Yes, that was the default version until the originally intendeed and photographed color could finally be restored, requiring re-editing though. The Thomsoncolor restoration is fascinating in its own right, a major, marvelous restoration success, and now finally on Blu-Ray (where you can even see the tiny vertical lines of the lenticular film stock). By the way, Older DVDs that combine the two versions might be worth hanging on to, though, having the
French version of the '64 and the color restoration documentary. I haven't done an A/B comparison myself, however Stefan Droessler writes (in
Multiversions by FilmoTeca de Catalunya) that the all-color version "differs significantly from the black and white version edited by Tati and is far less funny than the original," while Jonathan Rosenbaum just re-posted his 1998 essay praising the faithfulness of the restoration (
http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=6589). Well, I don't mind at all having three versions to choose from, after
Les Films de Mon Oncle already brought back the first
and final versions of
Vacances, and both
Mon Oncle and
My Uncle!
Uli