Timewatch · SEASON 13
Seeds of War
Episode 6 · 1994-06-26
- Documentary
Episode overview
The question of how the First World War was started has been one of the great controversies of the 20th century. The flashpoint was the assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg throne. But it was the reaction to his death of a handful of imperial warlords that led to four years of fighting and the death of over eight million people. The producers of this documentary, marking the 80th anniversary of Franz Ferdinand's death, have been round Europe - from Sarajevo to St Petersburg - culling archive film from eight countries to piece together the mysteries and intrigues that led to the Great War.
60 minutes
Season 13 episodes
1. Forgotten Heroes1994-01-12
2. The Real Rasputin1994-01-26
3. Spies in the Sky1994-02-09
4. Presumed Guilty - A Women's History of Divorce 1945-19691994-03-09
5. Racism or Realism? - A History of Immigration1994-04-06
6. Seeds of War1994-06-26
7. The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition1994-11-06
8. Hitler's Secret Weapons1994-11-13
9. Flames of War1994-11-20
10. Age of the Sphinx1994-11-27
11. Khrushchev - The Peasant Premier1994-12-04
12. Memo from Machiavelli: How to Succeed in British Politics1994-12-11
13. Typhoid Mary1994-12-18
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