The World at War
1973–1974ITV (Thames)Documentary
Thames Television's twenty-six part history of the Second World War, still the benchmark for the form.
The World at War opens with a main title sequence of 89 seconds.
At 89 seconds, it opens well above the 37-second median for documentary sequences in this catalogue.
The opening titles
Season 1
89sUploaded by Thames Television itself. Photographs of faces burn away to white over Carl Davis's theme — a title sequence that states the subject without a frame of moving footage.
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