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The Second World War in Colour (1999-1999)

Premiere:
September 9, 1999

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 3

Finale:
September 23, 1999

Original Title:
The Second World War in Colour

Alternate Titles:
Anden Verdenskrig i Farver
Colour Of War
Colour Of war
Colour of War
Der 2. Weltkrieg in original Farbaufnahmen - Der totale Krieg
Der 2. Weltkrieg in original Farbaufnahmen - Eine neue Weltordnung
Der 2. Weltkrieg in original Farbaufnahmen - Triumph und Niederlage
La Guerra a Colori
Вторая мировая война в цвете

Genres:
Documentary | War & Politics

Production Companies:
Carlton Television
Trans World International

Countries:
GB

Overview from TheMovieDB

The Second World War In Colour [1999] is a three-part documentary which reveals hours of previously unseen colour film of World War II. As almost all newsreel film was shot in black and white, this DVD offers a completely new portrait of the war. Dramatic colour footage from as early as 1933 shows home movies of Adolf Hitler and his cohorts, the devastation wrought by the Blitzkrieg, life on the home front, D-Day and the Allied invasion of France, British bombers defying German fighters, the horror of the Holocaust that troops met as they entered Germany, and the jubilation of the final Allied victory. With John Thaw's narration intercut with spoken accounts from the letters and diaries of those who fought, those who survived, and those the war claimed as victims, this documentary is an extraordinary remembrance of a monumental time in world history.

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Production

Associate Producer:
Dunja Noack
Katie Chadney
Keiko Tanaka
Adam Grint
Svetlana Palmer

Executive Producer:
Alastair Waddington

Original Music Composer:
Chris Elliott

Producer:
Alastair Laurence
Lucy Carter

Writer:
Russel Gascoigne

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