# Greatest Events of World War II in Colour (2019)

> A ten-part British documentary that brings pivotal moments of the Second World War to life through advanced colourisation of archival footage.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/77695

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, history, war
- Network: Discovery
- Cast: Derek Jacobi, Albert Einstein, Neville Chamberlain, Hermann Göring, Isoroku Yamamoto, James Doolittle, Chester W. Nimitz, Benito Mussolini
- TMDB rating: 8.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9103932/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: sober, reflective, solemn, immersive

## What critics say

Audiences broadly acclaim the series for bringing archive World War II footage to vivid life through expert colourisation and clear narration.

## Synopsis

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour (2019) is a British documentary series created for Discovery, presenting a single season of ten fifty-minute episodes. Narrated by Derek Jacobi, the series revisits critical moments of the Second World War, from the siege of Stalingrad to the Battle of Britain, using archival footage processed with highly advanced colourisation techniques. Each episode is built from archive material and the voices and faces of figures who shaped the conflict, including Winston Churchill, who appears across several episodes, along with Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, Hermann Göring, Isoroku Yamamoto and Chester W. Nimitz, shown in archive footage rather than reenactment. The engine of the series is the restoration itself: familiar black and white images gain colour, texture and immediacy, so that distant events feel newly present. Its shape is that of a compact, self-contained run where each episode focuses on a single turning point rather than a continuing story. The tone is sober, respectful and reflective, with a sense of gravity about the human cost of the war. Fans of The World at War, Apocalypse: The Second World War and They Shall Not Grow Old will find resonance in its blend of archival authority, narration and vivid reconstruction of history.

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