"WWII in HD" (2009) TV mini-series 2009-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Tagline:

The Only Ones to See the War Like This, Are the Ones Who Lived It

Plot:

Follow the lives of soldiers who lived Wold War II, through previously unseen color footage.

Plot Keywords:

World War Two | Abbreviation In Title | TV Mini-Series | Archive Footage

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Gary Sinise	...	Himself - Narrator (10 episodes, 2009)
Charles Scheffel	...	Himself (6 episodes, 2009)
Justin Bartha	...	Jack Werner (5 episodes, 2009)
Ron Livingston	...	Charles Scheffel (5 episodes, 2009)
Rob Lowe	...	Robert Sherrod (5 episodes, 2009)
Jack Werner	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2009)

Series Directed by
Matthew Ginsburg		(7 episodes, 2009)
Frederic Lumiere		(5 episodes, 2009)

Series Writing credits
Matthew Ginsburg		(10 episodes, 2009)
Bruce Kennedy		(9 episodes, 2009)
Ben Kaplan		(8 episodes, 2009)
Liz Reph		(7 episodes, 2009)
Alec Michod		(5 episodes, 2009)

Series Produced by
Michael Emerson	....	talent producer (10 episodes, 2009)
Matthew Ginsburg	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2009)
Frederic Lumiere	....	producer (10 episodes, 2009)
Lou Reda	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2009)
Scott Reda	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2009)
Liz Reph	....	producer (10 episodes, 2009)

Series Original Music by
David Joseph Wesley		(6 episodes, 2009)

Series Cinematography by
Eric Anderson		(7 episodes, 2009)

Series Film Editing by
Lucas Abel		(5 episodes, 2009)
Alex Hall		(5 episodes, 2009)
David Jakubovic		(5 episodes, 2009)
Frederic Lumiere		(3 episodes, 2009)
Ilya Osovets		(2 episodes, 2009)
Jacqueline Cambas		(unknown episodes)
James Coblentz		(unknown episodes)
Christopher Cooke		(unknown episodes)
Steve Heffner		(unknown episodes)
Kelly Hurd		(unknown episodes)
Sammy Jackson		(unknown episodes)
Alain Jakubowicz		(unknown episodes)
Marc Jakubowicz		(unknown episodes)
Salamo Levin		(unknown episodes)
Aaron D. Weisblatt		(unknown episodes)
John T. Wright		(unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frederic Lumiere	....	field director (5 episodes, 2009)

Series Sound Department
Allison Casey	....	sound designer (10 episodes, 2009)
Ben Harrington	....	vo recordist (10 episodes, 2009)
Jack Hutson	....	production sound recordist (10 episodes, 2009)
Joel Raabe	....	supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer (10 episodes, 2009)
Brian Scibinico	....	sound designer (6 episodes, 2009)
Frank Turbe	....	sound designer (5 episodes, 2009)
Joe Mendelson	....	re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Vincent Scordia	....	dolly grip (10 episodes, 2009)

Series Animation Department
Michael Heid	....	animation director (unknown episodes, 2009)

Series Editorial Department
Lauren Flowers	....	assistant editor (10 episodes, 2009)
Mike Guirgis	....	post-production intern (4 episodes, 2009)
Daniel McDonald	....	post-production assistant (4 episodes, 2009)
Henry Nevison	....	additional editing (3 episodes, 2009)

Series Music Department
Lorne Balfe	....	composer: theme music (10 episodes, 2009)

Series Other crew
Gaby Allen	....	footage logger (10 episodes, 2009)
Eric Matthews	....	assistant to Gary Sinise (10 episodes, 2009)
Larry Miller	....	researcher (10 episodes, 2009)
Marc L. Reda	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2009)

Production Companies

• Lou Reda Productions

Distributors

• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (History HD) (as "WWII: Lost Films)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (History) (as "WWII: Lost Films")
• History Channel (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Polyband (2011) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Heid Design  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Netherlands:12

Company:

Lou Reda Productions

A word on "HD"

I think people are generally misunderstanding that just because the film footage is not as clear or detailed as recent films that this is not "high definition". It is a high definition transfer of the footage we have of the war.

This is just about as good as we are going to get this footage. A good complaint would be that this footage would generally be properly displayed in a 1.33:1 format, but people are unfairly complaining of the video quality of the film footage.

The work they did here is generally fantastic, even if it is not in the correct aspect ratio.