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Series

Great War Stories

Television, 2014–2018

Great War Stories is a series of 35 four-minute documentaries remembering New Zealanders in World War l. The first season debuted in 2014, a century after the war began. Screening during TV3's prime time news, the bite-sized docos chronicle Kiwi experiences in the conflict, from soldiers, pilots, nurses, rugby players and war horses, to tragedies on land and sea. NZ Herald writer Greg Dixon praised the series as "an object lesson in how a tiny part can speak for the whole". Great War Stories was directed and produced by Anna Cottrell (Children of Gallipoli).

Great War Stories 1 - Bess and the War Horses

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 1 - Harold Gillies and Henry Pickerill

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 1 - Keith Caldwell

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 1 - Lady Liverpool

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 1 - Leonard Hart

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 1 - Mark Briggs

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 1 - Rikihana Carkeek

Television, 2014 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - Ettie Rout

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - Hāmi Grace

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - Lottie Le Gallais

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - Ormond Burton

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - The Executed Five

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - The Harper Brothers

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 2 - William Malone

Television, 2015 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - Alexander Aitken

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - Gallipoli tortoise

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - HMS New Zealand

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - Leslie Beauchamp

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - Peter Howden

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - Ranji Wilson

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 3 - The Marquette

Television, 2016 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Bill Dobson

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Dr Jessie Scott

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Falaoa Tosene

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Harry Varnham

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Rizk Alexander

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Thomas Blake

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)

Great War Stories 4 - Victor Low

Television, 2017 (Full Length Episode)