Written by Correlli Barnett.
A twenty-six-part history of the 1914-1918 War.

In the early months of 1915 the unreadiness of the Allies for total war led to abortive attacks on the Western Front and defeats in the East.

With the voices of Sir Michael Redgrave as Narrator, Sir Ralph Richardson as Douglas Haig, Emlyn Williams as Lloyd George, and Marius Goring, Cyril Luckham, Sebastian Shaw.

Theme music by Wilfred Josephs
played by the BBC Northern Orchestra
Conducted by George Hurst
Series produced in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Commission
A BBC Tonight production
(First transmission on BBC-2, July 11)
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