Another footage of WW1 British soldiers from the documentary film “They Shall Not Grow Old”



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  2. This video just made me sad.

    These young men had no idea what they were getting into, and the ones who did come back never got to enjoy peace and stability but rather had to endure 20 more years of economic hardships and political turmoil culminating in an even more devastating war. There was no good ending here

    A truly lost generation.

  3. This is incredible footage- thank you so much for sharing my friend.

  4. These scene was incredible. It was like 15min of classic B&W jumpy footage and then this transition …. was just incredible and felt like it wasn’t that long ago

  5. I saw it at the theater. Just looking at the hardship these young soldiers experienced is truly heartbreaking.

    Any war is bad but soldiers of early modern war definitely was worse off simply because of introduction of machine gun and airplanes which literally slaughtered soldiers.

  6. Incredible film, will definitely be having another watch around Anzac Day next year.

  7. Imagine the wildest thunderstorm and heaviest rain you have experienced and all the stuff flying thru the air is razor sharp heavy steel mixed with poison gas. Some of those men who lived thru ww1 experienced actual hell on earth and a fate worse than death having to always remember their hellish experience. WW1 is the only one that when I really think about makes me cry a little.

  8. You can see some are Canadian Soldiers with their red insignia on their uniforms, especially the guys with the red triangle 🔺insignia at 0:58 seconds.
    (Please inform me if i’m wrong, i would gladly learn more about the Canadian insignia)

  9. To me, the WW1 wastelands are an epitome of hell. Mud, barbed wire, rats, disease, drowning in your own latrines as it rains, and the only end to it is running into a machinegun, and if lucky only losing a limb if not dying instantly, or having a disfigured face all your life.

  10. Its so strange and sad seeing the calmer parts of WWI seeing as this is what can be considered “comfortable” for them knowing damn well that they would soon be thrown at the enemy and most likely killed.

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