Jul 1964 - Aug 1964
1.0
One of the most comprehensive World War 1 documentary series ever made recalls the causes conduct, and aftermath of "The War to End All Wars". Along with the social, political, and economic fabric of the times, the roles of key figures are analyzed in depth. Produced during the Golden Age of CBS TV documentaries, this series, narrated by Robert Ryan, contains some of the highest quality World War 1 footage known to exist.
S1 Ep3
10.0
23rd Jul 1964
DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.
S1 Ep1
2.5
20th Jul 1964
SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.
S1 Ep1
2.5
20th Jul 1964
SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The great powers mobilize and seem unable or unwilling to stop the march to war.
S1 Ep2
10.0
22nd Jul 1964
CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allies strike in both the East and West. The first World War has begun.
S1 Ep3
10.0
23rd Jul 1964
DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose plans and mistakes would soon engulf Europe in war. Related to each other by blood and marriage, the majority of these dynasties will not survive the war they will soon bring on.
S1 Ep4
24th Jul 1964
ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to fight. As the small B.E.F. lands in Europe, the Germans leave a swath of destruction in their wake.
S1 Ep5
25th Jul 1964
THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, including the Lusitania, in an effort to blockade England. The new tactics of unrestricted submarine warfare add propaganda fuel to the fire of American public opinion.
S1 Ep6
26th Jul 1964
VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the siege of Verdun. Amid the explosions and mud, the French and German Armies fought each other to an impasse. Thousands died at Verdun, and in the end, little had changed.
S1 Ep7
27th Jul 1964
BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought to challenge British control. The fleets would clash in the only one great action at sea, the Battle of Jutland.
S1 Ep8
28th Jul 1964
The Trenches
S1 Ep9
29th Jul 1964
D-Day at Gallipoli
S1 Ep10
30th Jul 1964
America the Neutral
S1 Ep11
1st Aug 1964
Wilson & War
S1 Ep12
2nd Aug 1964
Revolution in Red
S1 Ep13
3rd Aug 1964
Year of Lost Illusions
S1 Ep14
4th Aug 1964
Behind German Lines
S1 Ep15
5th Aug 1964
Over There
S1 Ep16
6th Aug 1964
Over Here
S1 Ep17
7th Aug 1964
Daredevils and Dogfighters
S1 Ep18
8th Aug 1964
The Promised Lands
S1 Ep19
9th Aug 1964
The Agony of Caporetto
S1 Ep20
10th Aug 1964
Tipperary & All That Jazz
S1 Ep21
11th Aug 1964
The Tide Turns
S1 Ep22
12th Aug 1964
The Battle of the Argonne
S1 Ep23
13th Aug 1964
The Day the Guns Stopped Firing
S1 Ep24
14th Aug 1964
Wilson & Peace
S1 Ep25
15th Aug 1964
The Allies in Russia
S1 Ep26
16th Aug 1964
Heritage of War
