BBC series 'The Great War' 26 parts, 18 hours

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flasheart

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Guys,

Is everyone aware of the 1964 BBC series 'The Great War'? It is the definitive documentary series on the war and was the forerunner of the WW2 series 'The World at War'. Over in this part of the world, the full 26 episode DVD boxed set sells for at least $200.00 if you can find it. I just picked it up on ebay from the UK for GBP16.00 (about $25.00 in greenbacks). Fabulous series with rare footage you will not see anywhere else, and many many interviews with veterans of all nations.

Mike
 
Mike, can you play that in Aussie? Is there a compatabilty/power issue?

What I have been trying to find for years, is a clip that I saw many many years ago on a WW1 series on PBS. I don't know the series, could have been the one you bought?

There was a short clip of Kaiser William II walking by a Garde officer who is holding the door to a car or a carriage, and William steps in. Then a little dachshund comes racing up and cannot get up into where the Kaiser is, and the Garde officer bends down, picks him up and places him inside. I howled when I saw it. And I have been looking for it ever since.

If you see this, could I please beg of you to make an mpeg of that 10 second scene for me so I can put it on my web site?
 
Tony,

Europe uses PAL, the same system as Australia, but all our DVD players are multi-system anyway so North American NTSC also works.

I promise that as I watch all 26 episodes I will look out for the Kaiser, the Garde Officer and the dachschund. There is some extraordinary footage in this series, most of which I have not seen before. Also the interviews are with veterans in their late 50s and 60s, so very vivid descriptions.

Mike
 
I do recommend these 1964 series of documentaries, which I posses for about some years. I have seen this series over the years several times with much satisfaction!
I possess some more series of dcumentaries (Hew Strachan, WW1 in Colour, and some interesting documentaries in the German language, etc.), but this one is for me still the best and most complete, I ever watched.

If you can afford it, and if you are interested in period film footage, it is almost a must to have it.

Pierre
 
1964 BBC series 'The Great War'

I am working my way through all 26 episodes.

For the forum audience, episode 15 has the most comprehensive coverage I have ever seen of the Nivelle Offensive, the French Army mutinies and the Canadian attack on Vimy Ridge.

Episod 16 covers the build up to America's declaration of war in April 1917 and superb coverage of Pershing's arrival in London and Paris as the vanguard of the AEF.

If you can get this series I highly recommend it; by far the most comprehensive documentary on the Great War, and many hours of footage that I have never seen before.
 
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