100 years of WWI [DVD video]

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Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]

New York City, NY : A&E Television Networks, LLC.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (315 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

WWI introduced game-changing weapons of mass destruction: armored tanks, chemical weapons, submarines, and the aerial bombardments of cities. Using experts, eyewitness testimony, and riveting archival re-creations, explores the deadly mix of weapons that defined modern warfare and shocked the world. See how these weapons were developed and witness the devastation they left behind.

General Note:

Title from disc surfaces. Captions and subtitles from web page.

Includes the series The history of WWI: the first modern war plus three bonus episodes: Modern marvels ; Dogfights ; Man, moment and machine.

Contents:

Disc 1. The history of WWI: The first modern war: Armored beasts -- Clouds of death -- Massive air attacks -- Underwater killers.

Disc 2. Modern marvels: World War I Tech -- Dogfights: the first dogfighters -- Man, moment, machine: The Red Baron & the wings of death.

Technical Details:

DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 2.0.

Subject Term:

World War, 1914-1918.

Weapons of mass destruction -- History.

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