| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 26 sec.) ; 310268970 bytes |
| Summary |
This remarkable documentary offers a unique perspective on the scale of the First World War as a collection of extraordinary historical finds are brought to the screen for the first time. Aerial footage, shot from an airship in the summer of 1919, captures with amazing clarity the trenches and battlefields of Europe, revealing the damage and destruction inflicted on towns, villages and the countryside, from the coast of Belgium to the border of Switzerland.Retracing that journey in a modern airship, this film rediscovers the scars, craters and fault lines still clearly visible on the landscape and reveals the stories behind them. Aerial photographs taken by First World War pilots, developed 90 years after they were taken, show the devastation inflicted during the fighting. Experts from London's Imperial War Museum bring insight and detail to these images, telling stories of battles lost and won and paying tribute to the soldiers and civilians who played their part in the war that was meant to end all wars. (From the UK, in English and Dutch, English subtitles) (Documentary) CC |
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Broadcast 2011-05-20 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Airships -- Piloting.
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Cities and towns.
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Soldiers -- Awards.
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Soldiers -- Death.
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War photography.
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World War (1914-1918)
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Belgium.
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Europe.
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Switzerland.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Barton, Peter, contributor
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Keane, Fergal, cast
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Millinship, Rob, contributor
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Saunders, Nick, contributor
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Steel, Nigel, contributor
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Stichelbaut, Birger, contributor
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Yung-De Prevaux, Aude, contributor
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