Underplayed Gems

They Filmed the War in Color (2003)

They Filmed the War in Color poster
Original title
Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur
Directed by
René-Jean Bouyer
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This French series uses color archival footage from World War II, which is unusual for the era. A narrator provides commentary over the rare images.

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What happens

Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur est une série de quatre téléfilms documentaires de 90 minutes, traitant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et réalisés pour France 2 par René-Jean Bouyer entre 2000 et 2005. Ces documentaires ont la particularité de n'utiliser que des images d'archives en couleurs, plutôt rares pour cette période, la norme étant encore à l'époque le noir et blanc. Le tout est commenté en voix off par André Dussollier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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