World War 1 in Colour

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World War 1 in Colour
Genre Educational
Based on World War I
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersPhilip Nugus (executive producer)
Jonathan Martin (producer/director)
Production location United Kingdom
Running timeApproximately 312 minutes
Production companyNugus/Martin Productions Ltd.

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]

Contents

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 US. [4] The World War 1 in Colour DVD is presented as two discs, with three episodes apiece on the two discs. [5]

Features

The series features interviews with a number of World War I veterans:

Episodes

# Title Original air date
1"Catastrophe"23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)
Outbreak of World War 1
2"Slaughter in the Trenches"30 July 2003 (2003-07-30)
Combat on the Western Front
3"Blood in the Air"6 August 2003 (2003-08-06)
Conflict in the air
4"Killers of the Sea"13 August 2003 (2003-08-13)
Conflict on the seas
5"Mayhem on the Eastern Front"20 August 2003 (2003-08-20)
Combat on the Eastern Front
6"Victory and Despair"27 August 2003 (2003-08-27)
End of World War 1

DVD extras

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