Wonderful World of Albert Kahn, The (3 Disc Set)

Over 72,000 colour photographs and 100 hours of film footage. This vast treasury is held in the archives of the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris - home to the most important collection of early colour photographs in the world. In 1909, the French banker Albert Kahn sent photographers around the globe to document life on the planet. These photographers witnessed some of the most momentous events of the age, but they also photographed the intimate details of the everyday lives of ordinary people. A century on, viewers can see Kahn's remarkable archive of vivid and hauntingly-beautiful pictures over 9 episodes on DVD.