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The First World War : the complete series / a Wark Clements, Hamilton Films production in association with Target Entertainment Group and Channel 4 ; series produced and directed by Marcus Kiggell and [other four] ; series narrated and produced by Jonathan Lewis.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: EOE-DV-7477 | Entertainment OneLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: Port Washington, NY : Entertainment One, [2014]Description: 3 videodiscs (500 min.) : sound, color, with black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1417240113
  • 9781417240111
Other title:
  • WW 1 the complete series
  • World War 1 the complete series
Uniform titles:
  • First World War (Television program)
Related works:
  • Television adaptation of (work): Strachan, Hew. First World War
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-4. To arms ; Under the eagle ; Global war ; Jihad -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-8. Shackled to a corpse ; Breaking the deadlock ; Blockade ; Revolution -- Disc 3. Episodes 9-10. Germany's last gamble ; War without end.
Production credits:
  • Film editor, Colin Goudie ; music, Orlando Gough.
Narrated by Jonathan Lewis.Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 940.3 F527 Available 33111009069788
Total holds: 0

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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 seemingly futile. And although cliches are not necessarily lies, they are, at best, a selective view of the truth.

DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) ; Dolby Digital stereo.

English subtitled for the SDH; closed-captioned.

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.

Disc 1. Episodes 1-4. To arms ; Under the eagle ; Global war ; Jihad -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-8. Shackled to a corpse ; Breaking the deadlock ; Blockade ; Revolution -- Disc 3. Episodes 9-10. Germany's last gamble ; War without end.

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.

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