Movie: Flashback: The First World War

Top 5 Billed Cast

Edmund Allenby
Edmund Allenby

Self (archive footage)

D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith

Self (archive footage)

Michael Heaviside
Michael Heaviside

Self (archive footage)

W.E. Lawrence
W.E. Lawrence

Self (archive footage)

Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred von Richthofen

Self (archive footage)

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    A collection of 2 minute documentaries that tell not only the historical facts of WW1, but also the stories of those most involved and others greatly affected by the day to day events. The deadly serious to more light-hearted, this has it all compiled from the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum.

  • Release Date

    2014-01-01

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    9

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