Cromwell historical videos and Pegasus videos of World War One produced by Cromwell and Pegasus productions, including Gallipoli, The Somme and Mons.  These Cromwell and Pegasus military videos are available from the Military Shop, a division of Cranston Fine Arts.  

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The Somme

From the Line of Fire Series

July 1st 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when a combination of bad planning and German bullets sent Kitchener's Army to their doom.  An army that had taken two years to make took only a day to destroy.  

Run time 48mins.  Order code 661.  Price £13.99.

DVD Order Code CDVD1019.  Special Promotion Price £13.99.

From the Line of Fire Series

The story of the ill-starred Allied campaign in the Dardanelles that was supposed to knock turkey out of World War One.  It was the brain child of Winston Churchill, who convinced Allied High Command that an attack at Gallipoli would also open up vital supply lines to Russia and establish a third front against Austria-Hungary.  Gallipoli has become a by-word for the bravery and sacrifice of the ANZACS - the Australian and New Zealand troops who fought and died during the ten month campaign that saw an estimated 36,000 Commonwealth troops lose their lives before the ignominious Allied withdrawal in January 1916.  It was not only Turkish shot and shell at infamous places such as Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay that claimed so many lives, but also those other traditional hidden enemies of the soldier - sickness and disease.

Run time 48mins.  Order code 968.  Price £13.99.

DVD Order Code CDVD1013.  Special Promotion Price £13.99.

The Kaiser's Battle - 1918

From the Line of Fire Series

Run time 48mins.  Order code 440.  Price £13.99.

From the Line of Fire Series

The small British Expeditionary Force, moving up into Belgium on the left flank of the French 5th Army, met with the full weight of  the German 1st Army advancing towards Paris under the Schlieffen Plan. A short but intense fire fight - where the British caused heavy casualties to the thick masses of enemy infantry - was followd by a British withdrawal out of the canal salient.  This manoeuvre was made more urgent by news that the French Army on the right flank was in retreat.  

Run time 48mins.  Order code 862.  Price £13.99.

DVD Order Code CDVD1020.  Special Promotion Price £13.99.

From the Line of Fire Series

At Cambrai in November 1917, a tank force of over three hundred tanks punched a hole four miles deep into the German lines in the space of a single morning, an advance comparable in size to that made at Passchendale in four months.  But the Germans counter-attacked and the result of the battle was a virtual draw, with the front lines shifting slightly.  However the battle of Cambrai marked a major turning point in the course of the war - and military history as a whole.  The era of trench warfare was coming to an end and technology was beginning to reign supreme on the battlefields of Europe.

Run time 48mins.  Order code 864.  Price £13.99.

DVD Order Code CDVD1023.  Special Promotion Price £13.99.

The Battle of the Somme

On July 1st 1916, Kitchener's army went over the top for the first time. By the end of that first day, almost 60,000 troops had become casualties.

Run time 55mins. Order code HW011. Price £13.99.

Ill-conceived, poorly-planned and dogged by misfortune, the offensive which was supposed to knock Turkey out of the Great War during spring 1918.

Run time 55mins. Order code HW024. Price £13.99.

On July 1st 1916, the men of Kitchener's Army went over the top for the first time.  By the end of that first terrible day, almost 60,000 troops had become casualties - an army two years in the making - ten minutes in the destroying.

Run time 48mins. Order code CROM1. Price £13.99.

The story of a soldier's life in the trenches of the western front during World War One.

Run time 55mins.  Order code HW053.  Price £13.99.

It was a war fought with modern weapons but old fashioned tactics, prosecuted by commanders with outdated ideas who seemed oblivious to the sufferings of their troops.

Run time 55mins.  Order code HW034.  Price £13.99.

Germany's final massive effort to turn the tide of the Great War.  The thunderous artillery bombardment which opened the offensive was the largest the war had yet seen.

Run time 55mins.  Order code HW039.  Price £13.99.

The Battle of the Somme

The greatest battle the British Army has ever fought began on 1st July 1916.  Using graphic, powerful stills and remarkable archive footage, this programme presents and in depth analysis of The Somme: the strategic and tactical planning and preparation; the course of the actual battle, particularly the disastrous first day where 60,000 men lost their lives, mercilessly mown down by the German machine guns.  Observe here, the bitter experiences of the soldier on the ground.

DVD.  Order Code DVD1059.  60 minutes.  Price £12.99.

The War Poets.

The futility and the madness of the First World War was the spur for some of the greatest, most moving poetry ever written.  The young men who brought the voice of reason to the slaughter of the Great War were themselves part of the long tradition of war poetry stretching back to the very dawn of time.  Introduced and narrated by Brian Blessed, The War Poets traces the development of the art of war poetry from Anglo Saxon times to the nightmare of the trenches.