Journalism professor Judy Muller's one-hour special titled California at War — a documentary about how California's impact on World War II — will debut exclusively on KCET on , Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. and encores Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. It will also be seen beginning Sept. 20 on other California public television stations.
"World War II was a turning point for California; some have called it a second 'Gold Rush' in the sense that the war fast forwarded California into the future," executive producer Bret Marcus told News Blaze. "California began its transformation from a sleepy West Coast enclave to the mega state it is today. And California changed the war. There are historians in this program who argue that victory in the Second World War would not have been possible without the production, technology and troops provided by California. We tell this amazing story through historians, veterans and eyewitnesses using film and stills - some of which is being shown for the first time ever."
California at War features more than two dozen voices, including former state librarian and historian Kevin Starr, author Walter Mosley and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney, among others.
