The Greatest Generation

The Greatest Generation with Tom Brokaw
They came of age during depression, fought to preserve
freedom in World War II and went to build modern
America. Ordinary men and women whose everyday
lives of duty, achievement and courage gave us the world we have today.

DISC 1 - THE GREATEST GENERATION, WITH TOM BROKAW.

In this superb documentary, Tom Brokaw travels America to tell the stories of individual men and women. You will meet people whose stories and everyday lives reveal how a geneteration preseved freedom in World War II and went on to build modern
America.

DISC 2 - THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS.

Tom Brokaw's follow-up to his original Greatest Generation special.
In this documentary, a woman whose father died piloting
a bomber over Europe is visited by Brokaw and shares
family snapshots and a home movie of the father she never
knew. Research into her father's fatal mission led to
survivors from his crew, and a camera follows as she meets
elderly veterans who tell her firsthand of her father's
heroism.

D-DAY: A LEAP INTO HISTORY

Tom Brokaw's special marking the 60th Anniversary of D-Day.
"Leap" features interviews withthree members of the 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, who discuss their harrowing descent into enemy gunfire, their lifelong friendships and
their special bondds with the French villagers who greeted
them as liberators and saved their lives.

DISC 3 - THE GREATES GENERATION-MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II

Experience thee crucible of World War II as some of the
Greatest Generation share their personal stories and
experiences. Includes GI's, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines.

6 1/2 hours
color and B&W