Wednesday, January 7, 2009

WW1 The Great War Complete (1964)









Dvd Release 2002

English

Screen Size 720 x 526 for all including Bonus

In the early 1960s the BBC embarked on one of their most important and ambitious series ever. It was to be the definitive history of the First World War, complete in twenty-six 40-minute episodes. An inspired account of the world-shattering events of 1914-1918, The Great War is narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and employs the voice skills of many other leading actors of the day including Sir Ralph Richardson and Marius Goring.

The series includes authentic archive footage and stunning photographic images gathered from 37 separate sources around the world. It also features interviews with many veterans of the war (by this time most were still only in their 60s), as well as almost 150 separate extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the war.


1-On The Idle Hill Of Summer.


In 1914, the world was on the brink of enormous change. Worried by increasing German militarism, the French and the British entered into the Entente Cordiale against Germany and her allies, splitting Europe into opposing sides. Two shots would ignite the powder keg.




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http://rapidshare.com/files/120252092/1-IdleHillSummer_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120259387/1-IdleHillSummer_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120265150/1-IdleHillSummer_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120271297/1-IdleHillSummer_JBd.part4.rar


2-For Such A Stupid Reason Too


This programme details the events between June 28th 1914 and the declarations of war.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120273849/2-StupidReason__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120280192/2-StupidReason__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120286598/2-StupidReason__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120292972/2-StupidReason__JBd.part4.rar


3-We Must Hack Our Way Through


Following the declaration of war, the German army began to carry out one of the most famous military plans in history. Known as the Schlieffen Plan, its objective was to finish the war in 40 days.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120295924/3-HackWayThrough__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120302908/3-HackWayThrough__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120310044/3-HackWayThrough__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120317016/3-HackWayThrough__JBd.part4.rar

4-Our Hats We Doff To General Joffre


How the British Army fought its first battle at the belgian town of Mons. Despite initial success, the British infantry were forced into retreat after two weeks. Yet as the Germans pressed forward to Paris, apparently invincible, French Commander-in-Chief General Joffre slowly began to build a more solid resistance - which would lead ultimately to Allied victory




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120319246/4-GeneralJoffre__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120326049/4-GeneralJoffre__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120334204/4-GeneralJoffre__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120341480/4-GeneralJoffre__JBd.part4.rar


5-This Business May Last A Long Time


The Battle of the Marne results in a decisive victory for Allied forces, and the phenomenon of trench warfare begins to emerge at Aisne.



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120343644/5-LastLongTime__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120351915/5-LastLongTime__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120358734/5-LastLongTime__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120365091/5-LastLongTime__JBd.part4.rar

6-So Sleep Easy In Your Beds


Britannia no longer rules the waves as the Royal Navy suffers shattering defeats, the worst being at Coronel, off the Chilean coast.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120391777/6-SleepYourBeds__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120396688/6-SleepYourBeds__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120400950/6-SleepYourBeds__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120404649/6-SleepYourBeds__JBd.part4.rar


7-We Await The Heavenly Manna


Industrial production is failing to keep up with the Allied war effort, and shortages of materiel are beginning to appear on the front line.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120406096/7-HeavenlyManna.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120409512/7-HeavenlyManna.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120413114/7-HeavenlyManna.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120416746/7-HeavenlyManna.part4.rar


8-Why Don't You Come And Help


Minister of Munitions David Lloyd George struggles to modernise Britain's industrial capability, but gradually succeeds with American aid.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120418247/8-ComeHelp__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120421741/8-ComeHelp__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120425230/8-ComeHelp__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120428718/8-ComeHelp__JBd.part4.rar


9-Please God Send Us A Victory


By Christmas 1914, the bloody impasse in the trench lines on the Western Front saw Lord Kitchener looking elsewhere for victory. In an attempt to seize control of strategic Turkey, a British Navel expedition advanced on the Dardanelles, and Allied troops landed at Gallipoliwith the aim of taking Constantinople. However, events did not go according to plan and after 37 weeks, soldiers were evacuated from the beaches.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120430243/9-SendAVictory__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120434051/9-SendAVictory__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120438291/9-SendAVictory__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120442280/9-SendAVictory__JBd.part4.rar


10-What Are Our Allies Doing


1915 brings little progress for the Allies, but a huge German offensive at Gorlice-Tarnow forces the Russians to retreat in the East. The Allied conference at Chantilly agrees on a strategy of simultaneous attacks upon the Central Powers in 1916.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120444079/10-AlliesDoing__JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120448543/10-AlliesDoing__JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120453242/10-AlliesDoing__JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120458130/10-AlliesDoing__JBd.part4.rar


11-Hell Cannot Be So Terrible


One of the bloodiest battles in history, the fighting at Verdun continues throughout the year 1916. French and German forces suffer over 700,000 casualties.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120459932/11-HellSoTerrible_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120464651/11-HellSoTerrible_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120469652/11-HellSoTerrible_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120475442/11-HellSoTerrible_JBd.part4.rar


12-For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me


Following Lord Kitchener's appeal in 1916, the British Army was reinforced by over two million volunteers. Despite the reservations of General Sir Douglas Haig, the new Commander-in-Chief, many of these mew recruits were sent to the scene of Britain's biggest military endevour - The Battle of the Somme.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120477879/12-ForGawd_sSake_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120483482/12-ForGawd_sSake_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120489868/12-ForGawd_sSake_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120502351/12-ForGawd_sSake_JBd.part4.rar


13-The Devil Is Coming


The Battle of the Somme - which began in July 1916 and continued into February 19 - leaves 415,000 Brits in a muddy grave.



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120504493/13-DevilComing_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120510794/13-DevilComing_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120517236/13-DevilComing_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120523840/13-DevilComing_JBd.part4.rar
14-All This It Is Our Duty To Bear


Both sides make heroic bids for victory - but what will they have to show for it?



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120544567/14-OurDutyBear_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120550732/14-OurDutyBear_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120556659/14-OurDutyBear_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120559173/14-OurDutyBear_JBd.part4.rar


15-We Are Betrayed Sold Lost


The French Army is rallied for a great spring offensive - but mutiny looms when the plans fall foul of the Germans.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120564994/15-WeAreBetrayed_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120570802/15-WeAreBetrayed_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120576526/15-WeAreBetrayed_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120578826/15-WeAreBetrayed_JBd.part4.rar


16-Right Is More Precious Than Peace


The future of the world is changed when America joins the conflict and the Communists come to power in Russia.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120584798/16-RightPreciousPeace_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120590455/16-RightPreciousPeace_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121204860/16-RightPreciousPeace_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121211461/16-RightPreciousPeace_JBd.part4.rar


17-Surely We Have Perished


On the Western Front in 1917, the British fought alone for three-and-a-half months during one of the wettest summers Flanders has ever seen. The horrific battle of Passchendale features in episode 17 of the 1964 series.



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120596678/17-SurelyPerished_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120603171/17-SurelyPerished_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120609251/17-SurelyPerished_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120614894/17-SurelyPerished_JBd.part4.rar


18-Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense


Russia's short-lived democracy is examined.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120617128/18-FatRodzianko_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120622835/18-FatRodzianko_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120630577/18-FatRodzianko_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120635761/18-FatRodzianko_JBd.part4.rar


19-The Hell Where Youth And Laughter Go


This episode recounts the war's terrible effects; not just the scale of the loss of life, but also the toll it took upon the human spirit .




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120637736/19-HellYouthLaughter_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120641823/19-HellYouthLaughter_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120646058/19-HellYouthLaughter_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120649950/19-HellYouthLaughter_JBd.part4.rar

20-Only War Nothing But War


Exploring how modern ideas of states' responsibility for their citizens grew out of the horror of "total war".




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120651528/20-NothingButWar_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120655962/20-NothingButWar_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120659982/20-NothingButWar_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120663519/20-NothingButWar_JBd.part4.rar


21-It Was Like The End Of The World


The story of the German offensive of March 1918, a desperate gamble to grab victory at a stroke.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120665079/21-The_EndOfWorld_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120668617/21-The_EndOfWorld_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120672138/21-The_EndOfWorld_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120675742/21-The_EndOfWorld_JBd.part4.rar


22-Damn Them Are They Never Coming In


As Allied troops fall back in confusion under a German counter-attack, they wait for the arrival of US reinforcements.



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120677221/22-DamnNeverComingIn_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120681262/22-DamnNeverComingIn_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120685798/22-DamnNeverComingIn_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120690122/22-DamnNeverComingIn_JBd.part4.rar

23-When Must The End Be


The first Allied counter attack against the German onslaught in July 1918.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120691689/23-MustEndBe_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120696718/23-MustEndBe_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120701880/23-MustEndBe_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120707080/23-MustEndBe_JBd.part4.rar


24-Allah made Mesopotamia - and added flies


Stalemate on the Western Front saw Allied generals look for victory via an alternative route - the Middle East.




Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120709321/24-AllahMesopotamia_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120714859/24-AllahMesopotamia_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120720659/24-AllahMesopotamia_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121202347/24-AllahMesopotamia_JBd.part4.rar

25-The Iron Thrones Are Falling


Its Allies beaten, Germany faces defeat alone.



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120737237/25-IronThronesFalling_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120742776/25-IronThronesFalling_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120748647/25-IronThronesFalling_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120755164/25-IronThronesFalling_JBd.part4.rar

26-And We Were Young

The last phase of the war.



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120757740/26-And_We_Were_Young_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120764115/26-And_We_Were_Young_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120770771/26-And_We_Were_Young_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120778414/26-And_We_Were_Young_JBd.part4.rar


Bonus 1 Voices From The Western Front



Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120781026/Bonus1_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120797118/Bonus1_JBd.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120803219/Bonus1_JBd.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120809466/Bonus1_JBd.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120815452/Bonus1_JBd.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120821481/Bonus1_JBd.part6.rar

Bonus 2 The Finished Fighter (silent)


Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/120825345/Bonus2_JBd.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/120831220/Bonus2_JBd.part2.rar

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