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'They Shall Not Grow Old': Peter Jackson WW1 film trailer and how to watch online after Remembrance Day

Archive footage of soldiers on the frontline was colourised for the film (Picture: BBC/Wingnut Films with Peter Jackson/IWM)

The BBC marked the centenary of the end of World War I with Peter Jackson's film They Shall Not Grow Old.

The movie had its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last month, but its small screen debut will be on Armistice Day.

Jackson used archived footage that has been hand-colourised, digitalised and restored for television to capture life on the frontline.

Here is everything you need to know:

(BBC/Wingnut Films with Peter Jackson/IWM)

How did Peter Jackson make the WW1 film?

The ambitious documentary took a lot of planning and work, taking silent footage and restoring, colourising and converting it to 3D for television. Artillery fire, marches and a general soundtrack was then added over the top of the images to bring the footage to life.

Using lip reading analysis, speeches between soldiers have been reconstructed for stories that can finally be told – 100 years on, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum.

A 30-minute special as part of the What Do Artists Do All Day? will air on Monday November 12 showing Jackson and his team at work.

Is there a trailer for They Shall Not Grow Old?

A trailer, just shy of one minute, was released in September, promising viewers that the film would be unlike anything they have ever seen before.

How to watch They Shall Not Grow Old

The 98-minute film had its televisual premiere on Sunday November 11 at 9.30pm on BBC 2.

You can also watch it on iPlayer for the following week. It will be available online until Sunday November 18, at 11.05pm.

At work: Peter Jackson (BBC)

Is They Shall Not Grow Old in cinemas?

After its premiere at the London Film Festival on October 16, the film was screened in selected cinemas periodically.

There are still a few screenings between now and Sunday but it will be off the big screen as it moves to the small screen.

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