This historical survey of the First World War was produced and aired by CBS to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of hostilities. The series used footage that was shot during the era of the war. Much of the footage had never been aired on television before.
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In a landmark history series, Jeremy Paxman describes how the First World War transformed the lives of the British people, and helped shape modern Britain.
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Submarines today are highly complex machines crammed with technology and weapons. As impressive as their construction is, as terrifying is their destructive power. Hardly any other weapon triggers as many emotions as the submarine. It strikes from ambush and can use nuclear missiles to drag the whole world into the abyss. Submarines originated from a completely non-military idea, namely to be able to view the world under water. But the interest in the military use of submarines soon prevailed.
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain is a 2009 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers the period of British history from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War. It was a follow-up to his 2007 series Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain.
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
Sir Tony Robinson, the history presenter and former Black Adder star, tells the story of the Great War. How it started, how it changed the world and how it finished with a 100 day flourish of military brilliance, which finally put an end to four years of incompetence and slaughter. With the aid of hundreds of amazing archived 3D images of the Great War which chronicle WWI from start to finish and breathe new life into the story, Tony Robinson's World War I allows modern audiences to see the war in a completely new way. Robinson will also show how the Great War changed British people for generations to come – liberating large portions of the working class, powering the rise of the Labour party and breaking the old ties of service to the aristocracy.
An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.
Experience firsthand "the war to end all wars." World War I was the first war in history to affect most of the globe, with battles fought on land, at sea and, for the first time, in the sky. This five-disc DVD set captures the experience almost a century after it happened, with rare footage, much of it never before released on DVD.
Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles.
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The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?
One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots from France, Germany, and Britain take us into the world of the greatest "flying aces" of the First World War.
Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over seven decades. Hundreds of millions of men and women were affected by this political system, one of the most unjust and bloodiest in history. Using newly discovered propaganda films and archival photos, these four episodes explore the mysteries of this totalitarian political machine that lured its share of important followers into the fold. Known as the red church, communism seduced its ardent followers like some earthly religion.
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a mediocre who rose to power because of the blindness and ignorance of the Germans, who believed he was nothing more than an eccentric dreamer. But when the crisis of 1929 devastated the economy, the population, fearful of chaos and communism, voted for him. And no one defended democracy. As the dictatorship extended its relentless shadow, the leader claimed peace, but was preparing the Apocalypse.
February 1916. World War I has been raging for two years and has killed over three million people, neither side gaining the upper hand. The Germans mobilize more artillery and men in Verdun than in any other offensive -- for three hundred days -- but the French hold out. Constructed from over five hundred hours of restored, colorized archival footage.
This ten-part docuseries tells the comprehensive story of the First World War, featuring excerpts written by Winston Churchill, Karen Blixen, Georges Clémenceau, David Lloyd George, Siegfried Sassoon and Rudolf Hess.
One of the most comprehensive World War 1 documentary series ever made recalls the causes conduct, and aftermath of "The War to End All Wars". Along with the social, political, and economic fabric of the times, the roles of key figures are analyzed in depth. Produced during the Golden Age of CBS TV documentaries, this series, narrated by Robert Ryan, contains some of the highest quality World War 1 footage known to exist.
A milestone 26-part history of the First World War, conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of its outbreak.
At the time World War I broke out, the King of England, the Czar of Russia, and the Kaiser of Germany were first cousins. This two-part series looks at the role played by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England, and their relationships with each other, in the outbreak of war. Mismanaging their countries and mishandling foreign policy, they failed to adapt to the forces of nationalism and democracy, and so brought tumbling down their own ideal of a Europe governed by the descendants of Queen Victoria. While it was war that delivered the final blow, this fascinating series shows how the problems had set in much earlier. A two part miniseries.
Documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh consisting of colourised footage from World War I.
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26 episodes • 1964
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Summer of Sarajevo | Sep 22, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Clash of the Generals | Sep 29, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Doomed Dynasties | Oct 6, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Atrocity 1914 | Oct 13, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 5 | They Sank the Lusitania | Oct 27, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Verdun the Inferno | Nov 10, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Battle of Jutland | Nov 17, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Trenches | Nov 24, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 9 | D-Day at Gallipoli | Dec 1, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 10 | America the Neutral | Dec 8, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Wilson and the War | Dec 20, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Revolution in Red | Dec 27, 1964 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Behind the German Lines | Jan 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Year of Lost Illusions | Jan 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Over There | Jan 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Over Here | Jan 24, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Daredevils and Dogfights | Jan 31, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Agony of Caporetto | Feb 14, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Tiperary and All That Jazz | Feb 21, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Promised Lands | Feb 28, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Tide Turns | Mar 7, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Battle of the Argonne | Mar 14, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Day the Guns Stopped | Mar 28, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Wilson and Peace | Apr 4, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Allies in Russia | Apr 11, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Heritage of War | Apr 18, 1965 | 0.0 |