War on Film – Churchill at War

With the existence of literally dozens of films about Winston Churchill, as well as hundreds of books about one of the legendary figures of the 20th century, why did Netflix bother to commission the new four-part documentary Churchill at War? The answer is that this series has some fascinating new elements to it. Unlike most recent movies about Churchill, it is not about just one moment or aspect of his life. It covers his five years as war leader between 1940 and 1945, and also provides a good prologue on his early life to put the war years into context, as well as an epilogue on his post-war years and return to Downing Street in 1951. Second, the series has restored and colourised the a