People’s Century (Parts 4-6)

Synopsis: A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage.
4 (producer: Daniel Brittain-Catlin): Looks at the growing tensions in the years between the two world wars. Survivors of World War 1 wondered what their friends had died for, and by the 1920s, growing nationalism and inflation had once again destabilised Europe. In Germany Nazism was on the rise; ex-Nazi Karl Nagerl remembers Adolf Hitler’s appeal to young Germans.
5 (producer: Mark Davis): Shows the growth of mass spectator sports and their appropriation by more sinister political and financial interests; by 1930 football had become a focus for national identity as well as a highly profitable enterprise. The Nazis mounted the Olympic Games in 1936 as an opportunity to advertise Aryan supremacy.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 165 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: out of distribution
Notes: Broadcast on BBC1 from 4/10/95.
Documentation: Accompanying book available separately.
Subjects: History
Keywords: history of the 20th century; Queen Victoria; Russian revolution; social history; World War 1

Title: 1919: lost peace
Synopsis: 4 (producer: Daniel Brittain-Catlin): Looks at the growing tensions in the years between the two world wars. Survivors of World War 1 wondered what their friends had died for, and by the 1920s, growing nationalism and inflation had once again destabilised
Title: 1930: sporting fever
Synopsis: 5 (producer: Mark Davis): Shows the growth of mass spectator sports and their appropriation by more sinister political and financial interests; by 1930 football had become a focus for national identity as well as a highly profitable enterprise. The Nazis
Title: 1924: on the line

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