A 2005-2006 History Documentary series, also known as "Trenches: Battleground WWI", narrated by Ron David. Nearly 100 years have passed since the world was catapulted into one of the worst conflicts it has ever seen. World War I was dubbed the "Great War" and rightfully so. It was the first war to affect most of the globe and was the first total war, with battles fought on land, at sea and, for the first time, in the sky with newly minted aircraft technology used to drop bombs on unsuspecting civilians and soldiers. In the early years of the 20th Century, the world was undergoing great political changes. Old empires were breaking down and newly formed countries were hungry for their independence. No one wanted to relinquish control of the territorial power they had and every European power was ready to flex its military muscle in order to save face on the international scene. The war that should have been over by Christmas instead dragged on for four long years of bloody carnage and political stalemate. Episode 2: https://rumble.com/v53cyb3-battleground-wwi-1914-1918-best-laid-plans-august-1914-episode-2.html

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A 2017 UKTV War Documentary narrated by John Heffernan. It explores the First World War through numbers. Episode 1: Look at the growth of empires in the years leading up to 1914 and the fatal first shot.

Episode 2: The development of new weapons technology, with a look at how machine guns completely changed the nature of warfare and the increased use of planes and U-boats.

Episode 3: The key events of 1916, examining the unprecedented levels of recruitment by both sides, and the thousands of deaths in the battles of Verdun and the Jutland Peninsula.

Episode 4: How the First World War transformed life on the home front, from a greater number of women in the workplace to increased government interference in everyday life.

Episode 5: Examining the use of forced labour to build weapons and vehicles for the German army, the downfall of the last Russian tsar, and the construction of the Hindenburg Line.

Episode 6: The impact of Russia pulling out of the war, only for the US to join soon afterwards, and the events in the aftermath that contributed to the Second World War.

A 2016 History, War Documentary narrated by Richard Amitage. Re-examining the events of the First World War sea battle, during which thousands of British sailors lost their lives in less than 24 hours. Nick Jellicoe, the grandson of the admiral who led the British forces, hopes to salvage his grandfather's reputation. He joins a scientific expedition making a comprehensive survey of the area to discover where all the sunken ships are to be found, which leads to some surprising revelations. The Battle of Jutland has been stirring controversy for a century. Among the debates is, who won? There’s no simple answer, but this documentary, featuring the grandson of Admiral Jellicoe, whose cautious leadership was much criticised at the time, clears up a few historical mysteries using hi-tech sonar of the wrecks. Jellicoe failed to press home his advantage when the British and German fleets met in the North Sea on 31 May 1916, so the British public didn’t get the “second Trafalgar” they had hoped for. Here, computer reconstructions of the engagement provide a chilling sense of its scale and violence.

A 1987 Documentary Film by Nicole Védrès. Audio in French with English subtitles. Documentary limning the life of Paris and its citizens during "La Belle Epoque," the years between 1900 and 1914. Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1900 and the completion of the Eiffel Tower, the film progresses through cultural, technological, and social changes, from peaceful and sometimes naive times to the rumbling foreshadowing of the war that would disrupt France and Europe for years to come.