World War 1 in Colour

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.^[1] It reportedly took 400 technicians over a period of five months to colourise the footage.^[3]

World War 1 in Colour
Genre	Educational
Based on	World War I
Directed by	Jonathan Martin
Narrated by	Kenneth Branagh
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Philip Nugus
Producer	Jonathan Martin
Production location	United Kingdom
Running time	Approximately 312 minutes
Production company	Nugus/Martin Productions Ltd.
Original release
Release	23 July (2003-07-23) – 27 August 2003 (2003-08-27)

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

#	Title	Original air date
1	"Catastrophe"	23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)
Outbreak of World War 1
2	"Slaughter in the Trenches"	30 July 2003 (2003-07-30)
Combat on the Western Front
3	"Blood in the Air"	6 August 2003 (2003-08-06)
Conflict in the air
4	"Killers of the Sea"	13 August 2003 (2003-08-13)
Conflict on the seas
5	"Mayhem on the Eastern Front"	20 August 2003 (2003-08-20)
Combat on the Eastern Front
6	"Victory and Despair"	27 August 2003 (2003-08-27)
End of World War 1

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