In the first of two programmes about the First World War, German writer Ludwig Harig makes a pilgrimage to the Somme, hoping to understand why his father was unable to speak about the war. Archive film and the moving testimony of witnesses evoke the realities of life behind the Front. And in France, he finds a generation still haunted by their memories.
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Savagery and the American Indian: 1: Wilderness Savagery and the American Indian: 2: Civilisation The Man Who Made the Supergun Reluctant Comrade The Transmission of Roger Bacon Palestine: The First Intifada A Cold War Beside Franco in Spain Charles Darwin - Devil's Chaplain The Columbus Conspiracy Harvests of Iron: 1: The Watch on the Somme Harvests of Iron: 2: The Theatre of Operations Suffer the Children The Spoils of War Episode 98 Episode 99 Episode 100 Episode 120 Episode 130 Episode 140 Episode 220
Savagery and the American Indian: 1: Wilderness Savagery and the American Indian: 2: Civilisation The Man Who Made the Supergun Reluctant Comrade The Transmission of Roger Bacon Palestine: The First Intifada A Cold War Beside Franco in Spain Charles Darwin - Devil's Chaplain The Columbus Conspiracy Harvests of Iron: 1: The Watch on the Somme Harvests of Iron: 2: The Theatre of Operations Suffer the Children The Spoils of War Episode 98 Episode 99 Episode 100 Episode 120 Episode 130 Episode 140 Episode 220