Netflix will show “Greatest Events of World War Two in Colour” in the U.S. and internationally after snapping up rights to the documentary series. The series brings a new perspective to the conflict with color footage of key events such as D-Day, the war in the Pacific, and the horrors of Hiroshima.
Alan Griffiths’ U.K. indie World Media Rights made the doc with Germany’s Zdf Enterprises. The latter distributes and struck the Netflix deal, which covers 190 countries.
Following on from Wmr’s earlier “World War Two in HD Colour,” which was narrated by Robert Powell, the new series uses the same colorization techniques to bring archive footage to life. It has has rare library footage from Japan and Russia, among other locations, much of it never seen before.
Alan Griffiths, CEO of World Media Rights, said: ‘We’re thrilled that Netflix is bringing ‘Greatest Events of World...
Alan Griffiths’ U.K. indie World Media Rights made the doc with Germany’s Zdf Enterprises. The latter distributes and struck the Netflix deal, which covers 190 countries.
Following on from Wmr’s earlier “World War Two in HD Colour,” which was narrated by Robert Powell, the new series uses the same colorization techniques to bring archive footage to life. It has has rare library footage from Japan and Russia, among other locations, much of it never seen before.
Alan Griffiths, CEO of World Media Rights, said: ‘We’re thrilled that Netflix is bringing ‘Greatest Events of World...
- 10/29/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has boarded a ten-part World War II documentary from British production company World Media Rights.
The Svod service is to air Greatest Events of World War Two in HD Colour in 190 territories and will badge it as a Netflix Original.
The series, which is a co-production between Wmr and Germany’s Zdf Enterprises, which owns a stake in the UK business.
The series, which is the follow-up to Robert Powell-narrated World War Two in HD Colour, uses archive footage, much of it previously unseen, acquired from nearly 40 sources including rare library footage from Japan and Russia and processed with state-of-the-art colorization software. From the Blitzkrieg of Germany’s tanks across Europe to the Battle of Britain; from the War in the Pacific to D-Day and the horrors of Hiroshima, this series documents the conflict in unflinching detail, once again bringing the greatest global struggle the world has...
The Svod service is to air Greatest Events of World War Two in HD Colour in 190 territories and will badge it as a Netflix Original.
The series, which is a co-production between Wmr and Germany’s Zdf Enterprises, which owns a stake in the UK business.
The series, which is the follow-up to Robert Powell-narrated World War Two in HD Colour, uses archive footage, much of it previously unseen, acquired from nearly 40 sources including rare library footage from Japan and Russia and processed with state-of-the-art colorization software. From the Blitzkrieg of Germany’s tanks across Europe to the Battle of Britain; from the War in the Pacific to D-Day and the horrors of Hiroshima, this series documents the conflict in unflinching detail, once again bringing the greatest global struggle the world has...
- 10/29/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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