More than 300 personal reminiscences of World War II are already posted at New York War Stories, the WLIW/WNET web site launched in conjunction with next weekend’s premiere of Ken Burns’ 15-hour epic “The War” (begins Sunday, on WNET/13 at 8 p.m., on WLIW/21 at 10 p.m.).
This text archive can be searched, or explored by subject (Pearl Harbor, Normandy, branch of service, etc.). And your own submissions are still welcome.
Dozens of local video recollections are also housed at the site. From this collection, the stations will debut two programs on TV this week -- “New York Goes to War” (Thursday at 8 p.m. on Ch. 21, 9:30 p.m. on Ch. 13), and “New York War Stories” (Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on Ch. 21, 9 p.m. on Ch. 13). See site for additional airtimes.
There’s also a student contest for multi-media projects, with online resources to draw from.
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You can watch video previews of New York War Stories & New York Goes to War on Thirteen.org:
https://secure2.convio.net/wnet/site/SPageServer?pagename=whats_on_thirteen
Full streams of "New York Goes to War" and "New York War Stories" are now available at http://www.newyorkwarstories.org/
We encourage all area residents to share their own WWII stories and memories by submitting a video or letter through the site.