Christmas Trucepull it on the timeline
Event
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filed under 1914
- Joyeux NoelUnsalted
Also runs throughWestern Front (World War I)
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Films & Shows Set during World War I
Runs from191419184 years wide
Shelfmark Liber LX
World Wars Era
11
titles
11 films
3.6/5
average rating
across 11 rated titles
91%
of the span is tagged
10 of 11 titles set inside it
Inside this Archive
1907Rasputinfiled outsideFilm · 1954 · set in 1907 · depicts 1907 – 1916
Unsalted
1909WilsonFilm · 1944 · initially set in 1909Unsalted
1914All Quiet on the Western FrontFilm · 1930 · set in 1914 · depicts c. 1916 – c. 1918Unsalted
1914Joyeux NoelFilm · 2005 · set in 1914Unsalted
1915Farewell, My Beautiful LadyFilm · 1953 · set in 1915Unsalted
1916Lawrence of ArabiaFilm · 1962 · initially set in 1916Unsalted
1916Michael CollinsFilm · 1996 · initially set in 1916Unsalted
1916Paths of GloryFilm · 1957 · set in 1916Unsalted
19171917Film · 2019 · set in 1917Unsalted
1917A Very Long EngagementFilm · 2004 · initially set in 1917Unsalted
1917Sergeant YorkFilm · 1941 · initially set in 1917Unsalted
11 titles · in the order the archive depicts them. A series counts once, regardless of however many of its episodes carry the tag. 1 title here is filed under a year outside the boundaries but depicts years inside them; the density below reads filed years only, so it leaves it out.
The Chronicle
The events and themes the archive follows through World War I, in the order they happened, each with the titles that depict it. Press a name to read about it in the threads below.
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916–1918Arab Revolt CampaignMilitary
The effort of a Hashemite-led and British-sponsored rebel faction to break away territory from the Ottoman Empire during World War I, with the expectation of the creation of an…
Lawrence of Arabia - 1916
- 1916
- 1920–1946
Sub-Periods
The periods the archive counts as part of World War I. Their titles are gathered on this page where they are set inside its boundaries. The number represents how many titles in these sub-periods are also directly attached to this period and how many are just inherited rather being directly tagged with World War I.
- Western Front (World War I)1914–19186 titles here
- Arab Revolt1916–19181 title here
Cinematic Introduction
Every title set during World War I, by the decade it came out. A series is placed on the chart by its first season and counts as one title entity.
- First on screen
- All Quiet on the Western Front1930
- Most recent
- 19172019
1920s11930s21940s31950s11960s1970s1980s11990s22000s12010s2020s
FilmsSeriesAt the archive’s paceeach bar is the titles released that decade
The median title about World War I came out in 1957; the median across the rest of the archive, in 2005, so this period’s titles run 48 years earlier. Most over-told: the 1950s, with 3 titles where about 0.7 would be expected. Most under-told: the 2010s, with 1 where about 3.3 would be expected.
The gold dashes are how many of this period’s 11 titles each decade would hold if they had been released at the same pace as the other 280 dated titles in the archive. That measures the archive’s own collecting, not the world’s film output, and at these sizes one title moves a bar by a whole step.
Cast of Characters
The historical people the archive’s titles put on screen in this period, grouped by what they are known for. The number is how many titles set here they appear in.
Political11
Military5
Religious1
Historical Threads
A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pick a tab to read one; they are in the order they are filed on the timeline. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.
Sinking of RMS Lusitaniapull it on the timeline
Event
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filed under 1915
- WilsonUnsalted
Arab Revolt Campaignpull it on the timeline
Event
The effort of a Hashemite-led and British-sponsored rebel faction to break away territory from the Ottoman Empire during World War I, with the expectation of the creation of an independent Arab state following the conflict. The campaign and the agreements signed in its wake fundamentally reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East and would bear repercussions lasting even to this day.
filed under 1916
- Lawrence of ArabiaUnsalted
Also runs throughArab Revolt
Easter Risingpull it on the timeline
Event
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filed under 1916
- Michael CollinsUnsalted
Also runs throughInterwar YearsIrish Civil WarIrish War of Independence
Sykes–Picot Agreementpull it on the timeline
Event
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filed under 1916
- Lawrence of ArabiaUnsalted
Also runs throughArab Revolt
League of Nationspull it on the timeline
Institution
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filed under 1920
- WilsonUnsalted
Places Connected to this Period
Every place the archive’s titles set in this period name, with each one nested under the larger place it sits inside where that place is here too. The number is how many titles set here name it.
Saltiness Across the Period
No title set here has been given a saltiness score yet. That is unrated, which is not the same as accurate.
Archive Density
91%10 of the 11 titles the archive sets between 1914 and 1918 carry the World War I tag.
91%With its sub-periods: 10 of the same 11 titles carry World War I or one of Arab Revolt and Western Front (World War I).
This measure can help illustrate cinematic hotspots within a time period by comparing which years of the overarching, actual historical time period are backed up by a cinematic release.
- 19143 of 4 titles set in 1914 carry this period
- 19152 of 2 titles set in 1915 carry this period
- 19164 of 4 titles set in 1916 carry this period
- 19175 of 6 titles set in 1917 carry this period
- 19184 of 4 titles set in 1918 carry this period
5 years on the timeline fall inside the boundaries. The dark part of each bar is the share carrying this period; the lighter part beside it, the share carrying one of its sub-periods instead.
Credits
Directors
1Christian Carion1 titleunsalted2David Lean1 titleunsalted3Fernando Cerchio1 titleunsalted4Georges Combret1 titleunsalted5Henry King1 titleunsalted6Howard Hawks1 titleunsalted7Jean-Pierre Jeunet1 titleunsalted8Lewis Milestone1 titleunsalted9Neil Jordan1 titleunsalted10Sam Mendes1 titleunsalted11Stanley Kubrick1 titleunsalted
Films only. Co-directors are counted individually, so a director’s solo work and their collaborations are grouped together. Average saltiness ignores any title still unsalted.
Also on the Timeline
Part of and part of it are declared by the archive: one period counted as belonging to another, whatever their dates. Periods overlap freely so concurrent means the two spans share years, and the shared stretch is named. Bounded means it lies wholly inside this one, beginning and ending more than 10 years within its boundaries. Before and after are the nearest periods lying outside this one, with the gap in years shown instead. A shared thread is what the two have in common besides the calendar, and a period lying wholly outside this one can still share one.
| Relation | Period | Runs | Shared years | Shared threads | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of it | Western Front (World War I) | 1914–1918 | 1914–1918 | Christmas Truce | 6 titles in the archive |
| Part of it | Arab Revolt | 1916–1918 | 1916–1918 | Arab Revolt CampaignSykes–Picot Agreement | 1 title in the archive |
| Before | Edwardian Era | 1901–1914 | 1914 | none shared | 2 titles in the archive |
| Concurrent | Century of Humiliation | 1839–1949 | 1914–1918 | none shared | 1 title in the archive |
| Concurrent | Indian Independence | 1885–1948 | 1914–1918 | none shared | 1 title in the archive |
| Concurrent | Mexican Revolution | 1910–1920 | 1914–1918 | none shared | 1 title in the archive |
| Concurrent | Russo-Turkish Wars | 1568–1918 | 1914–1918 | none shared | 1 title in the archive |
| After | Interwar Years | 1918–1939 | 1918 | Easter Rising | 14 titles in the archive |
Cite this period
APA 7
MLA 9
Chicago
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