Series 1: 1x60 | HD | 2017
Channel 4
This documentary explores the untold and secret history of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC): One hundred and fourty thousand workers shipped across from China to France and Belgium in 1916 & 17 to form the backbone of the Allied war effort, ultimately helping them win the Great War. The film tells the story of how and why the CLC were recruited by Britain and France, politically betrayed and then how their remarkable contribution was literally painted out of history.
