Written by Correlli Barnett.
A 26-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.

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