World War II - Battlefront 5 Pak

Starring:Wwii-Battlefront
Studio: Madacy Records
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

garbage alert
"To colorize or not to colorize? That is the question...."
Yes, It really is colorized.
NOT COLORIZED
GREAT COLOR FOOTAGE

World War II - Battlefront 5 Pak
Starring: Wwii-Battlefront
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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World War II - Battlefront Volume 1
WWII In Color
World War 1 in Color
The First World War - The Complete Series
The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition)

ASIN: B00005Q66E
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Customer Reviews:

garbage alert.......2007-05-08

I bought it to educate my kids about the history and events of WWII. This set fails miserably. It's mostly unexciting footage with many repeating scenes and many times there is clearly no connection between the battles covered and the footage.
The storytelling is abysmal and the pictures are unexciting.

"To colorize or not to colorize? That is the question....".......2007-03-30

First off, don't expect the quality one would expect with such landmark series such as "World at War" or "The BBC History of WWII;" nonetheless, Madacy Entertainment has done an acceptable job in colorizing some of the documentary footage contained in this five disc set. If one can overcome objections to "colorizing" existing content, the viewer should be able to enjoy an interesting trip thru WWII.

For a modest outlay (I purchased the set for approximately $9.95 at Ross Dress for Less--yes, they do sell DVDs too!), this set covers both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters adequately, and includes "filler" excerpts from Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" divided among the the five discs. Some of the highlights to this boxed set includes interviews with several British Spitfire pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain and a number of German and American veterans who fought in Monte Cassino, North Africa, and D-Day. As an avid reader of WWII history and the Mediterranean campaign in particular, I found the segments entitled "The Battle of Malta," "North Africa," and "Monte Cassino" both absorbing and relatively comprehensive.

Yes, It really is colorized........2007-01-06

Sorry to say to Buddha Dharma, that this is indeed mostly colorized footage. I work with a company doing documentaries and we have footage that was dubbed directly from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. I saw exactly the same shots in this set that are on our dubs in Black & White. If they were available in color, we would have gotten them in color from the National Archives. Also, there was a "film damage" filter added. If you look at the DVD's at X2 or X4 speed, watch for the same film scratch, hair, and dirt patterns going by. There is very little color (combat) footage from World War 2. From what I have heard, (I have not researched this and don't know the true facts, but...) the amount of color combat footage from WW2 is in the low (less than 100) hours range. To me the colorized footage is okay, but the box labelling is extremely misleading.

NOT COLORIZED.......2005-09-16

There are too many ignorant souls out there complaining that the footage in this doco is colorized, it clearly states right on the tin that it is not colorized and that it is restored footage from actual color film that was taken at the time. Much of which had never been seen before. Get your facts straight before bad mouthing a product and for god's sake get a clue, footage that old, color or not is bound to show some fading over time, of course the color is not that good in some of it, color film was extremely new then.

GREAT COLOR FOOTAGE.......2005-05-11

GREAT SET FOR LITTLE MONEY. 5 DVDS FOR ABOUT $20. SOMEONE COMPLAINED OF COLORIZED FOOTAGE. SO WHAT. THIS WAS NOT FILMED WHEN COLOR FILM WAS UNIVERSALLY USED. ENJOY WHAT IS PRESENTED. IF YOU EXPECT FOOTAGE THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A MOVIE THEATRE TRY AGAIN. IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OLD B&W FOOTAGE WITH A LITTLE LIFE BREATHED INTO YOU GOT TO GET THIS.

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