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Opinons on "The World at War" series
Wolf-Leader
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Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 09:39 AM UTC
I am planning on buying the complete 26 volume set of the documentary "The World at War" on DVD. I would like to hear all of your comments about this series.
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Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 01:46 AM UTC
Wolf,
A pretty good series, IMHO.
Here in Richmond it was shown on PBS and hosted by a very knowledgable history professor by the name of Charles Sydnor. He would have a bit of a preface and some in-depth information at the end of each episode. Most informative.
BTW, where did you find the DVD's. Special order?
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Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 02:03 AM UTC
Hi, I have this complete series on DVD and although it was made quite a while ago now, it still is a tremendous series. My only criticism is that topics are not covered in chronological order. The only disadvantage of this is if you want to go back and search for a particular scene you need to know which episode it was in, not really a major problem.
I highly reccoment it.



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Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 02:39 AM UTC
i think the series is very well done and worth owning. one of my classes last semester was done using the series as the prime source for the class.

Cheers,
Paul
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Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 02:51 AM UTC

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Wolf,
A pretty good series, IMHO.
Here in Richmond it was shown on PBS and hosted by a very knowledgable history professor by the name of Charles Sydnor. He would have a bit of a preface and some in-depth information at the end of each episode. Most informative.
BTW, where did you find the DVD's. Special order?


Hi there pipesmoker.
I bought my DVD set of the world at war through my local video store, special order.
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Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 04:20 AM UTC
Pipesmoker, I got my DVD's on-line from Play.com

Free postage (not sure if it would be to the US) and prompt delivery.

Roger
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Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 03:22 PM UTC
Wolf and Roger,
Thanks for the info. Looks like a use for part of my tax refund.
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 03:57 AM UTC

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Wolf and Roger,
Thanks for the info. Looks like a use for part of my tax refund.


Pipesmoker,
I only paid $114.00 for my set on DVD.