Reissued by the British Film Institute as part of its Vivien Leigh retrospective (rather than as a perversely arcane counterpoint to 12 Years a Slave), Victor Fleming's sprawling Technicolor epic returns in a spanking new high resolution digital print.

Correctly presented in its original square format Academy ratio (70mm reissues were cropped to make the image appear wider), this boasts epic visuals (the civil war, Atlanta on fire etc) as sweeping as Max Steiner's score.

Rated PG for "mild violence and dated discriminatory terms", the film nonetheless takes its place in movie history thanks to Hattie McDaniel's supporting turn as house servant Mammy, which made her the first African American to win an Academy award.