World at War was an informative documentary. It used a narrator and archival images to get the point across. The documentary was on WWI, and focused on genocide. Genocide in this documentary was seen as subjective, and there was room for your own interpretation of the events as you were watching the film. In the film there was a narrator, but he was never seen. He talked over the clips, or in between them to explain what was happening within the documentary. The narrator would go from instructive narration to moralizing, trying to explain what was essentially going on in the war.
The times of Harvey Milk was a persuasive documentary. There was much archival footage and most of it was of Milk as a very happy individual. It showed him being content with his life, and loving every minute of it. This documentary used voice of God narration. The narrator talked over the clips, and was never seen. He is to be omniscient and ultimately be like a figure above all others. There was no interviews with experts in this documentary, and it was all footage of Milk himself.
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