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  • World War I in Colour Victory and Despair (Season 1, Episode 6)
  • TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

World War I in Colour

Victory and Despair (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

"The First World War was certainly tragic, but it wasn't futile. In the First World War the Allies achieved a great negative victory; they prevented the domination of Europe by militaristic Germany.- DR. GARY SHEFFIELD, KING'S COLLEGE. ...See more"The First World War was certainly tragic, but it wasn't futile. In the First World War the Allies achieved a great negative victory; they prevented the domination of Europe by militaristic Germany.- DR. GARY SHEFFIELD, KING'S COLLEGE. THIS IS THE STORY OF 1918 - THE YEAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING Written by Anonymous See less
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Aug 27, 2003 (United Kingdom)

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19 cast members
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Kenneth Branagh
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Malcolm Brown
Self - Historian, Imperial War Museum Self - Historian, Imperial War Museum   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Georges Clemenceau
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ferdinand Foch
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Taff Gillingham
Self - Military Historian Self - Military Historian   See fewer
Douglas Haig
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Halestrap
Self - Royal Engineers, Born 1898 (as Arthur Halestrap MBE) Self - Royal Engineers, Born 1898 (as Arthur Halestrap MBE)   See fewer
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
David Lloyd George
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Erich Ludendorff
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry Patch
Self - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, born 1898 Self - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, born 1898   See fewer
Gary Sheffield
Self - King's College London (as Dr. Gary Sheffield) Self - King's College London (as Dr. Gary Sheffield)   See fewer
Bill Stone
Self - HMS Tiger, Born 1900 Self - HMS Tiger, Born 1900   See fewer
Paul von Hindenburg
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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