The Pacific War in Color (Documentary, English)
Genres: War, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2018-06-24
Ended: 2018-08-12
Network: Smithsonian Channel
Country: US
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 20:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
The Pacific War in Color immerses viewers in a graphic and dramatic look through an unfiltered lens. Rare home movies from servicemen capture intimate images of troops on tropical beaches, naval hazing rituals when sailors cross the equator, and morale-boosting USO shows on dusty desert islands. Personal movies shot by pilots in cockpits crackle with intensity, and color combat footage bursts with the nervous energy of storming beaches, white-knuckle dogfights and face-to-face island-hopping warfare. Remarkable home movies from General Douglas MacArthur show his family in the Philippines before the war and later in Japan after the surrender, offering a different view of life during wartime.