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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.
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Galliopoli

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.
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The Kaiser's Battle - 1918

From the Line of Fire Series
Run time 48mins. Order code 440. Price
£13.99.
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Mons

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.
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Cambrai

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.
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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.
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Gallipoli 1915

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.
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Fields of Glory - The Somme

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.
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War in the Trenches

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.
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The Great War

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.
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Kaiserschlacht

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.
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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.
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DVD available. Order code CROMDVD1154. Price
£12.99
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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.
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