Apocalypse: The Second World War

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Release Date

9/8/2009

Runtime

6 eps, 319 mins

Genres

Documentary War & Politics

Overview

A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

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Ended

Original Language

French

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An immersive journey through World War II told entirely through contemporaneous footage, creating an intimate and harrowing archive of ordinary people caught in extraordinary catastrophe. The colorization brings the historical record into vivid immediacy without diminishing its weight.