True whispers : the story of the Navajo code talkers
(DVD)

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DVD
ISBN
9780793693894, 0793693896
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Nonfiction - Media collection
DVD 940.548673 TRUE
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Language
English
ISBN
9780793693894, 0793693896
UPC
841887008907

Notes

General Note
Originally produced 2002.
Creation/Production Credits
Edited by Bryce Button with Jamie Wallace; director of photography, Bill Sheehy; music, Peter Wyoming Bender, Aaron White, Ramilla Cody.
Participants/Performers
Narrator: William H. Macy.
Description
Explores from the Native point of view the complex story of the role that the Native American code talkers and the Navajo language played in secret communications during World War II. No cryptography system proved as effective during the war as did the use of Navajo code talkers using their tribal language to transmit military communiques. Countless American lives were saved because of the service of these brave young Native American Marines.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, full screen version, stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hurd, G. A., Red-Horse, V., & Macy, W. H. True whispers: the story of the Navajo code talkers .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hurd, Gale Anne, Valerie. Red-Horse and William H. Macy. True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hurd, Gale Anne, Valerie. Red-Horse and William H. Macy. True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hurd, Gale Anne., Valerie Red-Horse, and William H. Macy. True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers

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