Of the many film documentaries of the First World War, this is by far the best. I have seen nearly all available film material about the war and shows the quality of production that can be achieved when dedicated professionals are attached to a project. I teach a college-level course on WWI and use excerpts from this series to help the students get a better feeling for the century-old conflict that shaped our modern world. All had positive comments about the film. This series includes film I have not seen previously and the use of colorization along with modern frame-timing make it much more agreeable to twenty-first-century eyes.

Unfortunately what could have been an informative series on an important war turns out to be a biased anti-war piece of pacifist propaganda. Whatever other misquotes, misrepresentations and just plain lies are told by the author I leave to WWI historians to uncover and reveal. But one clear distortion of literature can easily be verified by anyone who chooses to look it up. In the one hour part of the series labeled "Rage" at the very end, as the credits are rolling, the famous poem In Flanders Fields by Major John McCrae is quoted. But in keeping with his melancholy rant on the war the series author chose to quote only the first two stanzas which completely distorts the meaning of the poem. Viewed that way the poem sounds like a bitter lament over the war. In fact when stanza 3 is included one sees that the poet's intent was the exact opposite. It was, and is, a spirited call to arms! I quote the poem in its entirety below so the reader can make up his own mind.IN FLANDERS FIELDSSTANZA 1.In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.STANZA 2.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.STANZA 3.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.Worse than plagiarism is the deliberate distortion of a dead poet's work to further a cause antithetical to his heartfelt belief and intent. We owe him better than that.No matter what his personal political beliefs about war the author of the TV series should at least be honest when quoting famous literature. And AHC-TV should do a better job of editing and fact checking.

I found this series playing on American Heroes Channel one evening and after watching the first five-minutes of the show I was hooked. The storytelling combined with the real colorful images via archival footage was amazing. Even the soundtrack was too-notch and added extra life to the scenes.Extremely well done, and I would watch again just to try and absorb all the information that is presented. If you didn't know much about WWI and all it's its main characters and events - you certainly will after watching this. WWI was a horrible event that had many differing components, but also should not be forgotten for all the sacrifices that were made. This show definitely does the era justice in a good way! Highly recommended historical viewing!

Amazing images, great presentation, awesome music, effective narration and excellent colorization job. A bit confusing here and there (unlike "Apocalypse: la 2eme guerre mondiale") due to the complexity of that war i guess, but i'm not an expert in politics or historical facts, so it was expected somehow.The music is really efficient and the sound effects are well made but i was surprised by the bad audio mix from time to time; the level of the narrator (Mathieu Kassovitz) is unequal and sometime buried by the music. I will watch it a couple times because there's a tremendous amount of information. The horror of the war and the worse side of humanity is very well pictured and of course some scenes are quite disturbing. Really fantastic images, it's definitely a "must watch"!