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The Complete Story: World War I
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| Part No: | B0009KNR42 |
| Manufacturer: | Timeless Media Group |
| MFG Part: | 63293 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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No Description Available. Genre: Documentary Rating: NR Release Date: 25-APR-2006 Media Type: DVD
| WW1 DVD review | 2010-03-02 | 3 / 5 |
| I have to say this was not what I was really looking for. I wanted something more appropriate to aid in the instruction of a 13 year old. The dvds are entirely old black and white period footage. Which is in interesting for awhile but soon becomes tiring. Having it split up with maps and interviews would have been nice. It would have been nice to see a map now and again!!!! Someone who is learning about this war for the first time will be lost! The music that accompanies the footage and narrative is grating and like torture! The voice of the narrator is tiresome too!! He sounds like Earl Hammer...the narrator from the Waltons.
I really wanted something with more variation! |
| Terrific visuals | 2010-01-27 | 4 / 5 |
| | The monotone narration and the hyper, jumpy musical score are definite minuses to the incredible vintage filming. While the former two items turn the story into a 40s newsreel lasting 12 hours, the latter makes those same 12 hours completely fascinating. Women will be interested in the fashions and men in the warfare. That a 100-year-old war of this magnitude, and the social scene around it, was actually filmed to this extent was a real surprise to me. Definitely not Ken Burns, but well worth watching. |
| The Set To Get | 2009-12-11 | 5 / 5 |
| | If you are looking for a DVD set on WW1 this is the best place to start. I remember watching this in reruns in the 70's as a kid, and was into it every time I saw it on. Watching it again now 35 years later it holds up very well. Robert Ryan doesn't put a whole lot of emotion into it at the beginning but his subtlety works as by the time you get to Verdun you can tell his voice is very cynical as he's reading the death figures and gains made. I only just completed disc one and it took me a couple of months of casual but regular viewing so it is an excellent value for the money. I learned in watching just the first disc about Herbert Hoover being the head of Belgium Relief and that the Germans had a cargo U boat that successfully made it through the blockade to America. Both things were never mentioned in the much newer World War One BBC set [...] I guess to write a review that would help other buyers here, I would like to say that I really enjoyed the newer set and watched it almost straight through, but if you were looking for the best set, I vote for this one. It's got a lot more content to it, plus since it is an American production and was done by CBS news during the 60's (Walter was the head newscaster then, very prestigious outfit at that time), it takes a look at both sides more then the British series does. The newer set is more accessible to the everyday viewer (color and better graphics) but if your really into History this set is superior. If you are a big History buff you should get both, they compliment each other very well. 5 stars, and it's very reasonably priced, would make a great gift! |
| First Allies Victory | 2009-09-09 | 4 / 5 |
| | The WWI wasn't the Wetern Front and the Western Allies involved only. Nobody has said who began the war and where. The very beginning of the war July 28, 1914 was never mentioned. There wasn't a single word of the Serbian millitary involvment and the First Allies Victory on Mountian Tser and Drina River on August 12-22, 1914, won by Serbian forces. Yes, there are some words of the Serbian retreat, "Tragic epic in the tragic war", but that was November-December 1915. And finally, positioning the Serbs on Thesalonika front with the purpose "To liberate the country and create their Yugoslavia" was mixed with big dosis of sarcasm. Further, the movie lost its words of the Central Forces debacle cteated by the Serbian forces on September 15, 1918 and further to the end of the war. In the maintime on the Western Frint, practically, it wasn't any significant movement, but you glorify it. On November 9 and 10, 1918 Serbian forces liberated Ljubljana near the Austrian Capital Wiena, then Armistice occured, but not before. And this part of Serbian contribution was ignored. In reality, the movie as it is constituted is one sided. |
| Remarkable Documentary | 2008-11-19 | 5 / 5 |
| I haven't seen other documentaries on World War I. Only this one. Still, I own several documentaries on World War II, and The Complete Story: World War I is superb. It's beautifully narrated, in a pithy, easy-to-understand narrative and the images are first class. This collection is designed to give the viewers a "big picture" of the so-called "War to End all Wars." While it shows all of the major battles, it is not intended for military buffs but to an audience that cares about the politics behind the major military decisions, the role of the ordinary people, their plight, and the spreading of the conflict even to Japan and China. Also, it takes into account the early surrender of Russia and the rise of Lenin's Soviet Union. To sum up, it offers a great panoramic view of the conflict.
My only complain is that this great documentary does not have subtitles. There are some names (especially Turkish, German, and Russian generals and commanders) that are difficult to pronounce or to spell.
Highly recommended! |
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