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. 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 United States. The 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
- Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the trenches
- Fred Bunday
- Arthur Halestrap
- Hubert Williams, the last pilot of the Royal Flying Corps of WWI
- Bill Stone, the penultimate Royal Navy veteran of WWI
- Jack Davis, the last of Kitchener's Volunteers
Episodes
DVD extras
- 50 minute CGI special Tactics & Strategy
- 15 minutes of interviews with the production team