The First World War From Above

Release Date: 2010-11-07

Overview: The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective. Featuring two remarkable historical finds, including a piece of archive footage filmed from an airship in summer 1919, capturing the trenches and battlefields in a way that has rarely been seen before. It also features aerial photographs taken by First World War pilots - developed for the first time in over ninety years - that show not only the devastation inflicted during the fighting, but also quirks and human stories visible only from above.

Rating: 7.7 / 10

Cast

Fergal Keane

as Self - Host

Jacques Trolley de Prévaux

as Self - Pilot (archive footage)

Nick Saunders

as Self - Archeologist

Dave Parry

as Self - Aerial Photography Expert

Birger Stichelbaut

as Self - Archaeologist