Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
WWII, they also served |
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WWII, they also served.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region1; full screen; stereo. |
Language |
Closed-captioned. |
Credits |
Edited by Bryce Button with Jamie Wallace ; director of photography, Bill Sheehy ; music, Peter Wyoming Bender, Aaron White, Ramilla Cody ; narrator, William H. Macy |
Note |
Originally produced in 2002. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Explores from the Native point of view the complex story of the role that the Native American code talkers and the Navajo language played in secret communications during World War II. No cryptography system proved as effective during the war as did the use of Navajo code talkers using their tribal language to transmit military communiques. Countless American lives were saved because of the service of these brave young Native American Marines. |
Subject |
United States. Marine Corps -- Indian troops.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
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Navajo code talkers.
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Navajo language.
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Navajo Indians.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Hurd, Gale Anne, 1955-
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Red-Horse, Valerie. Producer. Director. Screenwriter.
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Macy, William H., 1950- Narrator.
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Valhalla Motion Pictures.
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Independent Television Service.
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PBS Home Video.
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WGBH Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781593758820 (set) |
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1593758820 (set) |
Music No. |
WG43039.1.SL WGBH Boston Video |
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