Demonstrating Why "The World at War" is the Gold Standard of World War II Documentaries in 3 Minutes

In a feeble attempt to disguise the lack of content in recent months due to other commitments, I offer this up. A random watching of an episode of World at War suggested this three minute snippet as a great example of just about everything that makes this the go-to for World War II documentaries despite its age. One major absence from this clip is an illustration of how willing the producers were to do interviews with high ranking men (and women), and including those who fought for the Axis. But overall, a nice clip demonstrating some of the other strengths of the series.

From Wikipedia: "The World at War is a 26-episode British documentary television series that chronicles the events of the Second World War. It was produced in 1973, at a cost of £900,000 (equivalent to £11,600,000 in 2021), the most expensive factual series ever produced. It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs, narrated by Laurence Olivier and included music composed by Carl Davis. The book, The World at War, published the same year, was written by Mark Arnold-Forster to accompany the TV series.

"The World at War attracted widespread acclaim and now it is regarded as a landmark in British television history. The series focused on a portrayal of the experience of the conflict: of how life and death throughout the war years affected soldiers, sailors and airmen, civilians, concentration camp inmates and other victims of the war."

Learn more about the series at the Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071075/

Read more on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wor...

Read The Guardian's obituary of Noble Frankland, the decorated Bomber Command veteran who transformed the Imperial War Museum in the UK from a backwater for unhappy archivists to a world class tourist attraction and who served as adviser to the World at War series.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2...