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title: "The World at War - The Ultimate Restored Edition [2010] [DVD] [1973]"
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# The World at War - The Ultimate Restored Edition [2010] [DVD] [1973]

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## Description

The World at War: The Ultimate Restored Edition is the definitive version of one of the greatest documentary series ever made. Each frame has been painstakingly restored and the audio enhanced and upgraded so that this is the best this award-winning series has ever looked and sounded.Narrated by Laurence Olivier and first broadcast in 1973 when memories of the Second World War were still clear in people's minds and the war's veterans numerous, over 26 episodes this unique series assembled these recollections, together with archive footage, to create one of the most powerful and successful historical documentaries ever seen. The voices of those that fought, worked or watched during the war gave each episode a vivid sense of what it was like to be there and was the hallmark of the series.Brand new to this DVD boxset for the first time ever: Hard of hearing subtitles, New widescreen presentation, 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound audio. Over 10 hours of special features includes: Brand new - Restoring the World at War - narrated by Sir Jeremy Isaacs, this feature explores every element of the restoration process, 11 features including the making of the original series, Photo galleries, Biographies Speeches and songs, Newsreels and maps.

## Product Details

- **Format:** Box set, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound, Widescreen
- **Contributor:** Peter Tiffin
- **Language:** English
- **Number of discs:** 11
- **Runtime:** 32 hours and 29 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

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    First - this is awesome TV. Second, I don't get the cropping issue
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2016*

I have binge-watched 20 of the 26 episodes and whilst much TV from the 70s - even what you remember fondly - has dated quite badly, this documentary remains masterful.  You just keep wanting to see the next episode. The simple bringing together of archive footage, the key people who were there just being allowed to talk, and Olivier's considered but compelling narration, does not look its 43 years.  The range - truly global - reflects and emphasises the global nature of the war.  Plus the focus on the military reminds you how extraordinarily difficult a lot of it was to pull off (on both sides).  And how cruel and random war can be.  Meanwhile for those of us watching in 2016 when this is now really really history it's amazing to see so many of the key players talk - Doenitz and Speer and Himmler's chief of staff and Hitler's secretary, Eden, Harris, Mountbatten, Rab Butler.  Not to mention ordinary people and Auschwitz survivors.  Of all the people interviewed I think only one is still alive, Vera Lynn and she's 99. There are also innovations that you still see today - an introduction before the opening titles, freeze framing the last frame for the run out, the use of music generally. Ironically it was all harder to watch originally as it was first shown through the difficult winter of 1973-74 with the 3 day week and regular power cuts. In terms of quality, I have the DVD, it's a bit grainy but as good as it could be, a great restoration.  As for the much debated cropping issue, maybe it's worse on the Bluray but I don't get it.  I suppose having read the reviews there is a minor cropping at top and bottom but I don't see sections of heads cut off.  Watching it full screen on my 42" screen is an immersive experience that it just wouldn't be if in original format with sides in black (like Brideshead that I rewatched recently) and even though I'd read the reviews before I bought I just haven't noticed it as I've watched.  Maybe it would be different if I could remember watching it originally when it came out (when I was 9) but I don't think I saw much of it then.  One final note - for anyone who grew up with ITV in the 70s the start of each episode with the Thames TV logo and short jingle is a little kick of nostalgia every time.  I keep expecting the Magpie theme tune to come next.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    If you watch this series, you will never forget it!
  

*by R***  on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2020*

I did used to have this series before but it seemed to have disappeared. I saw a series about Berlin during & after the war & that is why I decided to buy 'the world at war' again. The picture quality has been digitally restored, so it looks a lot better than the previous one. The series itself has to be the best to show how the second world war was fought & all the tragic lives that were lost during this period of conflict.I am amazed at after all the cities, towns & villages that were demolished during this dark time in our history, how places were rebuilt to hardly show that there had ever been a war at all. It must have been a giant undertaking to achieve this, also to clear all the mechanised abandoned equipment that littered all the different countries that fought this war. Although there will always be conflicts going on somewhere in the world, let's hope there will never be another world war. With the weapons they have today, it would be a war to end wars fou sure!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Outstanding visual history of WWII
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2019*

This is the original series covering World War II. The makers were able to interview survivors: politicians, soldiers, sailors, airmen, intelligence staff, civilians, prisoners and their guards. Sir Lawrence Olivier as commentator has gravitas: he conveys solemnity, pathos and elation appropriately. All theatres of war are covered with visual material based on original film. Outstanding in almost every way. There is ample coverage of Nazi concentration camps but, strangely, there is nothing about PoW camps.

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