Coral Sea, and Midway.
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Part 1 of a five-part documentary series about World War II. In 1941, before Pearl Harbor was attacked, America was providing war materials to its democracies, and its young men were answering the call to service. Throughout America, "preparedness" was the watchword as the conflict that ignited in 1939 swept through Europe, Africa, and Asia, and a war with Japan loomed closer than ever.
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Part 4 of a five-part documentary series about World War II. In the spring of 1944, America and its allies waged global warfare on an unprecedented scale, pushing towards the inevitable fall of Rome and on "the road back" in the Pacific. Here at home, months of planning and preparation paid off on June 6th with the D-Day landings in Normandy, unleashing the most massive invasion in history.
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Part 3 of a five-part documentary series about World War II. By 1943, the battle turned against North Africa, Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy, and plans were laid to bomb Germany. The liberation of Tunisia and the defense of Stalingrad began to crack the myth of Hitler's super-race, while Allied forces fought back against the Japanese in the Aleutians and on New Guinea and Guadaloanal.
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More TV commercials, vintage sales films, & promos ranging from '50's era Chevys & Fords to the '69 Plymouth Road Runner. There's the '59 push-button Dodge with swivel seats. The sleek '57 Ford & "daring, dazzling" '55 Rambler. New Lincolns, Edsels. Corvairs, Pontiacs, Chryslers, Studebakers, Mercs, Vettes, Olds, & '60-'64 Chevys including a drag race between a '63 Ford Galaxy & '63 Chevy Impala!
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Part 5 of a five-part documentary series about World War II. As the Battle of the Bulge raged on into 1945, the U.S. battled stiff resistance on Leyte and Iwa Jima in the Pacific, and Americans brought the war into the Fatherland while mourning President Roosevelt, who did not live to see their final victory, signaled by the deaths of Mussolini and Hitler and the atomic bombs that defeated Japan.
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Rare TV commercials, vintage sales films, & promos featuring such classic collector cars as the '55-'57 Chevys & Fords. See a Mercury prototype without a steering wheel! There's classic Cadillacs, Lincolns, Chryslers & muscle cars like Corvettes, Thunderbirds, GTO's & more! "Jet-Powered" Dodges & "Rocket Powered" Oldsmobiles. The Mustang, Plymouth & Camaro, virtually every make & model Dream Car.
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