The Great War
One of the greatest achievements of television -broadcast from 1964 in 26 episodes. Use of extensive archive footage and sound effects, linked with contemporary classic music of that area. Concentrated by the commentaries by Michael Redgrave, and some of the finest male actors of the twentieth century. Still manages to be breathtaking despite the lack of special effects or modern gimmicks.
- 1964-1964
- 1 season
- Documentary, Action & Adventure
One of the greatest achievements of television -broadcast from 1964 in 26 episodes. Use of extensive archive footage and sound effects, linked with contemporary classic music of that area. Concentrated by the commentaries by Michael Redgrave, and some of the finest male actors of the twentieth century. Still manages to be breathtaking despite the lack of special effects or modern gimmicks.
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Cast & Crew
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1
On the Idle Hill of Summer...
40 mins
The Premier episode starts with the idle summer of 1914 in the UK. The episode does a good job of showing the real state of affairs in the European countries that eventually were dragged into the great war. In Europe at that time, living conditions for the vast majority of the people were terrible by today's standards, with vast disparities of wealth and much agitation for change. The episode continues country by country in showing strengths and weaknesses: the United Kingdom with its worldwide empire and naval power and 30% of the population living below the poverty line, France and its people and great traditions, and the bitterly resented loss of Alsace-Lorraine in 1870 to Prussia, the industrial might of Germany and the hubris of the Kaiser Wilhelm II, Russia with its vast land empire and the constant labor unrest, and finally the Austro-Hungarian empire and its wars of expansion in 1912 and 1913 that helped fan the flames of resentment. The episode finishes with the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo in June of 1914.
Awards
- 1965 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best British Documentary TV Script - Winner
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