Written by Gordon Watkins and John Williams.
A twenty-six-part history of the 1914-18 War.

The British and French armies launch offensives at Arras and Dames. As the French and Russian armies collapse under the strain of repeated failure, Britain is left to carry the burden of the war alone.

with the voices of Sir Michael Redgrave as Narrator, Sir Ralph Richardson as 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, September 5, 1964
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