The U.S. and the Holocaust

Blu-ray 2022

The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a "nation of immigrants," but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who...

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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Foreign public opinion, American

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence

Mass media Political aspects United States History 20th century

National socialism in popular culture United States

World War, 1939-1945 Press coverage United States

World War, 1939-1945 Public opinion

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ISBN:

9781531715021

Description:

3 videodiscs (360 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

United States and the Holocaust

Notes:

"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container
Originally broadcast on PBS as a three-part documentary television series in 2022
Title from container
Cinematography, Buddy Squires and Wojciech Staroń ; edited by Tricia Reidy and Charles E. Horton
Narrated by Peter Coyote ; voices: Adam Arkin, Hope Davis, Paul Giamatti, Olivia Gilliatt, Elliott Gould, Murphy Guyer, Werner Herzog, Josh Lucas, Joe Morton, Carolyn McCormick, Liam Neeson, Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Bradley Whitford, Helena Zengel
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereophonic
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, Spanish, captions in English, Spanish

Contents:

Disc 1. Episode 1. The golden door (beginnings-1938)
Disc 2. Episode 2. Yearning to breathe free (1938-1942)
Disc 3. Episode 3. The homeless, tempest-tossed (1942-)

Control Number:

3200916

UPC:

841887046770

Other Authors:

Arkin, Adam, voice actor
Botstein, Sarah, 1972- television director, television producer
Burns, Ken, 1953- television director, television producer
Coyote, Peter, narrator
Davis, Hope, 1967- voice actor
Florentine Films, production company
Giamatti, Paul, voice actor
Gilliatt, Olivia, voice actor
Gould, Elliott, voice actor
Guyer, Murphy, voice actor
Herzog, Werner, 1942- voice actor
Lucas, Josh, voice actor
McCormick, Carolyn, voice actor
Morton, Joe, 1947- voice actor
Neeson, Liam, voice actor
Novick, Lynn, television director, television producer
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster
Rhys, Matthew, 1974- voice actor
Streep, Meryl, voice actor
Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter
Welt, Mike, television producer
Whitford, Bradley, voice actor
Zengel, Helena, 2008- voice actor

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