A History of Men in Battle M 13 parts
Presented by Frederick Forsyth
1: The Face of Battle
The battlefield is an arena of accident and chance. The opening programme of the series illustrates how, down the ages, the experience of battle has changed for soldiers in combat. It takes as its centrepiece the Battle of Waterloo.
Waterloo lies in the cockpit of Europe where for centuries armies from almost every nation have met and clashed, an area where Caesar fought with his Roman legions;
English archers defeated the French knights at Crecy and Agincourt; Marlborough won the Battle of Ramillies; the armies of the First World War died in the mud of the Flanders Fields. In 1940 the tanks and aircraft of the German blitzkreig swept past this ancient battle area. It is an appropriate vantage point to view the changing face of battle.
Written by JOHN KEEGAN Cameraman LAN STONE
Film editor MARTIN SHARPE Director JOHN BIRD
Series producer JOHN GAU
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