The first of our recommendations for your learning pleasure

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From a war documentarian, the side-by-side comparison of the historic events that inspired the 9-Oscar nominated war film.  

A 2018 documentary film directed and produced by Peter Jackson. It was created using footage of the First World War held by the British Imperial War Museum, most of which was previously unseen, and all of which was over 100 years old by the time of the film's release.  Moving and inspiring.

Rent it on Amazon Prime Video

Set during WWI After enlisting in the German Army with his friends, Bäumer finds himself exposed to the realities of war, shattering his early hopes of becoming a hero as he does his best to survive. The film adds a parallel storyline not found in the book, which follows armistice negotiations to end the war.

Take and unprecedented view "behind the scenes of six major champagne houses.  Produced in 2012, it nonetheless profiles many of the people and houses you will become acquainted with during our expedition.