World War II in Colour

World War II in Colour is a 13-episode British television docuseries recounting the major events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. It was first broadcast during 2008 and 2009. The series is in full colour, combining both original and colourized footage. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, North African Campaign and the Pacific War. It was on syndication in the United States on the Military Channel.

Episodes

Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War

In 2021, Channel 5 broadcast a sister series on their 5Select channel called Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War. In September 2021, it transitioned to the 2009 series, once the new programme had got to the point of war in its timeline. Not to be confused with the 2008 BBC Four programme The Thirties in Colour which looked at the work of documentarians Rosie Newman and Harry Wright, this series featured colourised footage of politicians, newsmakers and other important people from the 1930s, like Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, and Ellen Wilkinson MP, who was involved with the Jarrow unemployment march, It was interspersed with modern-day comments and insights from historians, plus an onscreen counter ticking down to the declaration of war.

See also

• World War 1 in Colour

References

External links

• APT Online
• World War II in Colour at IMDb

1. World War 1 in Colour
2. Comparative officer ranks of World War II
3. Ceylon in World War II
4. Outline of World War II
5. Pacific War
6. World War II
7. Colour of War: The Anzacs
8. 5Select
9. Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
10. Military history of New Zealand during World War II
11. Bulgaria during World War II
12. London in World War II
13. Prisoner of war
14. Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
15. Portugal during World War II
16. List of documentary films about World War II
17. Southern Rhodesia in World War II
18. Robert Powell
19. World War I
20. German World War II camouflage patterns