The Road to War (The End of an Empire) | Documentary

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The Road to War (The End of an Empire)
"The Road to War" uses elaborate re-enactments, fascinating Computer Generated Imagery and previously unseen archive footage to examine how the assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 came about and how Austria-Hungary used the death of the heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand, to start a war against Serbia. The film investigates how this regional conflict caused the Central Powers and the Triple Entente to enter the First World War - at the time, the biggest war in history with 17 million soldiers and civilians killed and more than 20 million injured.




 The Road to War (The End of an Empire)
 Production: ORF
 Duration: 51:00 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English

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Heroes of the Somme | BBC Documentary

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Heroes of the Somme 
The Documentary uses original archive from the Western Front to uncover the stories of seven of the men whose remarkable bravery won them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prized military medal. The WWI Somme offensive lasted 141 days and involved 13 Allied nations fighting 14 separate battles. Day One of the battle, 1 July 1916, was the worst in British military history with 60,000 casualties. By the end of the offensive the total for both sides was a million. This extraordinary sacrifice was made for just six miles of empty farmland. Of roughly a million British and Dominion troops who fought on the Somme, just 51 were awarded the Victoria Cross. In this programme, military historian Dr Gavin Hughes travels to France to piece together the stories of seven of them. Their experiences, covering four key days of the battle, tell the story of the entire offensive. Gavin uses a copy of a 100-year-old battle map to navigate the Somme landscape today, using the map to pinpoint the locations of individuals and the battalions they fought in. The VC winners featured came from England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. These men came from every rank and social background. The programme features contributions from leading historians, who explain the broader context of the battle and describe how the offensive has come to be remembered, rightly or wrongly, as a exercise in futile military sacrifice.



 Heroes of the Somme
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 59:00 min
 Subtitles:
 Language: English

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37 Days | BBC Documentary Series

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37 Days
This documentary drama miniseries reveal the complex behind-closed-doors story of the countdown to World War One. In this political thriller, we follow the catastrophic chain of events that led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. Written by Mark Hayhurst, this tense and gripping serial, set within the corridors of power in both Whitehall and Berlin, tracks the crisis through the eyes of leading politicians struggling to prevent the world's first global war. 37 Days unlocks the mystery of the war’s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.

 37 Days
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 43:31 min
 Subtitles: English , Spanish, Greek , Italian , Czech
 Language: English



Episode 1: One Month in Summer


Episode 2: One Week in July


Episode 3: One Long Weekend 

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I Was There: The Great War Interviews | Documentary

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I Was There: The Great War Interviews
Using never-before-seen interview footage with soldiers and civilians, illuminates the personal experience of the Great War, through the eyes of those who survived it.
In the early 1960s, the BBC interviewed close to 300 eye-witnesses of the First World War for the landmark series The Great War. But only a tiny fraction of the recorded interviews made it to air. The film negatives were preserved by the Imperial War Museum and 50 years after they were filmed, this programme presents the very best of the original interview material. Most of it has never been broadcast before.
I Was There is a moving tribute to the human face of war - from the horrors of artillery bombardment and the anguish of young men forced to become killers, to fleeting outbreaks of peace on the battlefield, and the heart-breaking stories of the women on the home front who feared for those closest to them.
This is the Great War as visceral, lived reality, with eyewitnesses still spry, alert and passionate. It is the closest we’ll ever get to what it was really like for those who were there.



 I Was There: The Great War Interviews
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 50:00 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English

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Winston Churchill: A Giant In The Century | Documentary Film

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Winston Churchill: A Giant In The Century
Beyond the famous speeches and wealth of media material on the statesman, we span the century as seen from behind the scenes of an exceptional itinerary in order to capture the true dimension of one of the greatest European political figures. Like a thrilling biopic, by turn moving, funny and epic, our documentary is up to its hero.
Carefully remastered and colorized, the film draws from a wealth of visual and sound archives, to give an all-encompassing view of both the private and public man. Through the contrasted chapters of his existence, it thus offers a new, unseen before perspective on Churchill’s character and how he related to power and his contemporaries in order to lift the veil on a colourful, puzzling, paradoxical and captivating personality.

 Winston Churchill: A Giant In The Century
 Production: ARTE
 Duration: 01:31:34 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English


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The World Wars | HD Documentaries Series

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The World Wars
This Emmy nominated series tells the story of a generation of men forged in the trenches who came to command a world on the brink of disaster. The leaders of the Second World War were born amidst the bloodshed on the battlefield of WWI. And it was their experiences in the Great War that defined them. An assassination in Sarajevo sparks a global war. For the next 30 years, deadly fighting rages across Europe, Africa, China and the Pacific. Hitler. Churchill. Roosevelt. De Gaulle. MacArthur. Patton. Stalin. Mussolini. Before they were giants, they were infantrymen and privates in the "war to end all wars." Narrated by two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner this series features gripping dramatic scenes, stunning CGI visuals and interviews with contemporary leaders, including John McCain, Colin Powell, John Major and David Miliband, along with noted historians from around the world. The World Wars is a mini-series event that takes viewers on an epic and groundbreaking ride through the bloodiest century in history.

 The World Wars
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 01:29:21 min (each episode)
 Subtitles:         
 Language: English


Episode 1: Trial by Fire    [ Enable Subtiltles from Dailymotion Player ]

Episode 2: A Rising Threat   [ Enable Subtiltles from Dailymotion Player ]


Episode 3: Never Surrender    [ Enable Subtiltles from Dailymotion Player ]

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Apocalypse: World War I | HD Documentary series

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Apocalypse: World War I
Could the sacrifice of an entire generation have been avoided? How did such a cruel and far-reaching conflict occur? How did men and women endure this atrocity for four long years?
The story brings you to the heart of battle, from the trenches in the North of France to the lesser-known fronts of Russia, Serbia, Turkey, and Palestine, as well as to the everyday life of civilians behind the lines. Produced using over 500 hours of archival footage, much of it previously unseen, and now completely colorised, The narration brings to life the memories and the experiences of these men and women, and helps you better understand and feel how yesterday’s world was driven to apocalypse.

 Apocalypse: World War I
 Production: National Geographic
 Duration: 43:30 min (each episode)
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English 



Episode 1: Fury 

Episode 2: Fear


Episode 3: Hell


Episode 4: Rage


Episode 5: Deliverance

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Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World | PBS Documentary

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Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World
Courage, guilt, betrayal and triumph; the story of T.E. Lawrence has it all. How one man inspired an Arab army but could not prevent their betrayal. Filmed in England and the Middle East, this two-hour epic charts the real-life story of a twentieth century hero.




Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World
 Production: PBS
 Duration: 01:49:50 min
 Language: English

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WORLD WAR I in Colour | Complete Documentary Series

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WORLD WAR I in Colour
Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war. Rare historical footage made vivid with new technology. World War I claimed the lives of 10 million soldiers and shaped an entire century. Narrated by four-time Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh, this extraordinary documentary brings the war’s horror and heroism to life in a way never before revealed. Rare archival film--meticulously colorized under the guidance of expert historians--makes the past fresh, relevant, and alive. In addition to these newly reclaimed sights and sounds, surviving WWI veterans share their experiences, personally testifying about life in the trenches, the terror of "going over the top," and the courage and sacrifice of battle. Analysis by military historians, detailed maps, and excerpts from the diaries and letters of men and women in the struggle offer a full range of perspectives on this unimaginably brutal, bloody clash of empires.


 WORLD WAR I in Colour
 (The documentary contains 6 episodes) 
 Production: Landmark TV
 Duration: 47:30 min (Each episode)
 Language: English

Episode 1: Catastrophe
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Episode 2: Slaughter in the Trenches


Episode 3: Blood in the Air


Episode 4: Killers of the Sea


Episode 5: Mayhem on the Eastern Front


Episode 6: Victory and Despair

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The Christmas Truce | BBC Documentary Film online

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The Christmas Truce 
From BBC Documentary Series: Days That Shook the World
The Christmas Truce The poignant moment during the First World War when, on Christmas Day in 1914, soldiers from both sides put down their guns, shook hands and discovered they had more in common with each other than with their leaders. The spontaneous act of peace lasted until New Year's Day and those in high command were powerless to stop it.



 The Christmas Truce
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 59:19 min
 Language: English


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The First World War (Complete Series documentary)

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The First World War 
It wiped out ten million people heralded the birth of modern warfare and engendered mass destruction on a scale never before known in human history. Dubbed "the war to end all wars" it was directly responsible for the outbreak of fresh international conflict barely twenty years later. Yet in terms of intelligent contemporary examination World War I is constantly placed second behind World War II. As the last veterans pass away this definitive ten-part series offers insight and analysis to provide a coherent and strategic military narrative. Based on new and authoritative accounts this stylistically innovative series from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jonathan Lewis (Before Hindsight Stalin People's Century) places World War I in its proper global context and explodes conventional myths with the human tragedy placed into a wider political and military context beyond the Western Front. 






 The First World War 
 (The Series consists of 10 episodes) 
 Writers: Winston Churchill , Georges Clemenceau
 Duration: 50:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English

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The Last Day Of World War I (BBC Documentary Film)

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The Last Day Of World War I
Some Allied Officers were still sending their soldiers out on pointless attacks in the final minutes before peace was finally declared. Many of these troops were killed or wounded trying to capture enemy ground that could have been safely walked across minutes later. 








 The Last Day Of World War I
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 58:42 min
 Language: English

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The Somme From Defeat to Victory (BBC Documentaries)

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The Somme From Defeat to Victory
Drama-documentary which offers a new perspective on the most infamous battle of World War I, revealing how it was on the Somme that the British Army learnt to fight a modern war. The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme, German: Sommeschlacht), also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 18 November 1916 in the Somme department, on either side of the river Somme. The battle consisted of an offensive by the British and French armies against the German Army, which, since invading France in August 1914, had occupied large areas of the country. The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the war; by the time fighting paused in late autumn 1916 the forces involved had suffered more than 1 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded. 




 The Somme From Defeat to Victory
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 58:19  min
 Language: English

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