World at War, The

• 50 years since its original broadcast, the 1973, 26 episode TV event is still considered the definitive story of World War 2.
• The series was conceived and produced by Sir Jeremy Isaacs (for Britain's Thames Television) and Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier.
• A televisual milestone and the benchmark for all war documentaries that followed, The World at War presents the story of World War Two, from its beginnings in Hitler's pre-war Germany to its horrific climax at Hiroshima.
• Made with the full co-operation of the Imperial War Museum, this powerful twenty-six part series combines eyewitness testimony with rare archive footage to tell the unforgettable story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known.