The World At War (Box Set) (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Fantastic pooling of archive footage, interviews with eyewitnesses and no sensationalism
Disadvantages: Occasionally, Laurence Olivier's excellent commentary can be a little hard to hear

The World at War was first broadcast in 1973 and ever since then has stood as the benchmark for Second World War documentaries. Composed of archive footage (mostly black and white) and interviews with some of the eyewitnesses from both sides of the conflict, it avoids the annoying modern trend in documentaries of repetition and pointless and/or endless reconstructions that cannot capture meaning or emotion. It will never be bettered in the sense that ... Read review

Advantages: Many Key Witnesses Available for commentary
Disadvantages: Very few stock images in colour.

The World at War Series is refreshingly unique, with the strong powerful voice of Laurence Olivier as Narrator, it offers an insight into both sides of the war, and best of all, alot of the key witnesses or participants of major events were still alive at the time of this documentary so a phenominal amount of commentary was available making this one of the most coverted History sets ever. It even goes onto describe the end of the War in Germany, ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent series that you watch and watch again.
Disadvantages: Can be very upsetting and at times graphical suffering is shown.

...first watching this series in the 1970's as a child and I have watched it many times since. The storyline is compelling as it takes you through the Second World War, the reasons for the conflict, political manouvering and dogma by both sides, the in fighting between the allies on both sides and most of all the suffering of so many souls. War is a very terrible thing, a tragic waste of humanity and as this tale is woven what comes through is ... Read review

Advantages: could be controlled on the unwanted war,thrilling people's sentiment.
Disadvantages: nothing, but think in proper way for it's positive result.

...or before it come to the point of any two country, made conflicted to be an enimity for ever. First i watched in the year of 1972, before my joining in Indian Air Force. I was highly charged with the patrotism . With this charge could work till my 15 years of service in IAF. Story was so touchy, one so, touch our heart . Inhuman valueless activity by the humanbeing for the destraction of their own.Reason of this conflictionis for thepolitical ... Read review