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Michael Palin joins the Timewatch team to tell the story of the final day of the First World War - the war in which nine million soldiers died. This was a truly global conflict and, at least at the... time, was meant to be "the war to end all wars". In this programme, Timewatch travels to the battlefields in France and Belgium to see the places where American, British, French, Canadian and German troops were fighting as the war came to an end at 11am on 11th November 1918. Palin counts down the last hours and questions the 11,000 casualties which occurred that day; many in the hours after the Armistice had actually been signed. Timewatch reveals the stories of the last soldiers of each nationality to be killed in the final minutes leading up to the 11 o'clock cease-fire.
Michael Palin joins the Timewatch team to tell the story of the final day of the First World War - the war in which nine million soldiers died. This was a truly global conflict and, at least at the... time, was meant to be "the war to end all wars". In this programme, Timewatch travels to the battlefields in France and Belgium to see the places where American, British, French, Canadian and German troops were fighting as the war came to an end at 11am on 11th November 1918. Palin counts down the last hours and questions the 11,000 casualties which occurred that day; many in the hours after the Armistice had actually been signed. Timewatch reveals the stories of the last soldiers of each nationality to be killed in the final minutes leading up to the 11 o'clock cease-fire.
| Series: | Timewatch |
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| First transmission date: | 2008 |
| Published: | 2008 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:00 |
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| Director: | John Hayes-Fisher |
| Producer: | John Hayes-Fisher |
| Presenter: | Michael Palin |
| Contributors: | Andre Bamji; James Cornelius; Jean-Paul de Vries; Robert Foley; Peter Francis; Christina Holstein; Mark Humphries; Joseph E Persico; Michael Palin; Paul Reed; Daniel Todman |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/timewatch/index.shtml OU Website: http://www.open2.net/timewatch/index.html |
| Subject terms: | World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives; World War, 1914-1918--Europe |
| Production number: | FKAA153J |
| Videofinder number: | 7901 |
| Available to public: | no |
