I just bought the World at War DVD series.

It is supposed to be possibly the best documentary ever done on WW2. Armchair General gives it a five star rating and mentions how it does a wonderful job covering Eastern front combat. It has 26 episodes in all and after I view it I let everybody know if it lives up to the hype. I figure some here have already seen it.

 

I'm hoping to buy this on DVD myself, have it on video and remember watching it when it was originally broadcast. It really is a brilliant piece of documentary work, only other which has come close is "Nazis: a warning from history".

"The Nazis: A Warning from History" (1997)

 

I remember watching it when it originally came out too. Then almost everytime it came out on TV. It is a fine addition to the "Victory At Sea" and the "Crusade in the Pacific" DVDs I have.

 

Was extremely lucky to get this free when it was given away by a national daily. Have yet to watch it all.

Steve W.

 

Defiantly a master piece put together. They should show the series to all idiots who walk around the streets all day causing trouble and acting tough to show them what real Men were like.

 

The World at War: An excellent series. It begins and ends in the tragic village of Oradour-sur-Glane. The theme music is a very moving musical accompaniment to the B& W film footage.

When it first came out in the early 1970's, I taped (audio) the whole series. But after several moves in the military that particular box was "lost".

Please enjoy the series. It is both educational and evocative. Highly recommended.

 

I remember as a young boy, that our local PBS station had a notebook that went along with the series, and you would read up on what they were talking about after each show. Wish I still had that notebook,but its almost been 30 years now.

 

No hype there vet .
they couldn't have timed the making of the series better really, in time to catch so many significant personalities before they passed away. the cast list on IMDB gives some indication of this, from Tedder to Galland, and all points between:
"The World at War" (1974) - Full cast and crew

Some aspects of the series may be becoming a little dated, but it still stands as about the best 'general' documentary series on WW2 yet made.

The recent Holmes book based on the unused archive interviews from the series is rather good too:
The World at War

Cheers,
Adam.

 

I personally "liked" the series alot. Especially many of the interviews are great!

 

I got the box set free with the daily Mail

 

I have seen the eries on shelf at Barnes and Noble. I was thinking of getting it. This thread really helps; sounds good to me!

The BBC history of WWII is also good, from what I have seen.

 

Remember seeing this many years ago on tv it was and probably still is the best documentry on ww2.The combination of auctual footage and interviews was second to none.

 

Was that the Daily Mail? There are a couple missing from what they dished out, even though they advertsed it as the complete set.

This thread sent me a wandering and to my delight I found amazon.co.uk are offering this for around the forty quid mark, half price, so I've ordered a copy.

 

A timeless series that you can watch again and again.

My girlfriend bought me the DVD boxed set for my birthday in March, and it has all sorts of extras to dip into, including previously unused footage.

I watched it as a kid when it was first shown in 1973-74, and after catching the odd episode on the History / Documentary channel over the past two or three years, I'm really looking forward to watching the whole thing in sequence from start to finish (and without constant annoying interruptions for commercial breaks!).

- Steve

 

Yes, I used to watch it every night it was on. I thought it to be excellent.

 

I first got "exposed" to this most excellent documentary series when we finally first got cable tv when I was about 13 yrs old. This was played on a Turner TV station: WTBS-Atlanta-every Saturday evening at about 6 PM. I will be getting the box set sometime in the near future.

Also, anyone here ever watch an excellent WWII Doc series called: "Battleline?" These were 1/2 hour long and the narration for wheivhever side was represented-was done so by a soldier who was actually there. These too were in black & White.

And another most excellent series I remember was: "The Twentieth Century-and was hosted by Walter Kronkite. These three Doc series on WWII are the three best IMO. Victory ar Sea is another excellent series.

Two smaller Doc series I highly recommend are: Battlefields & Battlefields II. These each had four 2 hour episodes.

 

I've now bought a copy for the bargain price of £39.98. The full price is £99.99, so if any UK based member would like to take the opportunity to pick this up for a snip here's your chance.

Amazon.co.uk: world at war