I Was There: The Great War Interviews - Learning Zone
This version of the 大象传媒 Two documentary made especially for schools features interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War, filmed in the 1960s by the 大象传媒.
This version of the 大象传媒 Two documentary made especially for schools features interviews with nine eyewitnesses of the First World War. The interviews were filmed in the 1960s for the 大象传媒 series, The Great War, and include both soldiers and civilians: an infantryman who fraternised with the Germans during the Christmas Truce of 1914, a German Corporal who recalls the moment he killed a French soldier with his bayonet, a woman who lost her beloved husband on the Somme, a fighter pilot, an Australian soldier who fought at Gallipoli, a munitions worker, an infantry officer, a signaller and a tank commander.
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Clips
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The Gallipoli campaign
Duration: 06:39
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The Christmas truce, 1914
Duration: 07:13
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One woman's loss
Duration: 07:51
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Life as an officer during WW1
Duration: 07:23
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