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Actors: Winston Churchill, Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Jay Simon, Joseph Stalin
Directors: Polly Bide
Format: Full Screen, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: ITV DVD
DVD Release Date: 1 Nov 1999
Run Time: 165 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004CZW4
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 41,862 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars War In Your Living Room, 3 Jan 2001

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First shown on terrestrial TV, "The Second World War In Colour" is even more spectacular on DVD. Containing extra footage that was never broadcast, this collection of stunning films tracks World War II from the rise of Nazism to the devastating nuclear attack on Japan, featuring diary extracts from participants ranging from average housewives to German propagandist Josef Goebbels along the way. The colour footage, backed up by John Thaw's gritty narration, brings astounding realism to a conflict that has previously only been viewed in black and white; film of Adolf Hitler and several co-horts relaxing at their Bavarian retreat is disturbingly intimate, with the camera never straying more than a few yards from the infamous German Chancellor. Gruesome images of piled corpses piled in concentration camps are also included, but the exposure of such distressing material is never gratuitous. In addition, it must be pointed out that scenes of frontline battle and the formation of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima are most definitely not for the weak-at-heart. The special features of this disc are comprised of 15-minutes of never-before-seen footage, ascene selection menu, and the ability to instantly access diary extracts. Overall, an excellent DVD, and an essential purchase, especially for post-war generations.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific documentary, 19 Mar 2000

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This review is from: The Second World War In Colour [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)

Approximately 3 hrs long and no "filler", just John Thaw doing a good job reading diaries, letters, etc, while the images (all period colour film) go by. Spends a little too much time on some issues (I'd seen all the Hitler scenes before and I'm not too interested in partisan activiteis in occupied Europe for example) but that's my taste at work. I read an article which said the producers found 600 hrs of film, watched 200 of it, then selected these 3. They did an excellent job, but I want to see the rest!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Excellent picture shame about the accompanying text, 13 Feb 2003

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Although this features fantastic quality footage and is narrated by the late John Thaw. The text-voice-over accompanying the footage is basic and gives no detailed information on World War 2. I would only recommend this as a introduction to world war 2 and for more the more serious historian to save there pennies and buy the superior “World At War” boxset, which features most of the colour footage anyway.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Much more than the sum of its parts
On the face of it this is a basic mass audience view of world war two, with a very conventional commentary read by the late John Thaw that one contemporary review described as... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brings the past back to life in vivid colour
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Published 19 months ago by Lynsey Martyn-smith

4.0 out of 5 stars An almost essential historical document
This is a very well-designed view of WWII - the colour film is a pleasure to watch, and of course makes things seem just that bit more 'real' - we like to watch in... Read more

Published on 10 Nov 2005 by Mr. P. D. Humphreys

5.0 out of 5 stars A 'must have' for the WW2 historian !
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