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Entertainment
is proud
to announce
The World at War
40th Anniversary release
Available to buy
on DVD &
Blu-ray
from 31st October 2013
“Spectacular
seriesâ€
Director Oliver
Stone
This ‘jewel in
the nation’s crown’ is being re-released to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its first broadcast which took
place on 31st October 1973
The World at War
is regarded by many to be one of the greatest documentary series of all time.
This BAFTA and Emmy Award winning documentary series, which was first broadcast
40 years ago, was the first factual series of its kind to document the full
history of World War II. The series was memorably narrated by legendary screen
actor and stage icon
Sir Laurence
Olivier.
The World at War
has been inspiring film makers and historians for the past 40 years including
such programmes as the BBC’s ‘Nazis a Warning from History’, produced by
Laurence Reece, and more recently Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold History of the United
States’ , both series creators’ laying claim to being inspired by The World at
War.
Available now to
buy from Amazon
Synopsis
The World at War was conceived and produced by Sir
Jeremy Isaacs and was first broadcast on the ITV Network on the 31st October 1973. Making use of of rare black and
white and colour film archive footage supplied by the Imperial War Museum, this
26 part documentary series investigates the events surrounding World War II and
features interviews with major members of the Allied and Axis campaigns,
including civilian eyewitnesses, enlisted men, officers, government advisors
and politicians, to create what is widely agreed to be the definitive history
of World War II and a landmark in British television history.
In 2010 the series went through a major
digital restoration upgrade to HD - the archive film used in the series is the
only World War II footage of its kind to be restored and remastered to HD 16.9
and 5.1 Sound.
DVD & Blu-ray
Specifications
RRP: DVD Price: £79.99
RRP: Blu-ray Price:
£99.99
Certificate: E
Discs: DVD 11
Discs: Blu-ray 9
Running time: DVD 739mins
Running time: Blu-ray769mins
Catalogue No: DVD
FHEDWAR2
Catalogue No:
Blu-ray FHEBWAR2
Barcode: DVD 5030697017918
Barcode: Blu-ray
5030697017925
Region: 0 for both DVD &
Blu-ray
The World at
War 40th Anniversary release is distributed by
FremantleMedia Home Entertainment and is available from all good DVD
stockists online and in store
from 31st October 2013.