The coloured footage very nice to watch. They give a nice insight to the reality of the time. However, the documentary as a whole presents a very onesided and politically coloured view. This is very outdated. The Great War was one that all countries involved welcomed (except Belgium probably), but once again the Germans are the bad guys. This isn't the 2nd world war, guys!
I guess that's what you get with a documentary that's originally French. I do think the writing takes away what could be a very good documentary. Neutrality is important 100 years later. All parties involved wanted this war and did nothing to stop it and all parties involved committed warcrimes.
Watch this documentary for the footage, not for what's being told. I can recommend the youtube channel "The Great War". It paints a complete and neutral picture of events.
All in all, it gets a 6 because its footage is really good, but the writing is outdated and told from victors' perspective instead of a nuanced story about what happened.
I guess that's what you get with a documentary that's originally French. I do think the writing takes away what could be a very good documentary. Neutrality is important 100 years later. All parties involved wanted this war and did nothing to stop it and all parties involved committed warcrimes.
Watch this documentary for the footage, not for what's being told. I can recommend the youtube channel "The Great War". It paints a complete and neutral picture of events.
All in all, it gets a 6 because its footage is really good, but the writing is outdated and told from victors' perspective instead of a nuanced story about what happened.