{"id":13604,"date":"2019-10-29T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/netflix-acquires-world-media-rights-wwii-docuseries\/"},"modified":"2019-10-29T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:51:24","slug":"netflix-acquires-world-media-rights-wwii-docuseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/netflix-acquires-world-media-rights-wwii-docuseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Acquires World Media Rights&#8217; WWII Docuseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The docuseries <em>Greatest Events of World War Two in HD Colour<\/em>, a co-production between U.K.-based World Media Rights (WMR) and ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), has been acquired by Netflix in 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greatest Events of World War Two in HD Colour<\/em> is the follow up to WMR\u2019s <em>World War Two in HD Colour<\/em>, which was narrated by Robert Powell and sold in over 55 countries around the world. The series is a Netflix original and is distributed by ZDFE.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greatest Events of World War Two in HD Colour<\/em>\u00a0uses archive footage, much of it previously unseen, acquired from over 39 sources, including rare library footage from Japan and Russia and processed with state-of-the-art colorization software. From the Blitzkrieg of Germany\u2019s tanks across Europe to the Battle of Britain; from the War in the Pacific to D-Day and the horrors of Hiroshima, this series documents the conflict in unflinching detail, once again bringing the greatest global struggle the world has ever known to a new generation in vivid color.<\/p>\n<p>World Media Rights\u2019 Alan Griffiths and David McNab are executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Griffiths, CEO of World Media Rights, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that Netflix is bringing <em>Greatest Events of World War Two in HD Colour<\/em> to their millions of subscribers. 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