The document discusses the origin and evolution of war films. It notes that the first full-length scripted war film was D.W. Griffith's 1910 film "The Fugitive," though an earlier two-minute short film from 1898 depicted the Civil War. Early notable war films from the 1920s like "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and "A Couple of Down and Outs" received surprisingly positive reviews even decades later for their raw feel and serious portrayal of stories and images from war. The document also describes the documentary series "World War I in Color" which uses computer colorization to bring the footage of World War I to life for modern audiences and help them understand the human cost and