World War One in Color

Disc 1
Episode 1:Catastrophe
On June 28, 1914, Serbian terrorists assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne. Within weeks, the Central Powers engaged the Triple Entente and their allies to begin the bloodiest, most far-reaching conflict the world had ever known.

Episode 2:Slaughter in the Trenches
For four long years on the western front, the Central and Allied Powers pummeled each other across hundreds of miles of trenches. The stalemate introduced a horrific new phrase into the war’s lexicon: “going over the top.”

Episode 3:Blood in the Air
Fighter planes, bombers, and primitive aircraft carriers opened the skies as a theatre of warfare for the first time in history. Aviation also created a new breed of lonely, romantic, and daring war hero: the ace.

Disc 2
Episode 4:Killers of the Sea
Instead of the anticipated bouts between heavyweight dreadnoughts, naval warfare settled into fighting by stealth. German U-boats preyed upon military and civilian targets, and smugglers attempted to run blockades by night.

Episode 5:Mayhem on the Eastern Front
Rapid advances, retreats, and counterattacks characterized the war on the eastern front. But when the Russian troops became dispirited and their country succumbed to revolution, Germany threatened to break the stalemate in the west.

Episode 6:Victory and Despair
American troops arrived to help the Allies repulse the German offensive and push deep into the Rhineland. But victory came at a high cost, and peace brought social, political, and economic upheaval all over Europe.

Disc 3

BONUS FEATURES

• Tactics & Strategy: Dramatic, computer-generated images provide a detailed look at tank, aerial, and submarine warfare, as well as the climactic 1918 German offensive and the British raid on the U-boat base at Zeebrugge.
• Making the Series: Philip Nugus and Jonathan Martin discuss their creative process and technical challenges in compiling World War I in Color.
• Biographies: Major political and military figures
• Timeline of Events
• General Facts

• Tactics & Strategy: a 50-minute special showcasing dramatic, computer-generated images which provide a detailed look at tank, aerial, and submarine warfare, as well as the climactic 1918 German offensive and the British raid on the U-boat base at Zeebrugge.
• Making the Series: Philip Nugus and Jonathan Martin discuss their creative process and technical challenges in compiling World War I in Color.
• Biographies of major political and military figures
• Timeline of Events
• General Facts

Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 284 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 3
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: NR

Since 1990, the British team of Philip Nugus and Jonathan Martin has created popular, critically acclaimed historical documentaries, including Hitler’s Bodyguard and The Century of Warfare.