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The Great War
Documentary
A milestone 26-part history of the First World War, conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of its outbreak.
Top Cast
Michael Redgrave
Narrator
Ralph Richardson
Douglas Haig (voice)
Emlyn Williams
Lloyd George (voice)
Marius Goring
Cyril Luckham
Sebastian Shaw
Episodes
1
On the Idle Hill of Summer...
May 30, 1964
2
For Such a Stupid Reason Too...
Jun 06, 1964
3
We Must Hack Our Way Through
Jun 13, 1964
4
Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
Jun 20, 1964
5
This Business May Last a Long Time
Jun 27, 1964
6
So Sleep Easy in Your Beds
Jul 04, 1964
7
We Await the Heavenly Manna...
Jul 11, 1964
8
Why Don't You Come and Help?!
Jul 18, 1964
9
Please God Send Us a Victory...
Jul 25, 1964
10
What Are Our Allies Doing?
Aug 01, 1964
11
Hell Cannot Be So Terrible
Aug 08, 1964
12
For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me
Aug 15, 1964
13
The Devil is Coming...
Aug 22, 1964
14
All This It Is Our Duty to Bear
Aug 29, 1964
15
We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost
Sep 05, 1964
16
Right Is More Precious Than Peace
Sep 13, 1964
17
Surely We Have Perished
Sep 20, 1964
18
Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense
Sep 27, 1964
19
The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go
Oct 04, 1964
20
Only War, Nothing but War
Oct 11, 1964
21
It Was like the End of the World
Oct 18, 1964
22
Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In?
Oct 25, 1964
23
When Must the End Be?
Nov 01, 1964
24
Allah Made Mesopotamia – and Added Flies
Nov 08, 1964
25
The Iron Thrones Are Falling
Nov 15, 1964
26
...And We Were Young
Nov 22, 1964
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