WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 5448

Title: Liberators: fighting on two fronts in World War II

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Video

Date: 1992 (Broadcast)

Original Summary:

Tells the unknown story of African American batallions, focusing on the heroic actions of the 761st, which spearheaded General Patton's Third Army and helped liberate the concentration camps at Buchenwald, Dachau, and Lambach.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 1 hr 26 min 36 sec

Forms: Feature

Genres: Documentary

Subjects: United States. Army--African American troops; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States; United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 761st--History

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Writer	Allentuck, Daniel V.
	Writer	Crowley, John
	Narrator	Gossett, Louis
	Creator	Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc.
	Producer	Miles, William
	Writer	Potter, Lou
	Producer	Rosenblum, Nina
	Narrator	Washington, Denzel
	Broadcaster	WNET

Items ^x14

	Item	Description
	5448-1	Video Tape :
	5448-2	Video Tape : Type C
	5448-3	Video Tape :
	5448-4	Video Tape : Type C
	5448-5	Digital : Video/mkv
	5448-6	Digital : Video/quicktime
	5448-7	Digital : Video/mpeg
	5448-8	Video Tape : U-matic
	5448-9	Video Tape : U-matic
	5448-10	Video Tape : U-matic
	5448-11	Video Tape : U-matic
	5448-12	Video Tape : Video home system
	5448-13	Safety Film : Answer print
	5448-14	Safety Film : Work print

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	1	5449	Liberators: fighting on two fronts in World War II [production]

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