WORLD AT WAR - BLU-ULTIMATE RESTORED EDITION (9 DISCS)

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Documentary, War
• Plot: This is a definitive version of one of the greatest documentary series ever made. Each frame has been painstakingly restored and the audio enhanced and upgraded - the best this award-winning series has ever looked and sounded.; ; Narrated by Laurence Olivier it 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 Blu-ray boxset for the first time ever: ; Hard of hearing subtitles •; New widescreen presentation •; 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio surround sound •; Limited edition packaging • ; ; Over 12 hours of special features including: ; Brand new - 'Restoring the World at War' - narrated by Sir Jeremy Isaacs, exploring every element of the restoration process; • 11 features including the making of the original series • Photo galleries • Biographies • Speeches and songs • Newsreels and maps
• Cast: Laurence Olivier, Anthony Eden, Averell Harriman, Albert Speer, Siegfried Westphal, J. Lawton Collins, Lawrence Durrell, J.R. Colville, Louis Mountbatten, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, David Belchem, R.A. Butler, Lord Chandos, Francis de Guingand, Adolf Galland, Field Marshal Lord Harding, John J. McCloy, J.B. Priestley, Hasso von Manteuffel, Walter Warlimont, Rita Boas-Koopman, Noble Frankland, Traudl Junge, Toshikazu Kase, Friedrich Luft, Bill Mauldin, Christa Ronke, Kenneth Strong, Kay Summersby, Harold Alexander, Ion Antonescu, Clement Attlee, Claude Auchinleck, General Bergeret, Georges Bidault, Thomas Blamey, Martin Bormann, Eva Braun, Albrecht Brauning, Arno Breker, Alan Brooke, James F. Byrnes, James Cagney, L. Moore Cosgrave, H.D.G. Crerar, Alan Cunningham, Charles de Gaulle, Duke of Windsor, Irene Dunne, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eric Elster, Roland Freisler, Wilhelm Frick, John Kenneth Galbraith, Maurice Gamelin, Henri Giraud, Josef Goebbels, Andrei Gromyko, Lord Halifax, John Harding, Reinhard Heydrich, Hirohito, Harry Hopkins, Yung-Chang Hsu, Charles Huntziger, Leonard M. Isitt, Wilhelm Keitel, Nikita Khrushchev, Tsuyako Kii, King Boris III, King George VI, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Pierre Koenig, Bernard Kops, Saburo Kurusu, Hedy Lamarr, Hans Langsdorff, William D. Leahy, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Admiral Le Luc, Yves le Trocquer, Charles A. Lindbergh, Tei-ichi Makishima, Gustaf Mannerheim, George C. Marshall, Ekkehard Maurer, Willem Mengelberg, Vyacheslav Molotov, Anton Mussert, Ian Mutsu, Tadashi Nakajima, Hiroko Nakamoto, Piet Nak, Léon Noël, Katauo Okazaki, Alexandre Parodi, A.E. Percival, Philippe Pétain, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Hugh Raggett, David Elstein, Martin Smith, Neal Ascherson, Laurence Thompson, Peter Batty, Jerome Kuehl, JPW Mallalieu
• Director: Hugh Raggett
• Runtime: 23:28
• Company: Thames Television Ltd
• Media Format: Series