THE FIRST WORLD WAR [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE FIRST WORLD WAR [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 484
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  • Summary: Simplistic account of the First World War, in eleven chapters, concentrating on personalities rather than issues, but using some rare film.
  • Description: I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe. II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. III. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the outbreak of war. IV. The war at sea, showing the various naval personalities, the Battle of Jutland (faked) and the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian ship Szent Istvan (or Sankt Stefan) V. The war in the air, showing the aces of both sides and a Zeppelin raid on London (faked). VI. The war under the sea, Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare leads to Wilson declaring war, and the despatch of American land and naval forces to Europe. VII. The build-up of the American forces in Europe by convoy across the Atlantic, fighting off submarine attacks (faked). VIII. The last film of the Tsar and his family before the Russian Revolution, followed by the appearance of new leaders such as Kerensky, Trotsky and Lenin. IX. The appointment of Foch as Generalissimo of the Allied armies as a consequence of the German offensive of March 1918. The arrival of substantial American forces. X. The German offensive of March-June 1918 leading to the Allied counter-offensive of July-November 1918, shown as a mixture of small fights by soldiers of all nationalities. XI. The Armistice, with peace established, but the growing threat of war as militarism and aggression increases up to the present day (1934).
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 484
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 484)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1934
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: Simon and Schuster (Production sponsor) Fox Film Corporation (Production company) Stallings, Laurence (Production individual) Talley, Truman (Production individual) Stallings, Laurence (Production individual) Powell, Bonney (Production individual) Shields, Russell (Production individual) Rochemont, Louis de (Production individual) Lehr, Lew (Production individual) De Cordoba, Pedro (Production individual) Rochetti, John (Production individual) Sponable, Earl (Production individual) Hicks, Walter (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von (person) George VI, King (person) Edward, Prince (Duke of Windsor) (person) Mary, Princess (Princess Royal) (person) Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (person) Alexandra, Tsarina of Russia (person) Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany (person) Roosevelt, Theodore (person) George V, King (person) Mary, Queen (person) Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (person) Friedrich, Archduke of Austria (person) Hötzendorf, Franz Conrad von (person) Karl I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (person) Zita, Empress of Austria-Hungary (person) Franz Ferdinand (Archduke) (person) Sophie, Countess of Austria-Hungary (person) Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria (person) Nikita, King of Montenegro (person) Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (person) Elena, Queen of Italy (person) Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (person) Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany (person) Moltke, Helmuth Johann Ludwig von (person) Auguste Viktoria, Kaiserin of Germany (person) Friedrich, Prince of Bavaria (person) Wilson, Woodrow (person) Taft, William Howard (person) Bryce (Viscount) (person) Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich von (person) Cannon, Joseph (person) Hughes, Charles E (person) Bryan, William J (person) Friedrich August III, King of Saxony (person) Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg (person) Ludwig III, King of Bavaria (person) Falkenhayn, Erich von (person) Sophie, Duchess of Oldenberg (person) Eitel Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (person) Cecilie, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (person) Marie, Princess of Anhalt (person) Joachim, Prince of Prussia (person) Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (person) Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von (person) Nicholas Nikolayevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (person) Mackensen, August von (person) Poincaré, Raymond (person) Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire (person) Connaught [George] (HRH Duke of) (person) Mohammed V, Sultan of Turkey (person) Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia (person) Hindenburg, Paul von (person) Ludendorff, Erich (person) Hoffmann, Maximillian (person) Kitchener, Horatio Herbert (person) Aosta, Amedeo (person) Jellicoe, John Rushworth (person) Beatty, David Richard (person) Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton (person) Wemyss, Rosslyn Erskine (person) Albert I, King of Belgium (person) Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium (person) Nungesser, Charles (person) Richthofen, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von (person) Guynemer, Georges Marie Ludovic Jules (person) Roosevelt, Quentin (person) D'Annunzio, Gabriele (person) Pershing, John Joseph (person) Daniels, Josephus (person) Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (person) Sims, William Sowden (person) Rodman, H (person) Marshall, Thomas R (person) Page, Walter Hines (person) Lloyd George, David (person) French, John Denton Pinkstone (person) Nikolaevich, Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (person) Kerensky, Alexander Fyodorovich (person) Trotsky, Leon (person) Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (person) Krupskaya, Nadezhda K (person) Haig, Douglas (person) Hoover, Herbert C (person) Thadeus, Andre (person) Mercier, Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph (person) Ferdinand I, King of Romania (person) Marie, Queen of Romania (person) Alexander, King of Greece (person) Venizelos, Eleftherios (person) Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman (person) Jerusalem, Chief Rabbi of (person) Liggett, Hunter (person) Diaz, Armando (person) Rawlinson, Henry Seymour (person) Horne, Henry Sinclair (person) Byng, Julian Hedworth George (person) Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow (person) Birdwood, William Riddell (person) Clemenceau, Georges Benjamin (person) German Army (regiment/service) German Army, Prussian Guard (regiment/service) German Army, Cuirassiers of the Guard (regiment/service) Bulgarian Army (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & West Point Officer Cadets (regiment/service) German Navy, Blucher (regiment/service) German Navy, Gneisenau (regiment/service) German Imperial Navy, Seydlitz (regiment/service) German Imperial Navy, Derfflinger (regiment/service) German Navy, Koenig (regiment/service) German Imperial Navy, Frankfurt (regiment/service) German Imperial Navy, U139 (regiment/service) German Imperial Navy, U35 (regiment/service) Red Army (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) Belgian Army (regiment/service) British Army (regiment/service) Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force (regiment/service) British Army, Australian Imperial Force (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Queen Elizabeth (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Orion (regiment/service) Royal Navy, CANADA (HMS), battleship (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Royal Marines (regiment/service) Royal Italian Army (regiment/service) Italian Royal Navy, Dante Alighieri (regiment/service) Italian Royal Navy, Faa di Bruno (regiment/service) Italian Royal Navy, Alfredo Cappellini (regiment/service) Italian Royal Navy, Monfalcone (regiment/service) French Navy, Condorcet (regiment/service) French Navy, Enseigne Henry (regiment/service) Austro-Hungarian Navy, SMS Szent István (regiment/service) United States Navy, NEW YORK (USS), battleship (1912) (regiment/service) United States Navy, WYOMING (USS) (regiment/service) United States Navy, DELAWARE (USS) (regiment/service) United States Navy & Florida (regiment/service) Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 8 Footage: 6997 ft; Running time: 77 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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