La Grande Guerre (La Guilde Internationale Du Disque Présente Le Disque Du 50ème Anniversaire De La Grande Guerre - 1918 1968 - Avec Roland Dorgeles De L'Académie Goncourt)

Released in 1968, this commemorative LP was produced by the Guilde Internationale Du Disque to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Armistice ending the First World War. The project served as a historical retrospective, utilizing the solemn, authoritative voice of Roland Dorgelès, a prominent member of the Académie Goncourt and a veteran who had experienced the realities of the trenches firsthand as a journalist and novelist.

The record was designed to act as a sonic archive of the Great War, blending Dorgelès’s narrative reflections with period-appropriate audio documentation. It emerged during a period of intense historical reflection in France, aiming to bridge the generational gap between the surviving veterans and a public distanced by half a century. The production remains a poignant example of the label’s educational initiatives, intended to preserve the collective memory of a transformative era in European history.