The Guns of August- World War One Documentary (1965)

Watch a 1965 documentary based on the Pulitzer prize-winning book by Barbara Tuchman, an eminent American historian. The Guns of August provides a narrative of the earliest stages of World War I, from the decisions to go to war up until the start of the Franco-British offensive that stopped the German advance into France. The result was four years of trench warfare. In the course of the narrative, discussed is the plans, strategies, world events, and international sentiments before and during the war.