The idea of taking existing footage and colorizing them has been tried before with mixed results. However to take this footage and totally revamp it by adjusting the speed and adding voices as Peter Jackson has done here with original WW1 footage has brought this to a new level. The whole thing is done brilliantly and is without fault. I got this DVD (yes, I still buy them) as well as the original ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT on the same day. The movie was the re mastered version and combined with this documentary it brought to life a time when a film on tanks in action (actually they were in practice) brought people flocking to the cinemas. What a wonder they must have beheld to see actual moving pictures of tanks in action. The same astonishment could be directed at this documentary and a really brilliant one it is too. In time this will probably become commonplace but for now lets gaze in wonder at the time long past brought to life again. Really well done.
Review of They Shall Not Grow Old
