火星人大战[电影解说]

Documentary-dramarecountingtheMartianWarof1913-1917.Europewasontenterhooksinthe2nddecadeofthe20thcentury,everyonewasexpectingaGreatWarbetweenthemajorEuropeanpowers.Butthen,in1913,somethingcrashedintotheforestsofSWGermany.Troopsweresenttoinvestigatebutwerewipedout.MartianfightingmachinesbeganmakingtheirwayacrossWesternEuropeandthecountriesofEuropecombinedforcestoresistthem.Withaspectstakenfrom"TheWaroftheWorlds"byH.G.WellsandfromWWIitself,thisdramatisationpresentsadocumentarystylelookateventsastheyunfoldedandtheeffecttheyhadofourworldtoday.LotsofreferencestorealeventsincludingthemassattacksanddefeatsasmenwerethrownagainstmachinesontheWesternfront,theChristmastruceandtheAngelofMons,America'sisolationismandlateentryintotheconflict,theworldwide"Spanish"fluepidemicthatkilledmorepeoplethanthewar,andmanyotherthings.WrittenbySteveCrook<steve@brainstorm.co.uk>