History tells us 'what was'. It tells us when things happened. When kings and cultures lived and died armies were raised and vanquished and mighty empires rose and fell. History as we know it from books is often boring for it fails to answer one very simple question: What was it like? When war broke out in Europe in July 1914 people on all sides believed it would be over by Christmas. Little could they know just how wrong they were. By November 1918 ten million people had died and the political map of the world had been re-drawn. Caught up in the middle of... this chaos were millions of ordinary men women and children. Their very lives changed in ways they could never have imagined. This is their story. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Fourteen stories - one catastrophic event! The First World War is widely regarded as one of the most catastrophic events of the 20th century. In just four years, millions of people died, four large parts of Europe were destroyed and shook the entire world order to its foundations. In eight episodes this drama series tells the story of the largest and most devastating war that humanity has ever experienced. This told on the basis of 14 unique and never before stories by people who experienced the war itself. ... The heroes in this unique docu-series are not generals and politicians, but the soldiers in the trenches, the women who toiled in factories replacing the labor of men, the children whom the war at the same time appears as an adventure and nightmare, and not least the voluntary nurses who dedicated themselves committed to the endless stream of wounded and dead. Based on diaries and letters tells outlines this drama series impressive, heartbreaking and poignant fate of this war. The series follows people from eight countries, each in their own way, experience the war. Sympathetic and in the original language embodied by actors from Russia, Austria, Britain, France, Italy, New Zealand and Germany. 14 diaries of World War I look gives the viewer showed a never before the First World War. With the drama of an epic television series and masterfully used instruments World War comes back to life.
All eight episodes from the documentary series about World War One which combines dramatisations, archive footage and animation to tell the story of how the international community was affected by the conflict. The series focuses on 14 individuals from throughout the world who were caught up in the war, including soldiers, factory workers, nurses and children, to give an insight into how four years of warfare had an impact on people at every level of society. The episodes are: 'The Abyss', 'The Onslaught', 'The Anguish', 'The Heart's Desire', 'The Annihilation', 'The Home Front', 'The Uprising' and 'The Tipping Point'.
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