 something different
A colorful view of WWII. Mostly have only seen black and white WWII - this gives it a new depth. I would recommend.
Well Compacted, Cocised Dictionary of vivid,comprehensive Color DVD covering most of important areas of Pacific& Europe in WW11!
I have yhis,"WW11 IN COLOR'" and"WW11 THE LOST COLOR ARCHIVES"from
Histoey Chanell. I am very pleased with satisfaction having these
2 DVDs. Each one of DVDs has thiir own characteristics.
From these DVD ,I was supplised with Compact,Comprehensive,Concised
feeling of Dictionary within 1 pack ! It also gave many bonuses including
Time line graphs which made easy tracking of progress of ww11.Good Maps,
Also Actor ,Clark Gable narrated Government filim"Combat America"-
another interesting view of American B-17 stories in England. and
relatively good costs!
 IT's ok and it has closed caption
Good enough for some WWII info and best of all it is closed captioned. I have many other older WWII documentaries and most are not closed captioned. Big deal it my world. This was one of the main reasons I bought this DVD.
 Visually stunning, Good content
Much of the footage in this 2 DVD set is spectacular. It really makes the events of WW2 seem like they could have happened a couple of years ago. Some of it is so good that it looks as though it might have been faked! Not all of it though. A few clips appear grainy, yellowish, etc. Also, I was truly surprised at how few of these clips I had seen before. Some of them I recognized but the majority were totally new to me (and I have seen a lot of ww2 documentaries). A word of caution: like most war docs, there are some pretty gruesome scenes.
As far as the content, it was pretty good. It was a little like "The War" by Ken Burns in that actors would read letters, diary entries, and the like. Indeed,the writings of Quentin Aanenson and Eugene Sledge make their rounds here too (you will know them well from "The War"). It was kind of funny that the actor would read the letter in English but with an accent from the author's country of origin. I guess it would remind you that the speaker was German, French, Russian, Japanese, or whatever. Kind of goofy but I got used to it. Also, keep in mind that it is only about 3 hrs and they were limited to only showing color footage. Because of this, there is very little detail and some major events are barely mentioned. This is primarily a visual experience. If you're a WW2 buff, you won't learn anything new. Then again, of you're a WW2 buff, I highly recommend this DVD.
I was amazed when I saw some of this as a child
I was amazed when I saw some of this as a child in color at a time when most films were black and white. I thought that color film wasn't even invented prior to WW II. Ted Turner can colorize anything these days, even WW I, but this is the real thing and you can tell. Very nice indeed
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