Has anybody else seen this film? If you don't know about it, Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) was approached by the Imperial War Museum about four years ago, and given carte blanche to use their WW1 archive film. He combined it with interviews the BBC had done in the 1960's with WW1 veterans, and restored the film, adding sound and colour.
One of the kids picked it up for me for Xmas, (I wasn't aware of the cinema run or TV transmission) and I finally got time to look at it the other day. It is pretty amazing. It's not a history of WW1, it is only about the experience of British troops in the Western Front, and is quite unapologetic about it.
If anybody wants, Peter Jackson did a podcast about his involvement in the project in the BBC History Extra podcasts back in October, which is free.
One of the kids picked it up for me for Xmas, (I wasn't aware of the cinema run or TV transmission) and I finally got time to look at it the other day. It is pretty amazing. It's not a history of WW1, it is only about the experience of British troops in the Western Front, and is quite unapologetic about it.
If anybody wants, Peter Jackson did a podcast about his involvement in the project in the BBC History Extra podcasts back in October, which is free.
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