I Was There: the Great War Interviews (2014) - BBC Full Length Documentary (1 hour)

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I Was There: the Great War Interviews (2014) - BBC Full Length Documentary (1 hour)

Originally, The Great War was a 26-episode documentary series from 1964 on the First World War. The documentary was a co-production involving the resources of the Imperial War Museum, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The main narrator was Michael Redgrave, with additional readings by Marius Goring, Ralph Richardson, Cyril Luckham, Sebastian Shaw and Emlyn Williams. Each episode is about 40 minutes long.

On 16 October 2013, fifty years after the release of the series, the BBC announced that previously unseen interview material, recorded during the making of The Great War, will be used in a new programme, My Great War, to be shown as part of the BBC's programmes during the First World War centenary.[9]. The programme was first broadcast on 14 March 2014 and entitled "I Was There: the Great War Interviews".

Telegraph Review - Unseen interviews with WW1 veterans recount the horror of the trenches (click here)

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[Bill Hollinger]

What a great film!

[therno]

Really incredible interviews! A must see

[Ovidio]

Thanks, precious video!

[henry r]

Thanks.

[CINDERS]

Excellent Badger thanks;
Couple of things I took from this outstanding video was "The veneer of civilization was stripped away." that comment well pretty much summed it all up.
The un-official armistice in 1914 and the Easter one showed glimpses of humanity was present on both sides and the soldiers were not animals.
Even the rats were terrified of the continual bombardment hiding in the bunkers with the Germans.

And lastly probably the best one a 303 rifle fishing pole now that one I bet is not in the Enfield pattern room........do not tell P.L about it he will want one