War Horses of WW I

Eschewing all the sentimental emotions that director Steven Spielberg crammed into his epic, War Horse, this fascinating documentary tells the actual story the horses and men who sacrificed so much during the ‘war to end all wars.” It beautifully combines archival footage with interviews with the surviving members of the fraternity of soldiers who rode horses during the war to give the audience a real sense of what it was like to ride a horse into battle. There are plenty of modern day experts on hand, too, to give you the factual information needed to really understand the story, ranging from the number of horses who died in the war to what happened to those who survived.