Thursday, January 08, 2009

World War II The Lost Color Archives

In relation to pimp's post I went looking and found this really nice WWII color video documentary. There's not much footage of battle and explosion, but it does show a lot that went on outside of the fighting. The narration is good and the diary and letter excerpts are also well chosen. The scenes are authentic. The color is real.
http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=68182 See World War II as the soldiers saw it--in color--in this extraordinary DVD set narrated by John Thaw (Inspector Morse). * Extraordinary footage which was unseen for decades after the war. * See World War II as never before--in color. * DVD Features: 15 Minutes of Bonus Footage; Static Menu, Scene Selection. World War II has been the subject of countless books and documentaries, but none has ever shown the epic conflict like this. Drawing exclusively from color footage obtained from sources throughout the world, this epic DVD set shows the conflict the way the soldiers saw it. Adding to the immediacy of this important collection is a treasury of personal memories culled from letters and diaries, expressing the fears doubts, thrills, and anguish of those who lived and died in the epic conflict. The result is an intimate account of the experience of war, rather than a tired battlefield history.
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