''World War 1 in Colour'' is a six-episode television
documentary series recounting the major events of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
narrated by
Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015. He has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs (plus ...
.
The first of its six parts aired on 23 July 2003.
The series consists of
colourised footage, with the colour of the images having been enhanced by computer-aided technology.
It reportedly took 400 technicians over a period of five months to colourise the footage.
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.
In 2005, the series was released on DVD in the US. The ''World War 1 in Colour'' DVD is presented as two discs, with three episodes apiece on the two discs.
Features
The series features interviews with a number of World War I veterans:
*Arthur Barraclough (1898–2004)
*
Harry Patch
Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from ...
(1898–2009), Britain's last survivor of the trenches
*Fred Bunday (1900–2002)
*
Arthur Halestrap
Arthur Halestrap MBE (8 September 1898 – 1 April 2004) was one of the last surviving British soldiers of World War I.
He was born in Southampton, Hampshire. In his youth he walked the decks of the ''Titanic'' before she sailed. He tried to e ...
(1898–2004)
*Hubert Williams (1896–2002),
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
DVD extras
*50 minute CGI special ''Tactics & Strategy''
*15 minutes of interviews with the production team (''Making the Series'')
See also
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World War II in Colour
''World War II in Colour'' is a 13-episode British television docuseries recounting the major events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. It was first broadcast in 2008–2009. The series is in full colour, combining both original and Film c ...
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References
External links
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2003 British television series debuts
2003 British television series endings
British television documentaries
English-language television shows
Documentary television series about World War I
2000s British television miniseries