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They Shall Not Grow Old – New Trailer – Now Playing In Theaters

Warner Bros. · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

The trailer for Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, a WWI documentary built from restored, colorized archival footage and BBC interviews with British soldiers.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a way to see WWI footage restored so the war feels modern and real.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's really incredible and makes the war (which was only 100 years ago) feel much more modern than old black and white footage.”

    Restored WWI footage that makes the war feel modern and real.

    iwasakabukiman, 2020-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The German front in rare color photos, 1914-1918”

  2. “it's an excellent documentary, a bit of a passion project by Peter Jackson to polish up a lot of old WW1 footage”

    Peter Jackson documentary with restored, colorized WWI footage and added sound.

    ericd, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers (2018)”

  3. “If this interests you then you might like to check out”

    Peter Jackson film made from AI-restored WWI footage with color and sound.

    nstj, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Mark Twain filmed by Thomas Edison in 1909”

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Topics: peter jackson, world war i, film restoration, colorization, documentary

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