The Search for Ulysses

Year Published: 1966

Creator: New York

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: The Search for Ulysses Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryBritish sailor and scholar Ernle Bradford explains his theory that Homer's Ulysses really lived and that his adventures took place on islands which still exist. A review of key events in the last stage of World War II--from early 1943 to the surrender of Japan in 1945. Uses footage from newsreels, Government films, and captured Axis films to illustrate the scope, the cost, and the heroism of the Allied effort. Explains how the total mobilization of manpower and resources was achieved and how strategic coordination of fightinces enabled the Allies to turn near-defeat into victory.


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