The Great War (documentary)

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The Great War is a 26 episode BBC documentary series from 1964 on World War I. It is narrated by Michael Redgrave. Each episode is approximately 40 minutes long.

[edit] Episode listing

The episode titles are taken from quotes, the origins of which are shown in brackets.

1. "on the idle hill of summer..." (A. E. Housman)
2. "for such a stupid reason too..." (Queen Mary)
3. "we must hack our way through" (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg)
4. "our hats we doff to General Joffre" (1914 jingle)
5. "this business may last a long time" (Rudolf Binding)
6. "so sleep easy in your beds" (Admiral Fisher)
7. "we await the heavenly manna..." (Russian General)
8. "why don't you come and help!" (Lloyd George)
9. "please God send us a victory..." (soldiers prayer)
10. "what are our Allies doing ?" (Russian General)
11. "hell cannot be so terrible" (a French soldier)
12. "for Gawd's sake don't send me" (1916 song)
13. "the Devil is coming..." (German soldier)
14. "all this it is our duty to bear" (Lord Lansdowne)
15. "we are betrayed, sold, lost" (French soldier)
16. "right is more precious than peace" (President Wilson)
17. "surely we have perished" (Wilfred Owen)
18. "fat Rodzianko has sent me some nonsense" (Czar Nicholas II)
19. "the hell where youth and laughter go" (Siegfried Sassoon)
20. "only war, nothing by war" (Clemenceau)
21. "it was like the end of the world" (German soldier)
22. "damn them, are they never coming in ?" (F. S. Oliver)
23. "when must the end be ?" (Hindenburg)
24. "Allah made Mesopotamia - and added flies" (Arabian proverb)
25. "the iron thrones are falling" (British officer)
26. "...and we were young" (A. E. Housman)

[edit] External links

• How the Great War Was Lost - and Found, First World War.com
• The Great War at the Internet Movie Database