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The Fall of the British Empire

Season 1

TV-PG
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Britain ruled over a quarter of the Earth's surface and its people. Britain was a nation whose trade and industry dominated the world economy, her territories encircled the globe. But it couldn't stay that way, the world was changing and the Empire was going to have to change with it. The fall of the British Empire is a story of gradual decline, yet as history teaches, the fall of Empires creates progressive changes for the better.At the beginning of the 20th Century, Britain ruled over a quarter of the Earth's surface and its people. Britain was a nation whose trade and industry dominated the world economy, her territories encircled the globe. But it couldn't stay that way, the world was changing and the Empire was going to have to change with it. The fall of the British Empire is a story of gradual decline, yet as history teaches, the fall of Empires creates progressive changes for the better.

Where to Watch Season 1

3 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Silent film from before the First World War reveals the empire in its majesty with great parades and ceremonies in London and India. Some of the earliest war footage tells the story of the South African war that gave the first signs that the empire was not all-powerful.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Begins with the pomp and circumstance of King Emperor George V's silver jubilee presented to the world using some of the earliest documentary colour film. The inter-war years were particularly significant for the British Empire. Great tides of historical change were in motion.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Tells the remarkable story of the actual end of the empire. That it was an empire that dissolved gracefully of its own free will rather than fall before invasion or bloody revolution.

 

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