The Second World War in Colour (1999)

09/09/1999 (GB) • 3h

Documentary, War & Politics

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

John Thaw

Himself - Narrator

3 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1999 | 3 Episodes

Season 1 of The Second World War in Colour premiered on September 9, 1999.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

world war ii

london blitz

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