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Product Information
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War these videos present a vivid and realistic portrait of the events. Includes footage not seen on TV.
Product Identifiers
EAN5037115101037
eBay Product ID (ePID)3944141
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Thaw
Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame
Film/TV TitleThe Second World War in Colour
Release Year1999
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesExtras Menu\Scene Access, Closed Caption
GenreDocumentaries, Military, Documentaries & Biographies, World War
Run Time165 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificateE
Number of Discs1
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationAlthough most newsreel film was shot in black and white, this three-part documentary reveals hours of previously unseen colour film of World War II, offering a completely new portrait of the war. This 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 greeted troops as they entered Germany, and the jubilation of the final victory. With John Thaw's narration and 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.
I grew up with hearing about WWII as my Dad was a Sergeant Major in the Army and all of my Children chose to do Grandads story when they had History projects.
Sadly Dad has passed away now - I enjoyed this because it reminded me of all the memories I shared with my Dad