World War I in Colour

Season 1

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Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war.

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6 Episodes

  • Catastrophe
    E1
    CatastropheThis first episode, Catastrophe, looks at the fact that between 1914 and 1918, 65 million men took up arms. Ten million were killed and 20 million were emotionally and physically incapacitated. The war ushered in new terminologies, new and massive weapons, and a scale of artillery barrages never before imagined.
  • Slaughter in the Trenches
    E2
    Slaughter in the Trenches"If any man tells you he went over the top and wasn't scared, he's a damn liar. HARRY PATCH: DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY. BORN 1898 - THESE YEARS WOULD PRODUCE A NEW AND DEADLY EXPRESSION - "GOING OVER THE TOP"
  • Blood in the Air
    E3
    Blood in the Air"A glorious death! Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of petrol? a death for a knight.- BARON MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN MILITARY COMMANDERS BEGAN TO REALISE THAT FLIGHT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR WAR.
  • Killers of the Sea
    E4
    Killers of the Sea"The Lusitania is a godsend to the British. It's quite the most stupid thing the Germans could have done." - Professor Andrew Lambert, King's College, London. This sea war was about innovation and dazzling advances in technology.
  • Mayhem on the Eastern Front
    E5
    Mayhem on the Eastern Front"Between the trenches are any amount of dead and decomposing bodies of our own men and Turks lying on the heather. The smell is awful.- CAPTAIN GUY NIGHTINGALE THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT WOULD RESHAPE THE MAP OF EUROPE FOREVER
  • Victory and Despair
    E6
    Victory and Despair"The First World War was certainly tragic, but it wasn't futile. In the First World War the Allies achieved a great negative victory; they prevented the domination of Europe by militaristic Germany.- DR. GARY SHEFFIELD, KING'S COLLEGE. THIS IS THE STORY OF 1918 - THE YEAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

Cast of Season 1

  • Kenneth BranaghNarrator
  • Arthur BarracloughHimself
  • Arthur HalestrapHimself
  • Harry PatchHimself
  • Hubert WilliamsHimself
  • Gary SheffieldHimself
  • Malcolm BrownHimself
  • Taff GillinghamHimself
  • Bill StoneHimself

 

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