The threat of fascism looms in this final hour of The dark years. As the year 1939 approaches, newspaper owner Mr. Atkinson, a pacifist, comes to accept the inevitability of another war in Europe. Reporter Matthew Halton finds himself in Munich in 1938, amidst Hitler and other European leaders, and it is then that The Daily Star really mobilizes its war coverage. The miniseries ends tensely with the Great Depression suddenly over, "simply an account of the war" and dark years potentially leading to even darker ones.

- Color animation with black and white newsreel footage ; - A Barna-Alper production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada ; - In association with History Television ; - DVD-R ; - Multizone NTSC ; - Dolby surround.