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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Apocalypse $$sqr$$45

What World War II in Colour did for the war in Europe, Apocalypse ’45 does for the war in the Pacific—and then some. In addition to archival footage taken from digitally restored National-Archive film reels—now colorized to make it feel eerily immediate—there is moving commentary from 24 W.W. II veterans. Erik Nelson (The Cold Blue) directs. —J.V.

A scene from lost John Ford film footage, Kanehoe Bay, April 1942. Photo courtesy of Discovery.