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Casualties of War

Episode 3 of 12

Newsreel and voiceover from the 50s series Time to Remember illustrate the scale of the sacrifice made by ordinary people during the 20th century's two world wars.

Lesley Sharp is the modern-day narrator linking together the best of the newsreel footage from the 1950s Time to Remember series illustrating the scale of the sacrifice made by ordinary people during the 20th century's two world wars.

Includes footage of recruitment and training for the Great War; soldiers going over the top in the trenches; celebrations at the end of World War One; the evacuation of 300,000 men from Dunkirk in 1940; and Hurricanes taking off during the Battle of Britain.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 31 May 2011 23:50

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Lesley Sharp
Executive Producer Toby Stevens
Director Breid McLoone

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