Research Catalog

Title

Killing fields, 1914 [videorecording] / a co-production of WGBH Boston and the BBC.

Publication

Burlington, VT : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Alexandria, VA : PBS Video [distributor], c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Espar, David.
• Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
• Treharne Jones, Bill.
• WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
• British Broadcasting Corporation.
• PBS Video.

Description

1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

In August 1914, the people of Europe were swept into the first of the wars that would make this century the bloodiest ever. Seventy million soldiers from more than twenty countries marched off to do their duty. In this film soldiers from all sides give a personal account of the trenches and the tactics--and the terrible nature and scale of the slaughter that shattered the old world order. In the end, four empires collapsed and nine million gave their lives. Some became pacificts while others sought retribution and many found themselves fighting another war only two decades later.

Uniform Title

People's century (Television program)

Alternative Title

• 1916, killing fields.
• 1914, killing fields
• Killing fields, 1916

Subjects

• World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1914-1918 > History
• World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, European
• World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives
• Veterans > Europe > Interviews
• Veterans > United States > Interviews

Note

• Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
• Originally shown in 1997 as part of the PBS series People's century : 1900-1999.

Credits (note)

• Senior producer, David Espar; exec. producer for BBC, Peter Pagnamenta; exec. producer for WGBH, Zvi Dor-Ner; producer/director, Bill Treharne Jones.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Language (note)

• In English and various languages with English voiceovers.

Call Number

*UGS-1794

OCLC

39739305

Title

Killing fields, 1914 [videorecording] / a co-production of WGBH Boston and the BBC.

Imprint

Burlington, VT : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Alexandria, VA : PBS Video [distributor], c1998.

System Details

VHS.

Performer

Narrator: Alfre Woodard.

Credits

Senior producer, David Espar; exec. producer for BBC, Peter Pagnamenta; exec. producer for WGBH, Zvi Dor-Ner; producer/director, Bill Treharne Jones.

Language

In English and various languages with English voiceovers.

Added Author

Espar, David.

Woodard, Alfre, 1953-

Treharne Jones, Bill.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

British Broadcasting Corporation.

PBS Video.

Added Title

People's century (Television program)

Publisher No.

PECE-102 PBS Video

Research Call Number

*UGS-1794 [Video]