A Reference
Properly Cultured
DocumentaryAges 16–18

The World at War

Jeremy Isaacs, prod. · Thames Television · 1973
British

Twenty-six hour-long episodes narrated by Laurence Olivier, with first-person interviews from people who fought, governed, survived, and perpetrated the Second World War. Almost all of them are now gone; this remains the document of record.

A note to parents

Authentic combat, atrocity, and Holocaust footage throughout. The Genocide episode is the hardest watch of the series.