World War I theme
Featured is the global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
23 total · 8 major · 15 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: A Farewell to Arms (1932) | major | Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley fall in love on the Italian front in World War I |
| movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | major | The story shows what things might have been like for German soldiers advancing on France during the Great War. |
| movie: Cavalcade (1933) | major | The latter part of the story took part during the Great War. |
| movie: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) | major | Just as Mr. Chips retired, the Great War broke out. On his way out from the retirement ceremony, Mr. Chips was told of "another Austrian Archduke" that had been assassinated - undoubtedly a reference to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose death is commonly considered the igniting spark. Later a maudlin Mr. Chips had to say farewell to various former students that were bound for the front. He also ran the school as headmaster as the bombs fell all around them. |
| movie: La Grande Illusion (1937) | major | some real events and features of WW1 appeared |
| movie: The Land That Time Forgot (1975) | major | The film was set during the First World War and we saw people from the Allied countries work together with a German U-boat crew to survive on in a land filled with dinosaurs and cavemen. |
| tftc1989e3x14 | major | The story is told from the point of view of an American division, fighting in the trenches on the Western Front of this war. |
| theamericanshortstory09 | major | The story follows the young man Harold in the immediate aftermath of his returning home from fighting in this war. |
| ahp3x38 | minor | Henry presided over a solemn ceremony to honor a number of English soldiers who'd presumably perished fighting in this war. |
| ldr2019e1x17 | minor | The story explores how the First World War might have unfolded differently had Hitler died in 1908 instead of 1945. |