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History File: The First World War - Part 1

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18/02/2003

The First World War - Part 1

BBC Two - History File, The First World War - Part 1

Includes a look at what life was like in the trenches.

Archive footage and detailed documentary evidence which brings home to viewers the real effects of the First World War. Includes a look at what life was like in the trenches.

Three sections that include archive footage and detailed documentary evidence to bring home to students the real effects of the First World War. 

The Approach of War - The first section asks who was to blame for the war. 

Stalemate - The second section explores why the war wasn't over by Christmas 1914 and what life was like in the trenches. 

The Home Front - The First World War was a total war. Nobody escaped, even the women and children at home. In this third section we look at how the lives of people in England were affected.

For students aged 11 to 14.

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