1. Flashback: The First World War
A collection of 2 minute documentaries that tell not only the historical facts of WW1, but also the stories of those most involved and others greatly affected by the day to day events. The deadly serious to more light-hearted, this has it all compiled from the vast resources of the Imperial War Museum.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
2. Kommando Selbstzerstörung - Der Untergang der Kaiserlichen Flotte (Kommando Selbstzerstörung - Der Untergang der Kaiserlichen Flotte)
(Kommando Selbstzerstörung - Der Untergang der Kaiserlichen Flotte)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace
The story of WWI Pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery, a triple confirmed WWI ace, mechanic and world traveler. Explores the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, a formation of volunteer pilots serving in France on behalf of the United States whose service marked the early origins of the U.S. Air Force.
4. Samuel Wilder King: Fighting For Statehood
Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood tells the story of Samuel Wilder King's service in WWI and WWII, including his efforts to minimized the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, as well as his post-war efforts that led to the territory becoming the 50th State of the Union.
5. John Henry Balch: Congressional Medal of Honor
The life of WWI U.S. Navy Pharmacist Mate and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, John Henry Balch, with a focus on his assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, during the infamous Battle of Belleau Wood.
6. Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.
7. Women’s Munition Work
This early public information film puts out an appeal for more women to take up munitions work - showing training centres, opportunities for work in the aircraft industry as well as the tempting prospect of a fun social life.
8. The Fall of the Habsburgs (Verrat!: Das Ende der Habsburger im Ersten Weltkrieg)
The Habsburg Dynasty had ruled large parts of Europe and the world for 650 years. During World War I, however, the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire sowed the seeds of its own demise. At the height of World War I, the world of the Habsburgs was on the brink of collapse. Almost exactly 100 years ago to the day, in April 1918, the most sensitive diplomatic mission of the First World War became a Europe-wide scandal: the so-called "Sixtus Affair". Secret negotiations between the Austrian imperial family and France were supposed to bring peace to the Danube monarchy – and their failure caused the war to escalate and the Habsburgs to fall.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
9. Parcels for the Front
Tommy's Christmas parcels are despatched to the Front in a fleet of trucks.
10. The New Amazon (The New Amazon)
This intriguing and beautifully-shot newsreel features sea-faring heroes, feisty females and a generous lick of paint for a Mississippi steamship.
11. Ramsgate Zeppelin Raid. Showing Damage Done to the Bull and George Hotel
Public anxiety about war from the air is all too real for the people of Ramsgate in this newsreel footage of the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid.
12. War Time Weddings
The daughter of famed actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree gets hitched to a military Captain during WWI.
13. Wounded at Kew
Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.
14. WWI: The Final Hours
The final hours/days, events and people leading up to the end of WWI.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
15. Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte (Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte)
(Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte)
16. Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century (Winston Churchill : Un géant dans le siècle)
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill , soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. Canada Vignettes: Wop May
This short animated film is about Wop May, one of Canada's leading bush pilots in the 1920s.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
18. Fighting Fred Funston
On April 18th, 1906, San Francisco witnessed its most devastating natural disaster, yet Frederick Funston, commandnig officer of the Presidio of San Francisco, gathered civilians to fight the fire, patrol the streets, and rebuild the city without authorization.
19. Atatürk: Father of Modern Turkey (Atatürk)
Docudrama examining the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Monuments to him can be found in every city; the anniversary of his death is commemorated every year; derogatory words about him are punishable by law. Rarely has a politician changed a society so radically in such a short time as Atatürk did Turkey.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
20. Ferraty (Ferraty)
(Ferraty)