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The First World War : the complete series
- Summary
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The popular view of the First World War is dominated by cliche. Young soldiers were led to ghastly deaths in muddy wastes on the Western Front by incompetent generals for reasons that were seemingl...
The popular view of the First World War is dominated by cliche. Young soldiers were led to ghastly deaths in muddy wastes on the Western Front by incompetent generals for reasons that were seemingly futile. And although cliches are not necessarily lies, they are, at best, a selective view of the truth.
Details
- Creator
- a Wark Clements, Hamilton Films production in association with Target Entertainment Group and Channel 4 ; series produced and directed by Emma Wallace and [other four] ; series narrated and proudced by Jonathan Lewis
- Included Title
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- First World War (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Port Washington, NY : Entertainment One, [2014]
- Physical Details
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- 3 videodiscs (500 min.) : sound, color, with black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical
- video file DVD video
- ISBNs
- 1417240113, 9781417240111
- OCLC
- ocn876080625
- Credits
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- Narrated by Jonathan Lewis
- Film editor, Colin Goudie ; music, Orlando Gough
- Originally broadcast on the Military Channel in 2003.
- Based on the book by Hew Strachan.
- DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) ; Dolby Digital stereo.
- English subtitled for the SDH; closed-captioned.
- Disc 1. Episodes 1-4. To arms ; Under the eagle ; Global war ; Jihad -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-8. Shackled to a corpse ; Breaking the deadlocke ; Blockade ; Revolution -- Disc 3. Episodes 9-10. Germany's last gamble ; War without end