The First World War - The Complete Series
by Corina Sturmer, Marcus Kiggell, Simon Rockell
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Actor: Andr?e Bernard, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Emperor Franz Josef, Hermann G?ring, Mustafa Kemal Atat?rkDirector: Corina Sturmer, Marcus Kiggell, Simon Rockell
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: David Lloyd George
Writer: Arthur Ransome
Writer: Douglas Haig
Writer: Georges Clemenceau
Writer: Harold Macmillan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 523 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The First World War - The Complete Series
DVD Review: Good..But not the definative series
Summary: 3 Stars
Although I realize the U.S. didn't enter the war till late..The series really marginalized the U.S. involvement. Only in the last two episodes out of ten. But like the excellent "World at War" series, It is British made. So I expected as much. Although I believe the definative series on the first world war has yet to be made. This is a very good watch. Great for the uninformed on the subject. And well put together. 3 1/2 stars . DVD Review: Total History for a Total War
Summary: 4 Stars
As a history lover and a student of WW I, it did not take much convincing to buy this product. I've long thought that this war was rather neglected. I was weaned on the 'World At War' growing up, and, in that sense, this documentary disappoints. There is a general absence of drama to most of this series, in the content as well as the narration. For example, having just re-read Tuchman's landmark 'Guns of August' I was struck up front by how little the series devoted to the dynamics of the various war plans, Plan 17, the Schleiffen Plan, and the Russian invasion of East Prussia, and how those timetables drove the rush to war. Often battles like Tannenburg only get cursory treatment, taking a back seat to the political and economic story line. And there's no effort to manufacture drama by dwelling on the misery of the trenches as many books and films of WW I are prone to do, though there's enough here to drive home the point. The focus is on the larger picture. Fortunately, in this respect, the project succeeds splendidly. The series has a broad sweep, delving into aspects of the war that rarely get treatment, such as the financing of the conflict, and how economic conditions ultimately ended the war. It also includes some wonderful segments on political intrigue and remote theaters and battles, and rare footage, such as the invasion of Serbia and exodus of her army, the German East African campaign, and the alpine war between the Austrians and the Italians, to mention a few. And, adding to the narrative, are modern shots of many of these historic places, from the spot where Franz Ferdinand was shot, the British cemetery at Al Kut, and the Lettow's Headquarters at Tanga, Tanzania. Wrapping it all up is a cogent assessment of what the war meant, for the people touched by it, and for us today. While not the standard of WW I documentaries, this is a fine and fitting version, from which both novice and buff will derive great enjoyment. DVD Review: not closed captioned
Summary: 1 Stars
This set is not closed captioned nor subtitled, if your deaf like me it is a waste of [...] bucks, I thought it would be CC because it was CC on TV.
The two episodes I saw on TV were great and I wanted to see the whole program so bought the set and once I opened the set to check, I could not return it.
DVD Review: very good with reservations
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife who is an art historian have just finished the whole set! Its amazing. As visual history its excellent. But to be critical, there are some reservations that I must bring out that others may want to dispute and correct me. My wife, to begin with her comments, wanted more about Hungary. She's Hungarian and thought it was important to talk about the Central Powers and Eastern Europe. Not much if any particular was said. I thought the America role was underestimated. In fact, I think it was made fun of as if it was only a matter of a threat than actual fighting force like the English and French--a bunch of over-fed, Johnny-come-lately, boy scouts. Only Wilson and in after the war did the documentary take seriously America's role. Nothing was said about its soldiers, etc. But I won't stress that so much as something that keeps bothering me about the ending. For you see I saw the documentary when it first came out what seems like years ago. And I swear at the very end there was a voice quoting a letter or Mein Kampf Hitler. Paraphrasing, it said something like "all I saw at around me was devasation and emptiness, therefore I decided to go into politics." It gave one the errie and scary connection that was right between the cause of WW2. It did not leave it on a sentimental note as it does. I am now thinking I saw some other documentary!!!If anyone can enlighten me to this please let me know--did I see the same or was it another? DVD Review: More of a social history...
Summary: 4 Stars
While extremely well made and presented, this documentary series is more of a social history of world war one than a military one. The series focuses on the personal effects of the war with very little focus on the military history. Entire sections of episodes are given over to narration recreating personal diaries and accounts. One boy's diary, which was fascinating in itself, was the whole account given of the advance on the western front in 1914! The military and war situation is often glossed over and summarized while films of burials and accounts of "attrocities" (on both sides, to give the show its due) are reported at length. Hardly any mention is made at all of the leaders and generals involved. Major battles and engagements of the war are mentioned in passing before diving in depth into diary recollections of a child, a gun puller or someone who saw a farm burned.
It seems that the creaters of this series intended it for the advanced student of World War One. You already have to know the indepth history of the political and military situations in the war because this series assumes you already know and is simply filling in the gaps with reports of the usual and horrible excesses that war can cause.
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