The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.

In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from t...

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)...

1917, The Train from Hell is an historical documentary about a train accident during WW1.

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusale...

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipo...

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated wi...

With Jean-Baptiste at the front, Louise takes care of Bébé with the help of Uncle Pierre. The lette...

Documentary on the atrocities the germans committed at the start of WW I in Dinant.

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientiou...

In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines t...

Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago ...

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war ...

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accura...