World War I Movies

The small Belgian army held up the German advance, the British Expeditionary Force fought its first battle and the invincible German army was brought...

Violet Asquith, daughter of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, arrives at church to marry Maurice Bonham Carter.

A holiday of sorts for Stockport army reserves, fitting high-jinks between drills over two weeks of summer training in South Wales.

Concerns the First World War. The images are authentic and made by the film service of the French army. Shots showing the proceedings of the war in...

A young boy in a sailor suit plays with three dolls, representing German soldiers. He slowly nods off and in his dreams they come alive.

French soldiers injured in WWI are re-educated to learn new trades.

1988 CBC docudrama on Canada's role in WW1. Terence McKenna tours the Battlefields of Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge and Paschendaele. Actors portray...

A war. Two friends. Chaos will reign.

With 38 forts at stake, Verdun was highly strategic during WWI. Through rare archives, 3D animations and interviews with historians and scientists,...

A short showing the packing and (fictionalized) delivery of Christmas presents to soldiers on the German front.

Soldiers representing South Africa and New Zealand billeted in London get stuck in during a rugby fixture in Richmond Park.

A captivating step back in time, Pozieres explores the small village in Northern France which, during the Great War in 1916, was the setting of one...

German propaganda film about the importance of buying war bonds.

From growing potatoes in Green Park, London, to transforming rabbit crates into seed boxes – just a couple of the many ingenious ways of...

Scenes from the East Africa Campaign of WWI: British soldiers prepare for an assault against German colonial forces. As they try to coax and cajole...

Public anxiety about war from the air is all too real for the people of Ramsgate in this newsreel footage of the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid.