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Amazingly clear German WW1 footage.

Jimmy Garlic · 2015-10-20 18:31:22

I found this very interesting. It is a perspective that we rarely see WW1 from.

20-10-2015 6:31pm

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Jimmy Garlic

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I found this very interesting. It is a perspective that we rarely see WW1 from.

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#2 05-11-2015 3:21pm

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Fantastic. It's of course been colourized, but still, to see the expressions on the face of the soliders as they walk by, shivers down the spine.

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#3 05-11-2015 3:47pm

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Amazing footage. Hard to watch though, both sides had the same experiences. Poignant, watching the soldiers writing letters home in the trench. What a waste of life. The music added to the sombreness. I wept. And it wasn't that long to wait before another war came along and many went through it all again and their sons.

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#4 09-11-2015 1:55pm

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Pretty amazing footage. I particularly liked 1:48, with the soldier smiling at the camera, and the shot of the men drinking and laughing. Simple, human stuff.

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