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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lizzie Zoom on 13 November 2018, 17:28:31
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Over the weekend I caught up with a documentary on BBC iPlayer called They Shall Not Grow Old.
It is 1 hour and 35 minutes long and is the best documentary I have ever seen on the Great War. It consists only of the voices of those who took part (all deceased) explaining their experiences, emotions, fears, humour, injury and horrific deaths .
It starts with the usual small screen black & white film of the time, but then eventually, after about 24 minutes, turns into remastered full screen film, with 'sound', that has been wonderfully coloured. If anyone has any doubt about the day to day reality of being on the front line, or resting, with all the horrific images they would have seen (and smelt), then this documentary gives you a chance to be there as much as you would ever want to be there.
It is sickening and compelling at the same time, and I couldn't look away until the very end. This is one to watch, as an historian, or as anyone interested in WW1 or war generally. As someone who had the advantage of talking to those in my childhood about the Great War, of having a Great Aunt who constantly mourned the loss of her dear brother, my Great Uncle killed at Ypres 1917, and has read so many books on the subject, along with watching hundreds of hours of film from 1964, this production, produced in connection with the Imperial War Museum, is the one to give our children the reason why war should never be fought. It is full of the facts of reality as witnessed by these poor men.
This is a history lesson like no other. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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I'm rather hoping, after 100 years, that's it done and dusted now.
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I'm rather hoping, after 100 years, that's it done and dusted now.
Afraid not. We have the sequel: World War II!
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I'm rather hoping, after 100 years, that's it done and dusted now.
Afraid not. We have the sequel: World War II!
Poor old Uncle STEMO won't be here to see that in 27 years time! :( :'(
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I'm rather hoping, after 100 years, that's it done and dusted now.
Afraid not. We have the sequel: World War II!
Yes. It's becoming more like living in the past than remembering the past.
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I'm rather hoping, after 100 years, that's it done and dusted now.
Afraid not. We have the sequel: World War II!
Yes. It's becoming more like living in the past than remembering the past.
But man fails to learn from his mistakes
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I'm rather hoping, after 100 years, that's it done and dusted now.
Afraid not. We have the sequel: World War II!
Yes. It's becoming more like living in the past than remembering the past.
But man fails to learn from his mistakes
Yeah, and always will, despite grainy black and white pictures.
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I can guarantee one thing though. There won't be any centenary celebrations of WW3. :)
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I can guarantee one thing though. There won't be any centenary celebrations of WW3. :)
You are so right!! :(
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Did anyone watch the documentary with Dan snow about shell shock last night?
The Great war certainly left it's mark on many. :-\