Apocalypse - War of Worlds 1945-1991 (2019)

Original title

Apocalypse, La Guerre des mondes (1945-1991)

Directed by

Isabelle Clarke, Mickaël Gamrasni

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

10

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series covers the Cold War from 1945 to 1991. It uses restored and colorized archive footage to show the major political and military events of that period.

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What happens

Apocalypse: the Cold War, also known as Apocalypse: War of worlds (in French: Apocalypse, la guerre des mondes), is a TV series made up of 6 French documentaries which retraces the main events of the Cold War, from 1945 to 1991. Over 200 hours of unpublished archives have been restored and colorized to illustrate the period from the end of World War II until the fall of the USSR in 1991. These documentaries were written and produced by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle, with the collaboration of Mickaël Gamrasni. The series was originally broadcast in several countries on various French-language television channels. Also, the series was broadcast by National Geographic in several regions of the World. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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