One of the most comprehensive World War 1 documentary series ever made recalls the causes conduct, and aftermath of "The War to End All Wars". Along with the social, political, and economic fabric of the times, the roles of key figures are analyzed in depth. Produced during the Golden Age of CBS TV documentaries, this series, narrated by Robert Ryan, contains some of the highest quality World War 1 footage known to exist.
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Air Date: 1964-07-20
SUMMER AT SARAJEVO: Hopes for a new century of peace and progress die with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Fer...
Air Date: 1964-07-22
CLASH OF THE GENERALS: All of Europe has become an armed camp. Now the maneuvers become real as Germany and her allie...
Air Date: 1964-07-23
DOOMED DYNASTIES: Take a look at the royal families of Europe along with the military and political leaders whose pla...
Air Date: 1964-07-24
ATROCITY 1914: The German Army sweeps into neutral Belgium, drawing Great Britain into a war it does not want to figh...
Air Date: 1964-07-25
THEY SANK THE LUSITANIA: On the seas there is a new weapon, the submarine. German U-boats sink hundreds of ships, inc...
Air Date: 1964-07-26
VERDUN, THE INFERNO: No one battle came to represent the fury and bloody attrition of World War I better than the sie...
Air Date: 1964-07-27
BATTLE OF JUTLAND: When the war began, England claimed supremacy on the seas, but the German High Seas Fleet sought t...
Air Date: 1964-07-28
The Trenches
Air Date: 1964-07-29
D-Day at Gallipoli
Air Date: 1964-07-30
America the Neutral
Air Date: 1964-08-01
Wilson & War
Air Date: 1964-08-02
Revolution in Red
Air Date: 1964-08-03
Year of Lost Illusions
Air Date: 1964-08-04
Behind German Lines
Air Date: 1964-08-05
Over There
Air Date: 1964-08-06
Over Here
Air Date: 1964-08-07
Daredevils and Dogfighters
Air Date: 1964-08-08
The Promised Lands
Air Date: 1964-08-09
The Agony of Caporetto
Air Date: 1964-08-10
Tipperary & All That Jazz
Air Date: 1964-08-11
The Tide Turns
Air Date: 1964-08-12
The Battle of the Argonne
Air Date: 1964-08-13
The Day the Guns Stopped Firing
Air Date: 1964-08-14
Wilson & Peace
Air Date: 1964-08-15
The Allies in Russia
Air Date: 1964-08-16
Heritage of War
Air Date: 1964-08-17
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