This is incredible.
Peter Jackson Restored and Colorized 100 Hours of World War I Footage, and the Final Results are Remarkable Watch
Peter Jackson Restored and Colorized 100 Hours of World War I Footage, and the Final Results are Remarkable Watch
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Peter Jackson is beloved by moviegoers for bringing J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth to life in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, and the Oscar winner is up to his usual ambitious tricks in his latest project, the World War I documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old." Jackson utilized modern production techniques to restore and colorize nearly 100 hours of original WWI footage from Britain's Imperial War Museum.
"The First World War, for good or for worse, is defined in people's imaginations by the film that is always used in all the documentaries and it looks bloody awful, for obvious reasons," Jackson told ITV News. "There were technical limitations and also a hundred years of age of shrinkage and duplication and starches. I think it's the best gift I can give at the moment, as well as this movie, to restore footage."