World War 1 in Colour
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox television World War 1 in Colour is a six-episode television documentary series recounting the major events of World War I narrated by Kenneth Branagh.[1] The first of its six parts aired on 23 July 2003.[2] The series consists of colourised footage, with the colour of the images having been enhanced by computer-aided technology.[1] It reportedly took 400 technicians over a period of five months to colourise the footage.[3]
The series investigates the development of warfare throughout the five years of World War 1 from all sides of the armed forces and also includes never before seen interviews from survivors of the Great War.[2] In 2005, the series was released on DVD in the United States. The DVD is presented as two discs, with three episodes apiece on the two discs.[3]
Features
The series features interviews with a number of World War I veterans:
- Arthur Barraclough (1898–2004)
- Harry Patch (1898–2009), Britain's last survivor of the trenches
- Fred Bunday (1900–2002)
- Arthur Halestrap (1898–2004)
- Hubert Williams (1896–2002),[4] the last pilot of the Royal Flying Corps of WWI
- Bill Stone (1900–2009), the penultimate Royal Navy veteran of WWI
- Jack Davis (1895–2003), the last of Kitchener's Volunteers
Episodes
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DVD extras
- 50 minute CGI special Tactics & Strategy
- 15 minutes of interviews with the production team (Making the Series)
See also
References
External links
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