The WW1 film stuff is brilliant, but "Mortal Engines' looks like shite ..1 rubber chickens from me..Now if he were to weave his magic on the footage of the moon landing and the assassination of JFK, I bet he might find some little rotund prepubescent teenager with an orange face and a schlock of comb over hair in the background .. oh wait.. that might be fake news...
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Here is the official website They Shall Not Grow Old: Get Tickets | Trafalgar Releasing
A nice write up on the film Will Gompertz on Peter Jackson's WWI film They Shall Not Grow Old ★★★★☆ - BBC News
THANKS Radiosmuck!
A nice write up on the film Will Gompertz on Peter Jackson's WWI film They Shall Not Grow Old ★★★★☆ - BBC News
THANKS Radiosmuck!
"As we approach Remembrance Sunday, this map of the Somme brings home the horror of the Great War. Each grid square is 250m squared; the number in blue is the amount of bodies found in each. One of them says 808. That’s over 3 bodies per metre squared. Lest we forget."
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Watched the whole thing on BBC last night.
Like a horror movie until you realize that was real and exactly how it was.
The voice overs by some of the original combatants also amazing - I guess these were from recordings made in the '50's and '60's.
You had to be 19 to sign up, so when someone said 'I'm 17' the recruiting officer would say, 'You have to be 19 - go to the back of the line.'
2nd time around 'How old are you?'
'19 sir'
'sign here . . . '
Like a horror movie until you realize that was real and exactly how it was.
The voice overs by some of the original combatants also amazing - I guess these were from recordings made in the '50's and '60's.
You had to be 19 to sign up, so when someone said 'I'm 17' the recruiting officer would say, 'You have to be 19 - go to the back of the line.'
2nd time around 'How old are you?'
'19 sir'
'sign here . . . '
"As we approach Remembrance Sunday, this map of the Somme brings home the horror of the Great War. Each grid square is 250m squared; the number in blue is the amount of bodies found in each. One of them says 808. That’s over 3 bodies per metre squared. Lest we forget."
The first wave over the top thought all the wire and German trenches were obliterated and it would be a leisurely stroll across no mans land.
I cannot imagine what was going through the minds of the second wave, hearing the German machine guns while waiting for the whistle, it must have been terrifying.
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