Tag: War AudioWriter of the month: A history of war in 100 battles – Richard OveryTuesday 8 December 2015‘Battle is not a game to plug into a computer but a piece of...AudioThe Treaty of UtrechtFriday 22 November 2013The Treaty of Utrecht, agreed in the spring of 1713, brought an end to...AudioThe War of 1812: from the British sideFriday 24 August 2012The War of 1812 features prominently in the history of the United States, especially...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ‘Plum Pudding’ mortar bombsThursday 16 August 2012This sequence opens with a title commenting on the supply operation to make the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: Battle PoliceThursday 16 August 2012The film clip starts with Tommies making their way across No Man’s Land and...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ammunition dumpsThursday 16 August 2012This clip gives us a detailed view of preparations for the attack at the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: the impact of modern weaponsThursday 16 August 2012The clip starts with some pretty harrowing footage of a German trench devastated by...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: destroying enemy defencesThursday 16 August 2012This clip starts with a title card explaining how heavy guns are destroying enemy...VideoWomen Making MunitionsFriday 10 August 2012The film goes straight in to show women using heavy engineering machinery such as...VideoUS soldiers in a camp in FranceThursday 2 August 2012This short clip shows a large number of US troops eating their rations. They...VideoInspecting Captured German DefencesThursday 2 August 2012In this short sequence we see Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig inspecting the wrecked...VideoFor the Empire – Part 2Thursday 2 August 2012This clip takes us first through a sequence of ruined cities in Belgium and... 1 2 »