Product Details

• Actors: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Joe Morton, Michael Murphy, Linda Hunt
• Writers: Rocky Collins, Henry Hampton
• Producers: Katy Mostoller, Michael Rossi, Rocky Collins, Tracy Heather Strain
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: WGBH Boston
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2010
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AQKV3K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,995 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "American Experience: The Great War 1918" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History Brought to Life., February 1, 2006

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tvtv3 "tvtv3" (Sorento, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience: The Great War 1918 (DVD)

THE GREAT WAR 1918 is part of The American Experience series produced by PBS. These shows originally aired on PBS. If I am not mistaken, THE GREAT WAR 1918 aired in either 1990 or 1991. This documentary is about 55 minutes long. It begins with an introduction by David McCullough. The strength of the film comes from two types of sources: original film reels and interviews with those who fought in WWI. As David McCullough has pointed out before (but not on this video) history is made real when we know the people who were there; it is their stories that bring history to life. It is debatable whether the American Civil War or WWI was the first modern war. I'd argue that WWI was because it took place on a global scale and this film does a wonderful job at illustrating at exactly how devastating that conflict was. The documentary follows the war from the time the U.S. originally entered the conflict in the fall of 1917 until the signing of the Armistice in November of 1918. I really enjoy listening to the survivors tell part of there stories. One that sticks out to me is the one when this elderly man is recalling when a fellow soldier came in contact with mustard gas; the soldier clawed himself to death in front of his buddy's eyes. An image like that will always stay with you and I'll know I'll always think about that story whenever WWI is mentioned and discussed.

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American experience in the Great War!, August 30, 2008

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This review is from: American Experience: The Great War 1918 (DVD)

Excellent US point of view, the best in a long while , enjoyable with first hand veteran interviews.