Written by Correlli Barnett.
A 26-part history of the 1914-1918 war

The needs of war bring about a social and technological revolution on the home fronts. In Britain Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, faces the colossal task of modernising British industry.

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.

Series produced in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Commission