WWII Lost Films: The Making of - Finding The Footage

WWII Lost Films transforms our knowledge of World War II by illuminating it, close up and in original colour.

After a painstaking two year global search and selected from thousands of hours of rare and unseen footage, HISTORY™ brings you an unforgettable 10 night television event. More than just another war documentary, WWII Lost Films allows you to view the conflict through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it and charts the personal journeys of twelve servicemen across Africa, Europe and the Pacific as they deal with terrible day-to-day conditions and the chaos of war.

WWII Lost Films starts April 12th at 10pm and continues every weeknight until April 23rd, only on HISTORY™Sky 529, Sky HD 545, Virgin 234.

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[TheHistoryChannelUK]

Thanks for your comments, youre absolutely right the show was not originally shot in HD. However, utilising a revolutionary new RED ONE digital camera paired with a telecine machine and a fantastic team we have been able to transfer the original 35MM film into a full HD quality show. We have uploaded another video "WWII Lost Films - Preserving the Footage" which further explains this process.

[Bloodgod40]

Also, the brightness and vividness of the color depends on how the footage has been stored since WWII. If it's been exposed to 65 summer-winter cycles with all the swings in temperature, humidity etc. that entails it likely will have degraded quite a bit. The color will look flat and washed out.

If it's been stored in a consistently cool, dry environment it will be better.

[Bloodgod40]

I don't think much of it gonna be worth recording in HD.

Theoretically you could get resolution as good as HD out of the 8 or 16 mm film stock, but it depends on the quality of the lenses, focusing etc. in the cameras being used to record it. Shitty lenses = shitty recording, no matter what resolution the recording media could actually hold. Look through a pair of el-cheapo binoculars to see what I mean about the effect of crap lenses.

[DELTA912420]

the film back then was and still is a series of pictures..how is to long to type out a explanation but thats what it is...

Great-grandfather told me thats what it was,as he was a photographer during ww2.(Navy for the AP)

[sanimalscoolzfriend]

this series gives me chills...every single episode does especially the episode where at the end the play Eisenhower's speech with the beautiful soundtrack and the D-Day landings that part almost made me cry...it was beautifully done!!!!!!!

[kerrayz]

Can anyone tell me what the soundtrack is at the beginning of each episode?

[jerryaltman]

Restored ????????? the colors still looks dull, fadded, unnatural colors...

[afiqhanifah]

@GTOOtt

their change to HD means record with red camera on higher resolution and better colour quality...

[civicmike01]

This is a brilliant series, ive been watching it everyweek night. But can anyone tell me the song used at the beggining of each episode please? Any info would but greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[sajseven]

@TheHistoryChannelUK Oh cool! Thanks for the reply! ;-)

[pelvist]

@GTOOtt Video needs to be recorded in HD for it to be played back in HD.