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The Best Episodes of The Twenties In Colour Season 1

Every episode of The Twenties In Colour Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Twenties In Colour Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Twenties In Colour Season 1

Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the footage, bringing the past vividly back to life.
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Twenties In Colour Season 1 Episode 1 - Europe: After the Fire
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    #1 - Europe: After the Fire

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    When the Armistice was signed in November 1918, Kahn's team photographed the scenes of jubilation in Paris as they witnessed the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference and recorded the horrifying aftermath of four years of war and the upheaval that followed war in the Rhineland and Turkey.

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  2. The Twenties In Colour Season 1 Episode 2 - Middle East: The Birth of Nations
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    #2 - Middle East: The Birth of Nations

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    The First World War led to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and its former provinces came under the control of France and Britain. Though as the occupying troops arrived, the people of present-day Syria, Lebanon and Palestine were already entertaining hopes that they would be able to govern themselves. Albert Kahn's cameras were there to record the establishment of new nations.

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  3. The Twenties In Colour Season 1 Episode 3 - Far East: Expeditions to Empires
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    #3 - Far East: Expeditions to Empires

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    Between 1914 and 1928, Kahn sent some of his most talented photographers to the Far East. In Cambodia, Vietnam and Japan, they produced a compelling photographic record of economic and cultural life, subsistence industries, and ceremonial practices, and produced a fascinating portrait of the life of a wealthy Maharajah in India during the British Raj.

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  4. The Twenties In Colour Season 1 Episode 4 - The End of a World
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    #4 - The End of a World

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    The last programme in the series shows the films shot by Kahn's cameraman Lucien Le Saint who joined the French fishing fleets in Newfoundland, the film and colour autochromes shot by Frederic Gadmer who recorded Voodoo religious practices in Benin and the experimental colour films produced by Camille Sauvageot in 1928, depicting the lives of farmers, Gypsies and bullfighters in France.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Europe: After the Fire" is the best rated episode of "The Twenties In Colour" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/8/2007. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Middle East: The Birth of Nations".