"They Shall Not Grow Old"
If any of you get a chance to see They Shall Not Grow Old in the theater, it is definitely worth it!
It is a WWI documentary by Peter Jackson that is very interesting. He took lots of old movie footage from the British War Museum and has digitally restored and colorized it. It gives an amazing (and brutal) look at trench warfare.
I think it is available on DVD. Not sure if it is on netflix or other sources -- but seeing it on the big screen was really powerful. Great history lesson!
It is a WWI documentary by Peter Jackson that is very interesting. He took lots of old movie footage from the British War Museum and has digitally restored and colorized it. It gives an amazing (and brutal) look at trench warfare.
I think it is available on DVD. Not sure if it is on netflix or other sources -- but seeing it on the big screen was really powerful. Great history lesson!
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I saw a bunch or trailors for it. Looked very interesting. 0 -
I want to see it. The Great War fascinates me for many reasons. 0 -
"They Shall Not Grow Old"
Isn't that the mantra of the anti-vaxxer crowd?0 -
Looks like a must see, hope it isn't a thinly disguised film against war produced by a Hollyweird libtard. Thanks for the trailer, seeing enormous British tanks breaching the trench would something to see.
Recently watched this 30 minute video about a British Mark IV tank in the British tank museum. The inside does NOT look to be a safe space to be bouncing around inside during a battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCmKrf91o40 -
I don't go to theatres.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07KK42BTV/ref=tmm_dvd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1554254282&sr=8-1
Here it is on Amazon, I just bought it. My grandfather was in the war I am very interested.0 -
I didn't see anything political in the movie. You could say that it is sorta "anti-war" just because it shows the true death and destruction that occurred in that trench warfare.
It really doesn't talk at all about the causes for the war. It is a "in the trench" look at British soldiers life during the war.0 -
Its very well done, but dont expect to see a lot of action, as "combat photography" was in it's infancy at the time. 0 -
I saw it an It was really interesting. A good movie. 0 -
Source of the quote:
For the Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), published in The Times newspaper on 21 September 1914.
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/laurence-binyon-for-the-fallen.htm0
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