World War 1 in Colour

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]

World War 1 in Colour
GenreEducational
Based onWorld War I
Narrated byKenneth Branagh
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersPhilip Nugus (executive producer)
Jonathan Martin (producer/director)
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Running timeApproximately 312 minutes
Production companyNugus/Martin Productions Ltd.

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
  • 50 minute CGI special Tactics & Strategy
  • 15 minutes of interviews with the production team (Making the Series)

See also

References
  1. Bowser, Jacquie (8 November 2007). "Telegraph launches ad campaign for First World War giveaway". CampaignLive.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. "World War 1 In Colour, Series 1". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. "World War 1 In Colour (2003)". cosmolearning.org. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. "World War 1 In Colour (2003) | CosmoLearning History". CosmoLearning. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. "World War 1 In Colour (2003) | CosmoLearning History". CosmoLearning. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. "World War I in Color HD - Episode 1 - Catastrophe". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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