The First World War: The People's Story
Catalogue Number: BAM774
Producer: Blue Ant Media
Producing Agencies: Testimony Films for BBC
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian World Studies, Documentary, History, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Copyright Year: 2018
Running Time: 153:00
THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE PEOPLE’S STORY draws on an extraordinary and little known archive of two hundred interviews with the last survivors from the battlefields and the home front, filmed over the past twenty-five years. Vivid and heart breaking accounts are told from the main theatres of war – such as Passchendaele and the Somme – as well as on the home front where families were devastated by the loss of loved ones. One of the most catastrophic wars in human history is seen and heard as never before, as emotional testimonies are combined with digitally restored WWI footage to tell THE PEOPLE’S STORY.
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