They drew fire : combat artists of World War II / an Actual Films production ; directed by Brian Lanker ; produced by Nicole Newnham & Bonni Cohen.

Seven World War II artists present an intimate and often startling look at combat and the task of transforming the horrors of war into stark, revealing, and enduring works of art. Artists featured include Franklin Boggs, Howard Brodie, Manuel Bromberg, William Draper, Richard Gibney, Robert Greenhal...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Actual Films
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Lanker, Brian
Robards, Jason (Narrator)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision Entertainment, [1999], ©1999.
Edition:Letterboxed version.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pictorial works.
Painters > United States.
Artists > United States > History > 20th century.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Art.
History.
Personal narratives > American.
Pictorial works.
1900 - 1999
Artists.
Military campaigns.
Painters.
United States.
Genre:
Personal narratives, American.
Art and the war.
Pictorial works.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Art.
History.
Personal narratives
American.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Combat artists of World War II.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Seven World War II artists present an intimate and often startling look at combat and the task of transforming the horrors of war into stark, revealing, and enduring works of art. Artists featured include Franklin Boggs, Howard Brodie, Manuel Bromberg, William Draper, Richard Gibney, Robert Greenhalgh, Edward Reep.
Note:Has companion book: They drew fire : combat artists of World War II / by Brian Lanker, Nicole Newnham. -- TV Books, c2000.
Originally broadcast as a episode of: History's best on PBS.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ9 D0030775 VideoDVD
ISBN:0780025695
9780780025691
Credits:Cinematography, Michael Chin, Jon Else ; editor, Victor Livingston ; narrator, Jason Robards ; original music, Marco d'Ambrosio.
System Details:DVD.