Timewatch · SEASON 10
Harvests of Iron: 2: The Theatre of Operations
Episode 12 · 1991-11-06
- Documentary
Episode overview
The letters between military surgeon Georges Duhamel and his wife Blanche lay forgotten in a family attic for 75 years. Recently rediscovered, they reveal a poignant love story set against the backdrop of the First World War. In 1914, Blanche Duhamel moved to the frontline capital at Amiens, from where the lights of the trenches were visible, in order to be closer to her husband. Previously unseen film footage shows how business and pleasure continued alongside scenes of suffering as British and colonial troops came and went from the city.
50 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Savagery and the American Indian: 1: Wilderness1991-01-23
2. Savagery and the American Indian: 2: Civilisation1991-01-30
3. The Man Who Made the Supergun1991-02-13
4. Reluctant Comrade1991-02-27
5. The Transmission of Roger Bacon1991-03-13
6. Palestine: The First Intifada1991-03-27
7. A Cold War1991-04-10
8. Beside Franco in Spain1991-09-18
9. Charles Darwin - Devil's Chaplain1991-10-02
10. The Columbus Conspiracy1991-10-16
11. Harvests of Iron: 1: The Watch on the Somme1991-10-30
12. Harvests of Iron: 2: The Theatre of Operations1991-11-06
13. Suffer the Children1991-11-20
14. The Spoils of War1991-12-18
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