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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961115314
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Running Time: 470 minutes
Sales Rank: 1345
Studio: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
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Product Description:
For nearly a decade, the legendary World War II aircraft carrier USS Enterprise held a pivotal place on the turbulent seas of war, engaging in some of the fiercest multi-front battles ever witnessed in modern combat. The only carrier to be front and center in every major sea conflict in the Pacific, the Enterprise and her crew s battles were marked by intense firepower, instinct and a 360-coordination between the ship, the destroyers, the aircraft above and the submarines below. In each of ten episodes, and using incredible CGI visualizations, BATTLE 360 follows the Enterprise and its men through another conflict of WWII as they fight off the enemy from the air, the sea and underwater.
DVD Features: Additional Footage
BATTLE 360: THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE includes all 10 original episodes on 4 DVDs:
Disc 1: Call to Duty / Vengeance at Midway / Jaws of the Enemy
Disc 2: Bloody Santa Cruz / Enterprise vs. Japan / The Grey Ghost
Disc 3: Hammer of Hell / D-Day in the Pacific
Disc 4: Battle of Leyte Gulf / The Empire's Last Stand / bonus material
Amazon.com:
It would be an understatement say that Battle 360: Season 1 has substantial appeal for World War II and naval history 'enthusiasts.' Considering the depth and thoroughness of the program and the sheer volume of data and information on hand--and with ten episodes, each more than 50 minutes long, there's very little that’s not covered--it’s likely that experts, fanatics, and obsessives will be well satisfied too. Using a combination of extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI), charts, graphics, statistics, file footage, photos, interviews with military men both past and present, and more, the program focuses on the Pacific Theater, where the United States and its allies battled Japan for the three and half years between Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the end of the war in August 1945. At the center of virtually every battle during that span was the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Launched in 1936, this Yorktown class vessel, also known as 'a fighting city of steel' and 'the Lucky E' (for its ability to avoid major catastrophe, at least for the most part), carried 96 planes, a huge amount of weaponry, and a crew whose average was an astonishing 19 years old. Proceeding chronologically, the series details such major conflicts as Midway (when the U.S. disabled no less than four Japanese carriers), Guadalcanal (when the Enterprise suffered serious damage while helping to thwart the enemy’s plans to invade Australia), and Leyte Gulf ('the largest naval battle in the history of mankind'), finishing with the Japanese’s last-gasp use of kamikaze pilots to attack the U.S. fleet. Much of this is genuinely gripping, as the episodes provide literally minute-by-minute accounts of every encounter and the size, speed, function, and firepower of every vessel and aircraft on both sides. But there are notable drawbacks as well, starting with the fact that for all of its detail, we see almost nothing of the Enterprise’s interior or descriptions of daily life on board the enormous vessel. There’s also the issue of how much CGI you can take; although there is some film footage (which may or may not be from the specific skirmish being described), the computer work, while generally pretty convincing, is pervasive and rather like a video game without a controller. What’s more, each episode is kinetic almost to distraction, with a ceaseless flow of pounding music and sound effects, flashing graphics, and macho voice-over detailing the action. On the other hand, the reminiscences of those who were actually there are often very moving, not to mention a welcome surcease from the high-tech assault of the rest of the show. Bonus material is limited--a few additional scenes--but the steel box it all comes in is pretty cool. --Sam Graham
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Battle 360 is a HIT
This is the best historical video I have ever seen. What makes this series stand out and make it so good is the visual interpretation it provides. If you want to watch a the historical story of the USS Enterprise in World War II this is a must to own and watch. It is worth it.
Rating: - Battle 360
If you're a WW II junkie and love collecting DVD's about the biggest war of all time, then this a must-have for your collection. This DVD set is about the history of the WW II aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise and the computer graphic effects are extremely good. The best parts are when real veterans from the Enterprise add comment to the stories being told.
Rating: - Battle 360, The Enterprise
In the style of a documentary, this shows (in detail) all of the battles the USS Enterprise went through from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the end of WWII. There are a lot of very interesting interviews from men who served on her as well as actual footage.
Rating:  - Correct graphics and better narration and it would have been perfect!
I loved the show and purchased the DVDs as soon as they were released and have thought long and hard about what kind of rating to give this series. I finally decided that, unlike some of the other reviewers, I simply could NOT give it 5 stars for one simple reason - am I the only one who got sick of, or even noticed, the use of some of the same graphics over and over again!?!?
For the time and care they spent/used correctly identifying the different classes of ships, both USN and IJN, and then generating the different graphics representing each different class of ship/type of plane, it is almost unforgivable that they often used the wrong one when it came time to produce each individual episode!
The most glaring example that comes to mind was the repeated use of the Hornet and Enterprise sailing together during the Doolittle raid sequence. I saw it several more times in later episodes, when every self-respecting Navy and/or military history buff knows that the Enterprise was the ONLY Yorktown class carrier left after Guadalcanal. But there it was in later episodes, those supposedly depicting 1944, another Yorktown class carrier sailing right next to "The Lucky E" - big as day!
Almost as bad was, during the battle of Savo island sequence, they showed the correct profile for the Vincennes (Chicago class) but, during the action scenes, they repeatedly used the graphic for the Indianapolis class, with its huge observation tower over the forward superstructure. ... Read More
Rating: - Battle 360 season #1
I've enjoyed the whole season and my only complaint isn't so much with what it presents but rather what it doesn't present. We certainly made blunders and didn't have the battle experience of the Japanese in the beginning. The quality of our torpedo's left a lot to be desired.(The controversies of the war are not shown maybe they are right.) I wish it showed more, that generation was simply amazing far beyond our widest dreams but there was racism in their too all the foibles of man and despite it they ended it in a charitable way. I am in awe of that generation even knowing their humanity warts and all. Doug Johnson
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