The World At War: The Complete Series (11 Disc Set) [£35.99@CDWOW.com]*Preorder*

Ruu_Old

This is a Region Free set. There might be some £1 vouchers knocking around too. Link here. Next best price is £54.75 (for a Region 2 set).

When this epic series was first broadcast in 1973 it redefined the gold standard for television documentary, it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself.

Originally shown as 26 one-hour pragrammes, The World At War set out to tell the story of the second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each one-hour programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of The Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history, the narration delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events.

Special Features:

* 8 special presentations
* 3 hour 30th anniversary disc containing previously unseen interviews and retrospective interviews with the original production team

ongarite

Fecking hell, thats a cracking deal.

Ruu_Old

Oops forgot to mention the release date, it is August 20th.

thefinalstage

Annnnnnnnnnd Pre-ordered!

Thanks Ruu.

niallo22

Anyone got a link to the pre order? All I can find is this:

http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=13120

Basq

niallo22 wrote:

Anyone got a link to the pre order? All I can find is this:

http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php?product_code=13120

It's in the original post there niallo22!

But here ya go!

niallo22

Sorry just realised that myself!

Ryaller

Pity these weren't available in the Irish Daily Mail.
Still a bit pricey...

Oracle

It's a fascinating TV series, even though it's made years ago it doesn't seem dated maybe because a lot of it is narration and original war footage. I'd like to have it but still seems kinda high priced to me.:(

Dades

Thanks Ruu - one boxset in the bag...

My old housemate used to have them and I always meant to get through them, but never got around to it.

Now, all I need is glandular fever.

h0stn0tf0und

I've never used cd-wow before and signed up this morning after seeing Ruu's post. When I get to the checkout I notice that its not a SSL connection, am I missing something or is it frames on the page that causes it not to show up as secure?!

ongarite

Have Cd-wow delivery issues been resolved yet? They had warehouse fire and dew weeks ago and this delayed things for ages.

Ruu_Old

I think they are fine, have had stuff delivered no bother since then.

Alancillhill

I got it on ebay from china for €40ish (another version). That looks like good deal. It is still amazing- look out for episodes on Belgium and Netherlands who never get discussed that much in relation to WWII.
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Santa Claus

Absolutely brilliant boxset...I paid 100 euro on play.com last christmas for this.
Has the pigsback cdwow link disappeared as can't find the link on pigsback!

ongarite

Here is €2 voucher from my account thats going to waste.
Free to use for first person to buy the boxset, please use for the boxset and not some other crap please.

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CreepingDeath

They're cheaper on eBay.

There's a load of them for £14.99 (Approximately EUR 22.11),
plus Gb£6.00 postage to Ireland.

BostonB

Loved watching this as a kid.

Sonnenblumen

Alancillhill wrote:

I got it on ebay from china for €40ish (another version). That looks like good deal. It is still amazing- look out for episodes on Belgium and Netherlands who never get discussed that much in relation to WWII.
A

Agree, the damn dutch collaborators.