The World at War

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The World at War was a weekly history of the Second World War broadcast in 1973-74 and made by Thames TV for the ITV network. It is now considered as a landmark series with its archive footage, short interview clips of people who took part in the events being described, and the wonderfully sombre narration of Sir Laurence Olivier. I remember watching this series when it was first broadcast and being spellbound by the incredible titles sequence. The way the series was written and Olivier's narration really captured the apocalyptic feeling that the world was on the brink.

[tex]

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Remember the series well, very sombre viewing and a haunting theme tune. It was quite graphic as i recall pulling no punches in re-telling the story of the holocaust

[akb48fan]

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Yes I agree that it's a good series. Too young to catch it first time round but watched the repeats back in 1994 when it was shown on BBC2

[tex]

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Never cared much for Hitler, always thought he was a bit of a dick

[Zincubus]

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I've just set up the Sky box to record every episode from the beginning !

It's On Demand !!!


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[George 1978]

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Very unusual that series like that would get a repeat on BBC 2. I was racking my brains and I almost assumed that Channel 4 shown an episode as part of their TV Heaven series.

[Arran]

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Very unusual that series like that would get a repeat on BBC 2. I was racking my brains and I almost assumed that Channel 4 shown an episode as part of their TV Heaven series.

They may be something of a propaganda piece.

The way I see things is that as time goes by and the generation who lived through WW2 and the Dad's Army generation die out then the British public's view towards Hitler may start becoming more impartial and less biased towards he was a villain whilst Churchill was a hero. It's a bit like Napoleon was the most hated historical figure in Britain in 1900. Although he is far from a hero today the public's view of him has toned down and he can be looked at from different perspectives.

[George 1978]

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My late father fought in the second world war, and so I was more than aware of what happened in that generation, not to mention taking GCSE History as an option at school. He used to mention what he did from 1939-1945 and how he defended our country against Hitler and Co.

[tex]

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The world at war series would doubtless come with a warning about graphic content if show today, some of the footage was very harrowing especially the concentration camps

[Zincubus]

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They may be something of a propaganda piece.

The way I see things is that as time goes by and the generation who lived through WW2 and the Dad's Army generation die out then the British public's view towards Hitler may start becoming more impartial and less biased towards he was a villain whilst Churchill was a hero. It's a bit like Napoleon was the most hated historical figure in Britain in 1900. Although he is far from a hero today the public's view of him has toned down and he can be looked at from different perspectives.

You're not suggesting that Hitler wasn't as bad as he's portrayed surely??


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[Richard1978]

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They may be something of a propaganda piece.

The way I see things is that as time goes by and the generation who lived through WW2 and the Dad's Army generation die out then the British public's view towards Hitler may start becoming more impartial and less biased towards he was a villain whilst Churchill was a hero. It's a bit like Napoleon was the most hated historical figure in Britain in 1900. Although he is far from a hero today the public's view of him has toned down and he can be looked at from different perspectives.

While not not having a clean record by any means Napoleon certainly wasn't into them warped idealogical warfare which was 2nd nature for Hitler.

When the ship that was to transport Napoleon to St Helena docked at a British port there was a crowd hoping to see him, so there wasn't too much hate even in his lifetime.

With the media being far more developed by the 20th century it has been much harder to try to rehabilitate Hitler even though the 2nd World War is slipping out of living memory.

[Caitlyn]

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Never cared much for Hitler, always thought he was a bit of a dick

Agree, his transport policy was great but his foreign policy was floored.

A great series with many interviews with people who witnessed things first hand.

[marc]

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The world at war series would doubtless come with a warning about graphic content if show today, some of the footage was very harrowing especially the concentration camps

Not only a warning before any episode, the chances are, some moron would make an official complaint that their little darling was extremely upset and had nightmares.

I watched this programme when it was first shown. I was six years old at the time. I was never stopped from watching it. My grandparents all lived through WW2.

It is now classed has a landmark and benchmark series. There was also a series about WW1 made before this, The Great War. I believe both series were made by the same production team.

[Zincubus]

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Not only a warning before any episode, the chances are, some moron would make an official complaint that their little darling was extremely upset and had nightmares.

I watched this programme when it was first shown. I was six years old at the time. I was never stopped from watching it. My grandparents all lived through WW2.

It is now classed has a landmark and benchmark series. There was also a series about WW1 made before this, The Great War. I believe both series were made by the same production team.

Lawrence Olivier narrated them ..


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[zabadak]

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Superior series!

As it was made in the 70s, it greatly benefitted by having veterans still around to make those comments.