Guadalcanal: The Island of Death
Starring:Guadalcanal
Studio: Edi Video
Product Type: DVD
Average customer rating:
- THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE & COHERENT VIDEO ABOUT THE MANY BATTLES FOR GUADALCANAL
|
Guadalcanal: The Island of Death
Starring: Guadalcanal
Manufacturer: Edi Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
 General
| Drama
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
General
| Documentary
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
General
| Military & War
| Documentary
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Drama
| Military & War
| Genres
| DVD
| Video
Documentary
| Today's Deals in DVD
| Special Features
| DVD
| Video
Documentary
| Military & War
| Today's Deals in DVD
| Special Features
| DVD
| Video
All Deals
| Today's Deals in DVD
| Special Features
| DVD
| Video
( G )
| Titles
| Features
| DVD
| Video
Used DVDs
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
| Action & Adventure
| African American Cinema
| Animation
| Anime & Manga
| Art House & International
| Classics
| Comedy
| Cult Movies
| Documentary
| Drama
| Educational
| Fitness & Yoga
| Gay & Lesbian
| Horror
| Kids & Family
| Military & War
| Music Video & Concerts
| Musicals & Performing Arts
| Mystery & Suspense
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Special Interests
| Sports
| Television
| Westerns
4-for-3 Drama
| 4-for-3 DVD
| Stores
| DVD
| Video
Similar Items:
- Japan's War in Colour
- Guadalcanal-(Platinum Collection)
- National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal
- Strike and Counter Strike: Pearl Harbor & Guadalcanal
- Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle
ASIN: B00005K2XK
Release Date: 2001-07-17 |
Customer Reviews:
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE & COHERENT VIDEO ABOUT THE MANY BATTLES FOR GUADALCANAL.......2007-01-16
IN A NUTSHELL:
Broken into 18 chapters which play for almost 3 hours, the numerous land and naval battles on and around Guadalcanal in 1942-1943 are closely examined.
'Guadalcanal: The Island of Death' uses narration by Dale Reed, interviews and commentary by several historians and a half dozen American combatants, combined with maps, time-lines and very applicable real war footage from the battles. Presented in chronlogical order with graphics, strategic maps and film from the actual events it is possible to grasp the immense and varied struggles that went on fiercely for 6 months. Furthermore, the veterans of the battle are each from a completely different branch of the service which allows for a more balanced collective viewpoint. There is a 'Sea-bee', a 'Medic', a 'Navy Pilot', a 'P.T. Boat Crewman', an 18 year old [1942] 'Marine', all with different stories to tell and all somehow aid in making what happened more comprehensible.
---> CHAPTERS
1-PESTILENCE
2-WATCHTOWER
3-FIRST OFFENSIVE
4-THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND
5-FIRST DAYS ASHORE
6-THE TENARU
7-THE BATTLE OF THE EASTERN SOLOMONS
8-BOREDOM & FEAR
9-THE BATTLE OF EDSON'S RIDGE
10-MATANIKAU RIVER ACTIONS
11-THE BATTLE OF CAPE ESPERANCE
12-THE BOMBARDMENT
13-THE BATTLE FOR HENDERSON FIELD
14-THE BATTLE OF THE SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
15-ACTIONS AT POINT CRUZ & KOLI POINT
16-THE NAVAL BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL
17-THE SECOND NAVAL BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL
18-THE FINAL PUSH
SPECIAL FEATURE:
'INTERACTIVE TIMELINE OF MAJOR EVENTS' [21 minutes] from May 1942 - February 1943
BOTTOM LINE: VERY EASY TO FOLLOW FOR SO COMPLEX A STORY
Reminiscent of 'The World At War' in style and content, this single DVD gives a 3 hour treatment devoted entirely to the battles on the ground, the air, and the sea for the possession of a strategically situated deserted island in the South Pacific -- Guadalcanal.
DVD:
- Pearl Harbor
- Reagan
- American Classics: Old School
- Hollywood Spies on Spies
- The First Israeli in Space: The Story of Colonel Iian Ramon, Isral's First Astronaut
- Then They Came for Me
- SubstanceTV 02.5
- Out of the Sun
- The First 25 Years At McDonnell Douglas
- What America Needs: From Sea to Shining Sea
DVD
DVD
DVD
Sweet Violence
Life in the Fast Lane
Ninja - The Kung Fu Emperor
DVD: Laurel & Hardy - Flying Deuces/Utopia
Various Artists - Dixieland Jazz, Vol. 1