Flashback: The First World War

Telling the stories of the last soldiers to die in the Great War.

The story of WWI Pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery, a triple confirmed WWI ace, mechanic and world traveler. Explores the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, a f...

Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood tells the story of Samuel Wilder King's service in WWI and WWII, including his efforts to minimized the int...

The life of WWI U.S. Navy Pharmacist Mate and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, John Henry Balch, with a focus on his assignment to the 3rd Batt...

Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Euro...

On July 1st, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment took part in a massive First World War offensive on the Somme, led by the British. At Beaumont Hamel the...

From an archived interview originally recorded in 1982, this 1990 production reveals the findings of chief congressional investigator, Director of Res...

How Germany was when its people entered the nightmare of World War II? Despair and fear lead a hungry population to follow the chilling call of just o...

This program provides, through 1st hand accounts & contemporary films & photographs, a rare insight into what really happened. Together with m...

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs a...

This early public information film puts out an appeal for more women to take up munitions work - showing training centres, opportunities for work in t...

The final hours/days, events and people leading up to the end of WWI.

The Habsburg Dynasty had ruled large parts of Europe and the world for 650 years. During World War I, however, the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire sowe...

Poignant scenes of Allied troops enjoying their Yuletide rations at the first Christmas of WWI.