ZDFE Brings New World War Two Docuseries to Netflix

World War Two in Color: The Road to Victory, a co-production between World Media Rights (WMR) and ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), will launch globally as a Netflix series on December 22.

The Road to Victory is a ten-part sequel to WMR’s Greatest Events of World War Two in Colour. Using WMR’s colorization techniques to update black-and-white World War Two archives, it shows audiences the allies’ progress from early comebacks and victories to the surrender of Germany and Japan.

World War Two in Color: The Road to Victory uses previously unseen footage of Dunkirk, the Liberation of Paris, Iwo Jima and the Battle for Berlin and the U.S. invasion of Okinawa to show how the allies refined their combat methods and their technology to deliver victory. The colorization process involves researching the real colors that led to the shades of black and white depicted in the archive. WMR also updates the footage by matching the correct sounds against all the different weapons involved in the fighting portrayed in the series.

Alan Griffiths, CEO of World Media Rights, said: “We’re thrilled that Netflix is taking The Road to Victory to their 214 million subscribers as a Netflix series. WMR’s colorization and sound techniques bring the Second World War to life as if it was shot for news cameras yesterday.”