DVD
World War I : the Great War
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : A & E Television Networks, [2008]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (750 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
Experience the world-changing events from the birth of what became known as the Great War to the tragic, final day where over 13,000 men died. Between 1914 and 1918, the war was responsible for over 40 million casualties and over 20 million deaths. Join the brave servicemen of land, sea, and air as they valiantly fought alongside their Allied brothers.
Notes
Documentary.
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on History.
Contains all 14 episodes from the series.
Contents
- Most decorated: the doughboys / WWI: death of glory / Secrets of WWI
- The first dogfighters / Red Baron and the wings of death / Airships / Mystery U-boat of WWI
- WWI: Jutland / WWI: the Somme / Halt U-boats in Zeebrugge / John J. Pershing: the Iron General
- Dear home: letters from WWI / Christmas truce / Last day of WWI
Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Infantry.
- Lost architecture > Europe.
- Chemical weapons > Europe.
- Fighter plane combat > Europe.
- Military airships > Europe.
- Submarines (Ships) > Germany.
- Battleships > England.
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.
- Zeebrugge-Ostend Raids, 1918.
- World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives.
- Christmas Truce, 1914.
- World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front.
- Historical television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Television series.
- Richthofen, Manfred, Freiherr von, 1892-1918.
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.