World War I: Films

Experience fourteen true and emotional accounts of World War One from the letters and journals of those that actually lived it: Sarah Broom Macnaughtan, a Scottish nurse who witnessed the gas attack at Ypres; Charles Edward Montague, a journalist and former pacifist who volunteered for the British Army; Käthe Kollwitz, a German socialist whose son volunteered for service; Ethel Cooper, an Australian musician trapped in Germany at the outbreak of war; Louis Barthas, a French barrel-maker who experienced the terror of trench warfare; Karl Kasser, a German farmer who became prisoner of the Russian forces; Gabrielle West, an upper-class volunteer worker in a British munitions factory; Paul and Marie Pireaud, a farming couple separated by Paul’s service in the French armed forces; Vincenzo D’Aquila, an Italian-American who returned to fight for the country of his birth; Ernst Jünger, a decorated soldier who became one of Germany’s leading intellectuals; Marina Yurlova, a Cossack child soldier who fought in the Russian and Turkish armies; Elfriede Kuhr (later known as Jo Mihaly, dancer and author), a 12-year-old German girl living near the Russian border; and Yves Congar (later a prominent Catholic theologian), a 10-year-old French boy who experienced the German occupation of his home town.

An outstanding cast of acclaimed British actors bring the First World War to life in this stirring documentary created to commemorate the conflict’s centennial in 2014. This unique four-part series mixes archival footage with reenactments by actors playing real participants in the war and performing excerpts from their original letters, memoirs, and diaries of the time.

On May 7, 1915, the passenger ship Lusitania was en route to England from New York City when a torpedo from a German U-boat sent the luxury liner and more than 1,000 passengers to an icy grave. The sinking of this ocean liner shocked the world and "Avenge the Lusitania!" was the rallying cry that lured many young American men to enlist during World War I.

A compilation of 10 war films dating between 1933 and 1972. The compilation includes: The eagle and the hawk, The last outpost, Wake Island, Bengal Brigade, To hell and back, Battle hymn, Jet pilot, In enemy country, Raid on Rommel, and Ulzana’s raid.

At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission’s reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the ’African Queen’ steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows determined to assist in the British war effort and presses Charlie until he finally agrees and together they steam up the Ulana encountering an enemy fort, raging rapids, bloodthirsty parasites and endlessly branching steam which always seem to lead them to what appear to be impenetrable swamps. Despite their opposing personalities, the two grow closer to each other and ultimately carry out their plan to take out a German warship.

A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war.

Recounts one of the strangest legends of the First World War - the disappearance of the Sandringham Company in action in Gallipoli in 1915.

The story of the Australian miners and soldiers who tunnelled under Hill 60 near Ypres and eventually broke through to create a new frontline and enabled the march to Berlin.

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.

It’s 1914 and the British Empire’s greatest supporter, Rudyard Kipling, is at the peak of his literary fame. Kipling’s son, Jack, is determined to play his part in the immiment war with Germany but finds himself rejected due to his poor eyesight. Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards. Kipling’s wife, Caroline, is bitterly upset, failing to see the glory in losing her only son to the war.

The French General Staff, safely behind the lines, sends orders for what amounts to a suicide mission. To cover up their fatal blunder, three soldiers are arrested and made scapegoats.

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping mini-series set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war.

Based on true events, this uplifting drama tells the story of five Australian and New Zealand nurses during World War I. Drawing on the real participants’ diaries and letters, this six-part drama celebrates the contributions of women to the war effort.