The WORLD AT WAR series presents the sweeping story of World War II in five parts. Part Five, narrated by Eric Porter, features archival footage from 1933-1945, including segments... more
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television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set o...
television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set o...
television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and score underlines the grand scale of the enterprise. The original 26 episodes were supplemented three years later by six special programmes (narrated by Eric Porter), bringing the total running-time to a truly epic 32 hours. Now digitally remastered The World at War looks even more of an impressive achievement on DVD. Available in five volumes, each handsomely packaged double-disc set comes with a detailed menu that places the individual programmes along a chronological timeline. Better yet, chapter access is laid out to allow you to select key speeches or maps or newsreel footage. The World at War was a landmark television event; its DVD incarnation underlines its importance as an historical document. --Mark Walker
television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and score underlines the grand scale of the enterprise. The original 26 episodes were supplemented three years later by six special programmes (narrated by Eric Porter), bringing the total running-time to a truly epic 32 hours. Now digitally remastered The World at War looks even more of an impressive achievement on DVD. Available in five volumes, each handsomely packaged double-disc set comes with a detailed menu that places the individual programmes along a chronological timeline. Better yet, chapter access is laid out to allow you to select key speeches or maps or newsreel footage. The World at War was a landmark television event; its DVD incarnation underlines its importance as an historical document. --Mark Walker
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Genre: Documentaries & Biographies - Military Documentary - World War
Classification: Exempt
Production Year: 1975
Colour: Black & White / Colour
Running Time: 6 hours 56 minutes
Video Category: Television
Plot: The WORLD AT WAR series presents the sweeping story of World War II in five parts. Part Five, narrated by Eric Porter, features archival footage from 1933-1945, including segments on Hitler's Germany and much more.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 0 (All Regions)
Studio(s): FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date: 09/10/2000
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: PTDVD 8015
Barcode: 5030697080158
Narrator: Eric Porter
DVD Description
The WORLD AT WAR series presents the sweeping story of World War II in five parts. Part Five, narrated by Eric Porter, features archival footage from 1933-1945, including segments on Hitler's Germany and much more.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Sound: Dolby Digital
Special Features: Introductions, Photo Gallery, Biographies, History
Advantages: DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS. Disadvantages: NONE
...i know strictly speaking this review is only for volume 2 but as i did not buy the box set and got the world at war in 5 seperate parts. I have combined my review.
THE WORLD AT WAR DVD COLLECTION
This is the definitive collection of documentaries from WWII. Coming to us more than 30 years after it was initially broadcast. It is narrated by academy award winner, Sir Lawrence Olivier.
I bought all 5 volumes from retrowarez-promotions on ebay. Priced at £6.79 each with £2 postage.
Volume 1 runs for 417 minutes, and features archival footage from 1933-1942 doocumenting the rise of the Nazis in Germany. And the start of the war. It also includes the making of. And more.
Volume 2 features archival footage fro 1939 –1944 and documents the Russian victories and the bombing raids in England. It runs for 432 minutes. And more.
Volume 3 runs...
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Advantages: a must of all stargate fans Disadvantages: price of dvd
...a must for all stargate fans. follow the story of sg-1 and become a part of there team. all the story lines are very good and don't follow the same area, unlike others. total running time of most dvd,s is approx 3hrs, which is good valve for money.
the stargate crew do not only face danger on off worlds, but also on earth, time after time they come to the aid of civilisations devastated by war and are
desperate for any help that they can get. but sometimes there help is not required or wanted, which leads the sg-1 into all sorts of problems.
o'neil and daniel are the back bones not only too the episodes but also the sg-1 with carter and teal'c making the crew. and together the crew works....
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
Advantages: Excellent Series Disadvantages: It is best to watch the original movie first
...You may remeber the original Stargate film from 1996 starring James Spader. This series follows on from the film. The series mixes science fiction with fantasy and history. It seems we were visited by aliens many years ago who colonised our world and built a stargate in Eqypt, other planets were colonised as well and stargates were left on these worlds. The stargate is a transportation device. The baddies in the film all have an eqyptian feel to them and include Seth among others. The SG1 team is sent forth to explore these new world open up treaties and defeat the ancient evil overlords....
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not helpful 14.06.2000
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