The Last Voices of WWI - A Generation Lost (2011)
Season 1
Horrors of World War I are relived as last survivors tell their tales in this new series.
Released March 22, 2011
Episode 276 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, War
Keywords: imdb.moving, tmdb.world-war-i
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Call to Arms
The declaration of war was greeted with a wave of patriotic euphoria as the British Expeditionary Force left for Belgium and 2 million men volunteered.
March 22, 2011, midnight
S1E2 - The Battle of the Somme
In the summer of 1916 high hopes of a breakthrough that would end the war only ended in stalemate and tragedy.
March 29, 2011, midnight
S1E3 - Saving the Wounded
The story of the human carnage that followed every battle and the struggle to save lives. We hear from nurses- and from men who were gassed, the shell shocked and the amputees who always remembered who saved them.
April 5, 2011, midnight
S1E4 - Horror in the Mud
The story of 1917 and the terrible battle of Passchendaele. Many drowned in mud in battles that remains synonymous with the horror of mechanized warfare.
April 12, 2011, midnight
S1E5 - The Home Front
The suffering of families at home in Britain. With the arrival of the dreaded telegram announcing the death of a loved one, family life changed forever.
April 19, 2011, midnight
S1E6 - The Boys of 1918
In spring 1918 thousands of young British conscripts were sent to France to make up the numbers. Many were taken prisoner. But by the summer the tide began to turn and the boys of 1918 helped turn defeat into victory.
April 26, 2011, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 276 min.
Season Runtime: 1656 min.
Released: March 22, 2011
Last Air Date: April 26, 2011, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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