Description

A televisual milestone and the benchmark for all war documentaries that followed, The World at War presents the story of World War Two, from its beginnings in Hitler’s pre-war Germany to its horrific climax at Hiroshima. Made with the full co-operation of the Imperial War Museum and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, this powerful twenty-six part series combines eyewitness testimony with rare archive footage to tell the unforgettable story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known.A brand-new High Definition restoration, this is The World at War as it is meant to be seen in its original fullscreen format with the maximum picture area from the original film materials now visible onscreen.SPECIAL FEATURES[] All eight supplementary documentaries made by the World at War production team [] “Making of” documentaries [] Experiences of War: unseen and extended interviews [] 5.1 mix (as well as original mono audio) [] Image gallery