History documentary world war 2 normandy invasion in. From 2014 to 2018, the bfi marked the centenary of world war i with a. A great documentary of the great war and what made it so great. Although the first world war gets less attention than its successor, it was really the watershed event of the 20th century. Apart from these two productions the others arent worth bothering with from what ive seen. The first world war 10part documentary the problem with the curriculum is that its very hard to change. Laurence olivier, anthony eden, averell harriman, albert speer. It uses a mix of acted scenes, archive footage, and animation. The world wars tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key. This documentary series will teach you about world war i. Since 2014, neidell has published a short documentary every week covering the events from the corresponding week in 1914 and onward.
Wide selection of norm christie titles, memoires and firsthand accounts of first and second world war experiences by the people who were there. This series is based upon the books and encyclopedic knowledge of professor hugh strachan. This was the first time i had seen a picture of him from the first world war. While most high school history classes might focus on the events. World war one the centenary collection dvd 2014 dvd.
In my opinion, these are the hundred greatest ever documentaries on human conflicts and the politics behind them, mainly dealing with modern wars from the 19th century onwards such as ww1, ww2, vietnam, the cold war, american civil war, syria and the war on terror i will be adding more documentaries to this list as i watch them. This was the first adaptation of ernest hemingways great novel. This conflict shaped the world that came after to this day. The first war of armored machines and airplanes, machineguns and poison gases. The second world war is the greatest cataclysm in human history. Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Faulks gripping novel, set before and during the first world war, tells the story of stephen wraysford, an englishman who. The first world war 2003 is a tenpart channel 4 documentary television series surveying the history of world war i 19141918. The network will be looking to draw parallels between. New documentary world war i the history of the first world. In scotland, one of the funders behind wark clements, the production company that made it, said he would distribute free copies to every school in scotland.
Starting from june 2014, this youtube channel, the great war, will give a week by week account of the war as it progressed. A global guide to the first world war interactive documentary world. Bbc radio 1 is planning a range of documentaries to reflect the world war one anniversary in a way most relevant to a young audience. Turks in the mideast, war in parts of europe that were never discussed in school or most text books. The savagery of the fighting, the appalling conditions endured by the. This is one of the best first world war documentaries available right now, but coming in a worthy second to the legendary bbcs the great war series from the 1960s. Order exclusive norm christie dvds, including the television series battlefield mysteries, for king and empire, and for king and country. The defeat of the ottoman empire during the first world war and the diplomatic and political morass that followed was the precursor for the reconstitution of israel and eventually brought the middle east into center stage today.
In 2003, i did a 10part television series on world war i for channel 4. The first world war is the definitive documentary series about the global conflict which. Using a variety of vfx techniques, world war ii from space will present major moments from the war including pearl harbor, dday and hiroshima in ways they. It was the catalyst for the rise of soviet communism in russia, whose unraveling less than a decade and a half ago continues to affect worldwide diplomacy and economics. You might imagine that you couldnt focus an entire book around the events leading up to the first world war, let alone make it an utterly riveting readbut thats exactly what pulitzer prizewinning author tuchman has done with this mesmerizing book.
Documentary 2014, bbc documentary, national geographic documentary, national geographic, documentaries, military history, world war documentary. Featuring the most powerful firsthand accounts from over 250 interview recordings with both former soldiers and civilians. When i was in school we never studied the warwe only just got up to it at the end of the school year, so the somme and verdun were known as devastating battles but this series fills many of the facts in about things i only heard from my parents or grandparents. The first world war was one of the seminal events of the twentieth century. A groundbreaking 26part documentary series narrated by the actor laurence olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, world war ii. Published in association with the imperial war museum. This centenary edition contains 30 facsimile documents and a dvd with a documentary film and first hand accounts cover. Remembering world war i with 10 astounding books barnes.