The Great War

26 episodes May 29, 1964

Extensive archive footage and sound effects, linked with contemporary classic music of the era, brings to life the vast history of World War I, concentrated by the commentaries by Michael Redgrave, and some of the finest actors of the 20th-century.

Episodes

1 On the Idle Hill of Summer... May 30, 1964 No ratings 2 For Such a Stupid Reason Too... Jun 6, 1964 No ratings 3 We Must Hack Our Way Through Jun 13, 1964 No ratings 4 Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre Jun 20, 1964 No ratings 5 This Business May Last a Long Time Jun 27, 1964 No ratings 6 So Sleep Easy in Your Beds Jul 4, 1964 No ratings 7 We Await the Heavenly Manna... Jul 11, 1964 No ratings 8 Why Don't You Come and Help?! Jul 18, 1964 No ratings 9 Please God Send Us a Victory... Jul 25, 1964 No ratings 10 What Are Our Allies Doing? Aug 1, 1964 No ratings 11 Hell Cannot Be So Terrible Aug 8, 1964 No ratings 12 For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me Aug 15, 1964 No ratings 13 The Devil is Coming... Aug 22, 1964 No ratings 14 All This It Is Our Duty to Bear Aug 29, 1964 No ratings 15 We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost Sep 5, 1964 No ratings 16 Right Is More Precious Than Peace Sep 13, 1964 No ratings 17 Surely We Have Perished Sep 20, 1964 No ratings 18 Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense Sep 27, 1964 No ratings 19 The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go Oct 4, 1964 No ratings 20 Only War, Nothing but War Oct 11, 1964 No ratings 21 It Was like the End of the World Oct 18, 1964 No ratings 22 Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In? Oct 25, 1964 No ratings 23 When Must the End Be? Nov 1, 1964 No ratings 24 Allah Made Mesopotamia – and Added Flies Nov 8, 1964 No ratings 25 The Iron Thrones Are Falling Nov 15, 1964 No ratings 26 ...And We Were Young Nov 22, 1964 No ratings