World War 1 in Colour explained

Genre:	Educational
Based On:	World War I
Director:	Jonathan Martin
Narrated:	Kenneth Branagh
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	6
Executive Producer:	Philip Nugus
Producer:	Jonathan Martin
Location:	United Kingdom
Runtime:	Approximately 312 minutes
Company:	Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd.

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. It reportedly took 400 technicians over a period of five months to colourise the footage.^[3]

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 (1898–2004)
• Harry Patch (1898–2009), Britain's last survivor of the trenches
• Fred Bunday (1900–2002)
• Arthur Halestrap (1898–2004)
• Hubert Williams (1896–2002),^[4] the last pilot of the Royal Flying Corps of WWI
• Bill Stone (1900–2009), the penultimate Royal Navy veteran of WWI
• Jack Davis (1895–2003), the last of Kitchener's Volunteers

Episodes

DVD extras

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

See also

• World War II in Colour

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bowser. Jacquie. Telegraph launches ad campaign for First World War giveaway. CampaignLive.co.uk. 8 November 2007. 3 October 2017.
2. Web site: World War 1 In Colour, Series 1. itunes.apple.com. 3 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174841/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/world-war-1-in-colour-series-1/id375380930. 3 October 2017.
3. Web site: World War 1 In Colour (2003). cosmolearning.org. 14 October 2021.
4. Web site: World War I in Color HD - Episode 1 - Catastrophe. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/U_BHhOAOLH4 . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube. 3 May 2021.