still the definitive program about the second world war and the world at war isn not just long and but also very informative . the series contain 26 episode ( each episode last for about 45 min . ) and and include the event lead up to and follow in the wake of the war . most episode be about the war in europe and and there be several episode about the war in the pacific . other episodes include information about the war in africa and burma and the atlantic and the home front of germany and great britain and united state and soviet union . there be one episode that dedicate to the holocaust . the series start off with the episode a new germany ( 1933 1939 ) and and tell about the rise of the nazi in germany and german territorial gain prior to the outbreak of war . the series end with the episode remember while the war influence in a post war world . remember be a fitting episode to end this great program . every episode begin with a short introduction and then with open credit . the credit be accompany by a powerful music theme . there be many fitting music piece throughout the series . each episode be like a mini film . the footage be fantastic and and so be the way it be put together . in addition and some of the footage be in color . the information include also make the episode memorable and entertain . the series be produce by jeremy isaac for thames television ( uk ) . commission in 1969 and it take four year to produce and such be the depth of it research . the series be narrate by laurence olivier ( one of the most famous and revered actor of the 20th century ) . the series interview leading member of the allied and axis campaign and include eyewitness account by civilian and enlist men and officer and politician and amongst them albert speer and karl donitz and jimmy stewart and bill mauldin and curtis lemay and lord mountbatten and alger hiss and toshikazu kase and arthur harris and charles sweeney and paul tibbets and traudl junge and historian stephen ambrose . jeremy isaac say in the making of the world at war that he seek to interview and not necessarily the survive big name and but their aide and assistant . the most difficult subject to locate and persuade to be interview and accord to isaac and be heinrich himmler adjutant and karl wolff . the latter admit to witness a large scale execution in himmler presence . the world at war be often consider to be the definitive television history of the second world war . some consider it the fine example of the documentary form . in a list of the 100 great british television programme draw up by the british film institute in 2000 and vote for by industry professional and the world at war rank 19th . the program have everything that the viewer need to know about the war . after watch a few episode i like the series so much that i try to watch the remain episode one after the other . i have see some of them several time . there be two other great documentary series that i know of that may be of interest to the viewer . one be call the great war ( 1964 ) that about world war i. the other be call cold war ( 1998 ) that about the cold war obviously .