#Documentary with color war footage update#
#Documentary with color war footage archive#
#Documentary with color war footage tv#

The footage was then all standardised to smooth out the level of grain – the subtle texture of film – as some footage was very grainy due to its primitive nature, while some needed more grain to make it appear sharper.įinally, Stereo D then had to retime all the footage. Next came the process of cleaning up the footage to remove dust, scratches, tears, chemical marks, and other defects. (Use the slider above to see the footage before and after restoration)

#Documentary with color war footage update#

To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Some footage was too bright (overexposed), some too dark (underexposed), so this first process aimed to make all the original black & white footage look the same, or thereabouts. The Imperial War Museum sent everything they had to Park Road Post, Jackson’s New Zealand-based post-production facility, where artists completed an initial black and white levelling pass on the original images. “It was our job to eliminate these restrictions by transforming this material to the highest standard, and thus contextualise the historical records in a modern, more vibrant and lifelike way for the first time.” “The public’s interpretation of that time is heavily influenced by the quality of the historical footage available black and white, scratched up, highly deteriorated material that has been ravaged by time,” explains Milton Adamou, Stereo D’s Head of Post and Colourist for the project. The restoration of the film fell into three key phases – transformation, colour creation, and stereoscopic 3D conversion. Watch a taster of the converted footage below. The film footage, shot largely on the front line, has been painstakingly cleaned, colourised, converted into 3D, and given audio by Jackson’s team.

#Documentary with color war footage archive#

The feature-length film (in cinemas 16 October for one day only) combines restored archive footage shot during the conflict with veterans’ interviews captured in the 1960s by the BBC, bringing the stories of the men that fought in the war to life like you’ve never seen or heard before. The centrepiece of his work commemorating the end of the Great War though is They Shall Not Grow Old, a startling new documentary. Read more: Peter Jackson: ‘Great War veterans didn’t want our pity’

The 56-year-old New Zealander was the creative force behind The Great War Exhibition in Wellington, an extensive and immersive look at the First World War that spanned 1914-1918, featuring many items from the filmmaker’s personal collection of artefacts from the conflict. Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker best known for his adaptations of The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, has taken a break from directing Hollywood films, dedicating the last four years to the First World War Centenary.

#Documentary with color war footage tv#

(Trafalgar Releasing)Īdditional cinema screenings of They Shall Not Grow Old are taking place across the country on the 9, 10 and 11 November ahead of the TV broadcast on BBC 2 at 9.30pm on Sunday, 11 November. They Shall Not Grow Old brings the Great War to life like never before.