With 15 nations and around 65 million soldiers fighting, World War I was unlike anything the world had ever seen. This documentary captures The Great War through the gripping, touching, and descriptive letters American soldiers wrote home.

Close captioned. The program "Woodrow Wilson : reluctant warrior" was originally shown on the television program "Biography" in 1996. The program "Dear home : letters from World War I" was originally shown on the television program "Save our history" in 2000. "Primary sources include: Woodrow Wilson's 1917 Address, personal letters." ---back of DVD cover. This package contains a full-length "The History Channel" documentary on DVD(s) and a lesson plan on a CD-ROM that includes: short video segments that bring history topics alive, primary source documents in an easy-to-print format, a map and other visual aids, discussion and review questions, classroom activities, Internet links, and other resources. These materials correlate with national and state history standards.

Woodrow Wilson : reluctant warrior (42 min.) / written and directed by Paul Budline ; narrated by Jack Perkins ; produced by Paul Budline Productions (1996) -- Save our history : dear home, letters from WWI (45 min.) / produced and written by Christina Lowery (2000).