Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the Home Front during the First World War. Innovations included the first women's police force, women's football and female surgeons operating on men. Adie argues that what truly mattered though was whether these changes in women's lives were long-lasting or viewed as 'only for the duration'.

A filmed historical survey of the First World War.

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Uncover the hidden history of World War II with firsthand accounts from the women who cracked the codes and built the ships. With exclusive, never-before-seen interviews– from “Fly Girls” who saved their fellow pilots, to “Rosie-the-Riveters” who kept those planes in the air– learn how these unsung heroes inspired and empowered generations to come… by changing the course of his...

African American soldiers in World War One had more than one enemy to overcome.

A Soviet documentary chronicling a single day of the Great Patriotic War—June 13, 1942, the 356th day of the conflict. Filmed simultaneously across all fronts and the home front by 160 newsreel cameramen, and edited by Mikhail Slutsky at the Central Studio of Documentary Films, it offers a sweeping portrait of total war. Released in October 1942, the project captured the Soviet struggle against the German invaders in a single, coordinated day of filming.

World War One was a truly global war - this program looks at events beyond Europe's western front. The BBC World Service's journalists explore some of the lesser-known tales from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

What if you looked at war as though women mattered? What if you looked at peace as though women mattered? These two questions were at the heart of this critically acclaimed five-part special series.

The year 1941 is dawning. The small elite gentlemen's club in Tallinn, run by the energetic Mrs. Kukk, must maneuver on a knife edge to survive. Boudoirs become a storehouse of espionage and intrigue, while fun girls become soldiers in war, the outcome of which is decided in the bedroom. What about the people who power wants to make political sluts?

An extraordinary music special is the climax to One World week. The brainchild of ex-10cc drummer Kevin Godley, it features the first true global composition involving rock stars, classical musicians and artists from all over the world. Godley and a film crew toured the globe in just 44 days with a 'chain tape', asking musicians to add a new theme or idea. Artists include Sting, Dave Stewart, Peter Gabriel, Clannad, Lou Reed, Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Afrika Bambaata and the Kodo Drummers.