World War I: Building The Peace

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Coronet Film and Video

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: The "Big Four" and their efforts to settle the peace after World War I. Wilson's 14 points and the League of Nations. Orlando, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Wilson, and the Versailles peace treaty. The rise of Hitler., Shows views of Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau, and scenes of the conference at Versailles. Discusses the Treaty of Versailles, pointing out that it was written as a series of compromises, its provisions and effects on the map and people of Europe, the League of Nations as an integral part of the treaty, and the failure of the treaty to insure a lasting peace.

Complete Record: The "Big Four" and their efforts to settle the peace after World War I. Wilson's 14 points and the League of Nations. Orlando, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Wilson, and the Versailles peace treaty. The rise of Hitler., Portrays conditions and feelings at the end of World War I which influenced the building of the peace. Through use of newsreel footage shows the celebrations following the armistice in the United States and Europe. Wilson's 14 points are outlined with emphasis upon the four major ones, and the conditions which prevented their implementation are discussed. Describes the conditions in post-war Germany which tended to create bitterness and the emergence of authoritarian leadership as the Germans sought to solve their problems., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.