Defying the Nazis : the Sharps' war

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Title:

Defying the Nazis : the Sharps' war

Alternate title:

Sharps' war

Author:

Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, film producer.

Joukowsky, Artemis A. W., film director.

Justus, Matthew, film producer.

Hanks, Tom, narrator.

Goldman, Marina, narrator.

Angra, Erik, editor of moving image work.

Mirowitz, Sheldon, composer.

Shaffer, Deborah, director of interviews.

Berz, Michael Julian, director of photography.

Florentine Films, production company.

No Limits Media, Inc., production company.

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher, distributor.

Summary:

Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.

Audience:

Rating: TVPG.

General Note:

Widescreen.

Originally released 2016.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.