World War I in Colour

2003TV Mini Series⏱️ 6h 12m

DocumentaryHistoryWar

⭐ 8.1

IMDB Rating

956 votes

Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war.

Director

N/A

Writers

N/A

Stars

Hubert Williams, Harry Patch, Arthur Halestrap

Release Date

July 23, 2003

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

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Hubert Williams

as Self - Royal Flying Corps (1896 - 2002)

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Harry Patch

as Self - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Born 1898

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Arthur Halestrap

as Self - Royal Engineers, Born 1898

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Arthur Barraclough

as Self - Duke of Wellington's Regiment, born 1898

Kenneth Branagh

as Self - Narrator

Kaiser Wilhelm II

as Self

Erich Ludendorff

as Self

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Gary Sheffield

as Self - King's College London

Winston Churchill

as Self

Woodrow Wilson

as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.78 : 1

Color

🏷️ Keywords

world war onemilitary uniformmilitary operationworld war one soldiercannon fodder

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Not as thorough as The Great War, but still covers the important aspects

by nickenchuggets • 2021-06-06

8/10

"Kenneth Branagh can in many ways be considered the Laurence Olivier of our times, which might sound stupid since an actor of Olvier's calibur can never again be replicated, but I'm not kidding here. Branagh has narrated many things that I can see Laurence being the narrator of, and the fact that both of them starred in movies based on Shakespeare's plays I feel is no coincidence. It's not just adaptations of works of literature he has been in though. Just like the series that came out a few years after this one (World War 2 in Color), this series chooses to forgo large leve..."