The Second World War was the first war to be recorded extensively on color film, mostly by Americans. For years, much of that color footage remained unknown and unseen—until now.

THE PERILOUS FIGHT: AMERICA'S WORLD WAR II IN COLOR brings America’s wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life by combining original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries and letters written by people who were part of an unforgettable period of history. Award-winning actor Martin Sheen narrates.

Relying exclusively on color film footage, with no still photographs, black and white film or interviews, THE PERILOUS FIGHT is a unique and telling look at the way Americans faced history’s greatest armed conflict. The series brings to the fore timeless questions about national and personal duty, courage and loss.

For THE PERILOUS FIGHT, Emmy Award-winning series producer Martin Smith (VIETNAM: A TELEVISION HISTORY) and his team conducted an extensive search for materials capturing the key events, daily life and distinctive spirit of the times. The scenes featured in the series were culled from hundreds of hours of original color film footage gathered from sources that included government archives, museums, historical societies and veterans and their families. Many of the scenes have never been publicly screened.