Premieres: November 15-19
Network: History
What’s It All About? Visually astonishing, restored footage from World War II — unearthed from archives and private collections around the world and never before seen by Americans. This “lost” footage has been restored to pristine condition through advanced HD technology, and some of it has not been seen since the 1940s. The footage chronicles the extent of the war and is put into context through the stories of 12 Americans who became thrust into the conflict. These everyday heroes are voiced by actors such as Ron Livingston, LL Cool J, Amy Smart and Josh Lucas, with Gary Sinise narrating the series event. The digital technology used to enhance the images is also applied to original Library of Congress audio recordings from the war. It’s a powerful, visceral experience that really seems to be the closest way to this point — aside from actually having been in the war — of experiencing events that we are most familiar with seeing in black-and-white newsreels, or fictionalized in movies.
