WW2 - From the Front Lines - Netflix

Neil79 · 8 Dec 2023 at 16:10

ww2 from the front lines is very good, never before seen footage colorized on Netflix! Narration is spot on as well

jcr · 8 Dec 2023 at 17:42

Sean Penn looks young there.

SexyGreyFox · 8 Dec 2023 at 17:50

Thanks

Ayahuasca · 12 Dec 2023 at 13:59

Some of the footage in this is absolutely fantastic.

Littlenose · 12 Dec 2023 at 14:02

That's good to hear.... will stick it on my list

Neil79 · 12 Dec 2023 at 18:34

Ayahuasca said:
Some of the footage in this is absolutely fantastic.

Indeed, by the end I was almost speechless!

Freakbro · 12 Dec 2023 at 19:08

Binged this over the weekend, found it compulsive viewing. Really gave a personal feel to the events & battles we all know and agree with the above, some of the footage was incredible.

When the ship being torpedoed in the Atlantic exploded while the sailors were abandoning ship..... :eek:

Josh · 12 Dec 2023 at 19:53

Totally missed this, thanks!

Littlenose · 13 Dec 2023 at 08:22

started watching this last night, even the missus was engrossed

Rroff · 13 Dec 2023 at 08:30

Freakbro said:
Binged this over the weekend, found it compulsive viewing. Really gave a personal feel to the events & battles we all know and agree with the above, some of the footage was incredible.

When the ship being torpedoed in the Atlantic exploded while the sailors were abandoning ship.....

HMS Barham and the SS John Burke (not sure if in this series) explosions are crazy.

TonyM19 · 14 Dec 2023 at 12:57

The footage is amazing. Over 6 episodes its only going to skim the surface, but it is pretty stunning visually.

arknor · 14 Dec 2023 at 13:53

Seen all the footage they show in other docs.

looks like just a rehash of already known footage thats been upscaled by AI.

Theres great ww2 footage on youtube I've never seen used on TV docs

TheMightyTen · 14 Dec 2023 at 14:35

I found the footage average at best especially the penchant for documentary makers to use incorrect library footage for what is being described/narrated such as showing footage of a Sherman at the supposed Battle of Gazala when anybody knows it's the famous footage from the opening barrage of 2nd El Alamein when Britain used M4s in a large action for the first time :mad:

, some of it was very good and appropriate but other was often in the wrong context. Also found some of the "historical" interpretation to be verging on the revisionist at times which is becoming all to common with a younger generation of WWII historians with a political chip on their shoulder. What I did find very good were the reminiscences of the protagonists and civilians caught up in events, some of it was extremely moving.

McManicMan · 14 Dec 2023 at 14:41

The last episode I found to be the most informative and showing the true horrors of war from both military and civilians.

MookJong · 14 Dec 2023 at 15:15

Enjoying this, but as others have said it is more a spectacle than anything truly informative.

It certainly shows some horrors though, which is no bad thing at all.

Rroff · 14 Dec 2023 at 15:27

TheMightyTen said:
I found the footage average at best especially the penchant for documentary makers to use incorrect library footage for what is being described/narrated such as showing footage of a Sherman at the supposed Battle of Gazala when anybody knows it's the famous footage from the opening barrage of 2nd El Alamein when Britain used M4s in a large action for the first time , some of it was very good and appropriate but other was often in the wrong context. Also found some of the "historical" interpretation to be verging on the revisionist at times which is becoming all to common with a younger generation of WWII historians with a political chip on their shoulder. What I did find very good were the reminiscences of the protagonists and civilians caught up in events, some of it was extremely moving.

Yeah, there were a few times it bothered me when they used inappropriate clips to fill in the narration such as mixing in a clip of allied planes into a sequence involving the Luftwaffe assumedly because it was the closest to what they were describing.

arknor said:
Seen all the footage they show in other docs.

looks like just a rehash of already known footage thats been upscaled by AI.

Theres great ww2 footage on youtube I've never seen used on TV docs

I can't remember details off the top of my head but there is a German collection which they occasionally release bits on to YouTube which has actual never seen before footage in relatively high quality/mostly originally in colour which has some pretty stunning footage - I believe it is only being released recently and slowly due to the restoration required.

Junglist · 2 Jan 2024 at 09:04

I'm not a huge WW2 history buff but I found this very 'entertaining' to watch. Watched it over the course of 2 nights and found the footage incredible.

Again, not knowing much about the war; that segment with Casino was mind blowing. Was looking at the footage thinking "hey, that place looks cool why have we never been" then it just got absolutely flattened... For nothing!