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Britain's Great War

War Comes to Britain
The early stages of the war and fear of invasion. How Britain expanded its small army of 80,000 and mobilised 500,000 volunteers.
8.5 /10
The War Machine

Sun, Feb 02, 2014
Explores aspects of the economic restructuring of Britain between 1915-18 to mass produce weapons and munitions, and societal changes caused by it. Focused on the ministerial and Prime Ministerial activities of David Lloyd George.
9 /10
The Darkest Hour
Jeremy describes Germany's attempt to starve the country into submission - could the Win the War Cookbook save the day? Hoarders are put on trial as newspapers expose how the rich dine out on lobsters in Mayfair.
9 /10
At the Eleventh Hour
Jeremy describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war. Grieving parents held seances to contact their dead sons and surgeons battled to rebuild the faces of the wounded.
9.2 /10

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The Mystery of Britannic

The Mystery of Britannic

"The Mystery of Britannic" - a historical docudrama that reveals a unique scenery on the terrible fate of the sister ship of the famous Titanic, whose final destiny was to be lost while at sea. The project presents the on-screen combination of re-enacted historical events intertwined with the scientific underwater documentary. The narration of the re-enacted story is being done by Nelly - who has departed her affluent family to serve as a newly recruited volunteer nurse on the hospital ship. Nelly shares her heart-piercing story of a courageous voyage aboard of the legendary Britannic - an ill-fated ocean liner, converted into the military hospital ship, bound for a shattering demise. One of the most famous shipwreck researchers, Richard Kohler, whose expertise and knowledge of the Britannic history developed into the life-long passion, helps the viewer to clearly apprehend the documentary materials. High-tech, deep-ocean submersibles and underwater research equipment allowed to capture the unique footage of a sleeping giant on the depths exceeding 100 meters. The combined efforts of researchers, scientists and SFX team made it possible to life-like witness the last minutes of the gigantic hospital ship. Together with the characters of the movie, the viewer will go through the actions of noble sacrifice, the story of love, the horrors of war, re-live the unspeakable tragedy happened a century ago and behold the long-gone wreck of the hospital ship in all her silent glory.

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