This is all British footage of the British because the imperial war museum asked Peter Jackson to make a 30 minute documentary for the 100th anniversary. Once Peter started, he just kept going. Sound was added to the footage using lip readers and voice actors from the area the soldiers were from. The narration is by men who were actually there, taken from recordings made in the 1950's and 60's. I would love to see French, German, and US versions using their own footage from that era. Peace
I mean he does add New Zealand footage in some scenes. You’d class that as British footage though since they’re technically British Colonial troops. NZ was independent at the time though.
@@Z2Z9 well the commonwealth as a whole did play a major role too, ask the canadian..we were in the war from day 1 and more than 600 000 people served in the army out of a population just over 11 millions at the time for a war that was across the ocean.
According to Peter Jackson, a copy of the film has already been supplied to every school in Britain, so, gratefully, this film will be widely seen among school children in the years to come!
@@WoWGirl6 Highly depends on what scene you saw. One scene in the sunken road almost all of those died. The others high causalities but a significant number would come back depending.
When I was 14 yrs. old I had the honor to look in on and take care of a WWI vet. This was circa 1974 and his name was William "Bill" Scotson. "A son of a Scot!" he would always remind me. I was an American boy in Massachusetts and he was a Brit. living in the states. I used to check on him after school, and make him a lunch. I mostly made poached eggs on toast. His favorite. He told me so many things about WWI. He drove an armored car, and he always reminded me that it had four speeds forward, and two speeds in reverse. I was 14 and he let me drive his car. He used to tell me that if we get stopped by the police - I'll just tell them that you're driving on my license. Even at the age of 14 I knew that that was shady. I said, "OK". : )
Thank you so much for telling this story. I was born in the 1990s and although I've studied ww1 history extensively, I never met a man who did serve during ww1. Almost all of them were gone by the time I was a young boy.
Do you have a picture of the car? I know there were many types and models, but I want to see one from the recent times as then, it would be so cool. Yes I’m a nerd, how’d you know?
@@Ww1whiz1914 I'm sorry I don't have a picture of the car. I'm a car guy, too. It was a 1966 Ford Fairlane. The color was egg shell blue - a very light blue color. It was a two door hard top. At 14 I could just see over the steering wheel.
@@dogman4100 and you said it was armored? I thought it was from ww1, but now you say it’s from much later, I’m intrigued on how such a car was legally armored
@@Ww1whiz1914 Hi, again- Sorry I misunderstood your question. I don’t think he ever told me the maker of the armored car he drove. But he was always happy to tell me that it had 4 speeds forward and 2 in reverse. The 14 yr old me wasn’t inquisitive enough to push him on details. I wish i had been. As I got older I realized what a privilege it was to know him. Thank you for your interest. Btw- He was born in 1890 and lived to be 96.
Coincidentally, J.R.R Tolkien served in the First World War, where he started writing his stories about Middle-Earth. His friendships during the war inspired the relationships between the characters he created. Come full circle to see that Peter Jackson, the one who visualized his stories onto the big screen, do a ground breaking documentary during the war where Tolkien envisioned his world in the trenches. I can't wait to see this.
MegaRedemption Exactly, we get to see exactly what it must of been like for him to write such a great story. It must have been horrible and his only way out was to create his own world that brought him away from his horrific reality.
"Suicide In The Trenches" I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go. -Siegfried Sassoon
I could say the very same thing, only, I've been on this earth 56 years now, and it was most definitely the greatest thing I've ever seen on screen (saw it in late 2019.)
@@e.t.2604 its a bit too graphic for them to consider showing that in schools I honestly wouldn't care personally, but it would have to be like highschool level at least but people are weak now anyways, I dknt think people fainting over blood and shit really happened at all back in those days haha
My father's grandfather fought in both world wars (I'm from Pakistan btw) as a Indian soldier, he was a paramedic and when Pakistan received independence in 1947 he was made the head of a state owned hospital.
I remember that my grandfather told me stories about my great grandfather, who was serving as mounted medic for the Germans in WW1 and positioned around Belgium, facing the crulest scenes on both sides. He told my grandpa, that at some point at the end of the war, everybody of either side helped to rescue every injured person on the battlefields, no matter of nationality or rank, just because they wanted to "show hell, that it had no chance to settle on earth". We are all brothers and sisters.
@California Dreamin What political correctness there are time limits on films so you pick a topic. In this case the troops overseas from their own words. As Peter Jackson said there are many more things to cover, home front, other Nations, and the aftermath of the war. Plus this was limited to what was actually filmed I doubt' much of what your talking about was filmed.
Please can i ask you to watch ....The Somme then and now.. 1916 - 2016....I have studied this subject for 35 years i served in the Brigade of Guards in my works holidays with my own cost and with home pc i made this ...what he did was wrong..He altered the truth i never did nor did i have the millions or technology to do it .....
It just came to me after watching that they are all dead. All of them. Not a single one is left alive. How privileged are we to be able to see what they have seen and hear their wisdom. It also hammers home what tragedy death is...
About a dozen years ago Britain held a memorium for WWI and their final three veterans attended. One fellow, who was around 108 years old, stood and addressed a large crowd. He said that since he had been one of the youngest soldiers he thought he might be one of the oldest survivors, but he never thought he'd be the final survivor. Then he said he finally knew why he had lived so long; it was to stand there and tell everyone "that they died for us".
I think I recall seeing in the paper in about 2010 an article about the last WW1 vet dying at 101. I'm assuming they meant American veteran then considering that information. I've said it in one comment already but I'll say it again, lest we forget.
Too bad nobody listens. Every WW1 vet was strongly anti-war for a reason, at the end of this film they all push a strong anti-war stance from their own mouths and now they're all gone, WW1 celebrations are becoming far more pro-war and jingoistic and people are outright attacked for taking an anti-war stance (Corbyn and Stop the Wars activists horrendously so). This film at least carries the strong anti-war message, but it's largely getting lost. Journalists are losing their jobs these days if they dare point out that WW1 remembrance was supposed to be anti-war.
@@jimgrunden1088 I wasn't too sure, just taking that one from memory. Thanks though. And good lord, it's been near 7 years, since the last of an entire generation of men who have passed on. Absolutely insane to think about.
1:15 Peter Jackson in the post credit scene said 90% of these men died within the next 30 minutes after they were ordered to charge over the embankment. Really harrowing stuff. It's the last moments they were alive.
At 1.15 and 1.50 are the same men. 2 Companies of the Lancashire Fusiliers on 1 July 1916. They have tunnelled into a sunken lane half way between the British and German front lines. So they are already in no mans land. When the British attack they are closer to the German and suffer appalling casualties. The large explosion in the film was supposed to have destroyed German defences on their right flank.
This is the most incredible thing I’ve ever watched. I’ve always, always loved Peter Jackson right back to ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and LOTR but this is his most breathtaking film by far. Just to really, truly see what these poor young lads went through in blazing colour, it’s so humbling and fills me with so many emotions I can’t even begin to articulate. I hope all these boys in the film are somewhere nice, looking down on us, having a good laugh over their new movie star fame.
Saw this yesterday. If you do go stay for Peter Jacksons commentary after the credits. He explains how they did it and provides more insight for specific scenes. The one that sticks was the footage showing the Lancashire regiment resting in a sunken road before going over the top at the Somme. Peter explains that in 30 minutes virtually everyone in that footage will be dead or wounded. You are seeing the last moments of their lives. How can you not be moved by that? Haunting.
Just... man. Unfathomable. The single scene that struck me the most was the one you mentioned, where they are waiting to go over the top in the sunken road. If you look closely, you can see a young man who is clearly terrified of what is waiting for him. It just kills my heart to see the fear in his eyes. And yet... he did his job.
That's something that will stick with me. Back then, motion-capturing technology was a brand new thing, so it would have been an extraordinary experience to be captured on video.
My grandfather served on the German side from 1915-1918. He was court martialled to serve as Stormtrooper because he punched an arrogant officer in the face (called the soldiers coming from the frontline stinking pigs). He was burried alive in a bunker by a close artillery impact, wounded 7 times, labelled a "hopeless case" once and left in the dying-ward. He made it. Later in WW2 he was conscripted as officer, to command a POW camp. When it was liberated by the Soviets, they wanted to shoot him for being a POW camp commander. The allied soldiers protected him, saying he treated them good. He returned to civilian life and died age 81. I am amazed by this man, by his strenght, resilience and humane spirit.
My grandfather - born 1898 and died 1974 - was a combat vet of WW I. When I was a little kid I would ask him to tell me about the war and he would simply say, "I don't want to talk about it. There is nothing to tell you." I think his experiences scarred him forever very deeply. I don't believe if he was alive today he would want to see this but I finally know why he would never speak about it.
Elora Maxwell I’m Very Happy for Them, But my AMC has been under renovation maintenance for Months & MONTHS. Able to only show up to 5-6 Movies all being the major distribution movies only Nothing Special (Fathom, AMC Special Events .etc). This has been going on for months and it kinda sucks.
I can’t imagine being 15, 16, 17 years old and going into war. I remember when I was 15 and just finishing 8th grade and transitioning into highschool and thinking my preteen angst was a big deal. It really hit home watching these young men doing this out of a sense of patriotic duty and like they said “giving up their youth to do a job that needed to be done”
Most of these guys were thrown into a literal human meat grinder of machine gun fire and rifle fire. I truly believe WW1 was the worst than any war in history.
@@-xnnybimb-9398 It depends on how you define "worst war". In terms of death WWII was worse. But WWI was unique in that battles could go on for weeks. The reason for these lengthy battles was because the soldiers were in trenches so the battle lines, for the most part, did not change. The condition of the trenches were terrible as well, often having to deal with lice, rats, disease, thick mud, rain that would pool up in the trenches and also rotting corpses that weren't able to be buried. They also had to deal with intense artillery fire which could break soldiers psychologically. WWI was the war where they coined the term "shellshock" because so many soldiers suffered mental breakdowns from constant artillery bombardment.They also had to deal with gas attacks which were horrific in their own way. WWII on the other hand had a more fluid battle line and battles would not stretch on, for the most part, as long as they would in WWI. Both wars were bad but i think WWI was just more of a grueling and psychologically taxing war to take part in.
It's estimated that the British army, Navy and marines collectively allowed around 250,000 under age recruits 14,15 ,16 year olds to enlist many refused to leave the ranks once their ages had been found out .All volunteered. Little did they know what was waiting for them
@Levi Jones you obviously have no idea that this was a royal fued and wasnt a war for freedom, thats complete bullshit, i wish you would stop listening to propoganda and see reality for what it is
@@jamesi2018 obviously you don’t know anything about the occupation of Germany back in those days. France, Belgium, and other counties fought for their freedom from germany. Stfu. You look stupid with your comment. I know my history but did i say anything about what the war was about? No
People really sleep on WWI the first modern war. The war that literally shapes the world we live in today. WWII was just the unfinished business of WWI.
although austria started the war, the germans were the ones that escalated it significantly, and were probably the more seen army on the battlefield by most of the entente
@Sterling Thomas fair point, but in reality they all started it. WW1 was birthed from the long-standing tensions between the major European powers, the Austro-Hungarian empire with the angry ethnic peoples, the Ottoman Empire doing basically anything, Germany want more territory and colonies, Britain wanting it's Naval strength secured, etc. It was just Austria-Hungary and Serbia that lit the match and set the flame.
@@onetruth37 The war was pretty much unavoidable and was always going to break out sooner or later. When you consider the unprecedented arms race the years before, the ever escalating suspicion and paranoia between the nations and the fact the Central Powers had formed in 1879 already and the Entente in 1904 it becomes clear everything was already in place for a large conflict. The First Moroccan Crisis in 1905 nearly escalated into war between Germany and France. Then came the Casablanca Crisis of 1908 and the 1911 Agadir Crisis in which German war ships were sent to show that the Kaiser meant business. In a version of history in which there never had been an assassination of the Austrian archduke the war would still break out for some other crisis as tensions was growing higher and higher the years prior to 1914. And to all those narrowminded and ill-informed ignoramuses who still believe the war was fought over the austrian archduke and that you can scapegoat one single man for the entire conflict I say this: You're idiots. Plain and simple.
I have always hated colorized B&W reels. It has to do with the choice of color being so unrealistic, as well as the light/shadow not used effectively. This, however, was done amazingly. That, giving the films the proper speed, and discovering what was spoken in these films and voiced by men with the same regional accents was a wonderful extra step that could have just as easily been considered superfluous.
The last few minutes of the documentary during which the soldiers tell us that no one identified with them nor wanted to hear about their experiences in the war after they’d come back was heartbreaking.
"You come back from the years of blood and mud and all they want to know is whether you were in close combat..." - 2022 Remake of All Quiet on the Western Front
It is so amazing... I am from Russia and my great grandfather fought in World War 1. Thank you Peter Jackson for your respect to all these people. The footage looks magnificent. I was shocked when I saw your documentary. Your movie must have an Oscar as it is astonishing and capturing
I totally agree with you, man. I don't really know if any of my ancestors fought during WW1, but this movie is stunningly awesome. I started loving it since the first seconds of the trailer. _also it deserves an oscar._
When I started nursing in the 1980s there were still a number of first world war veterans around.I remember one man telling me he was 15 when he joined the army.He told the recruiting Sargent his age but was told to go out of the room come back in and say he was 18.I remember another man who showed me a class school photo.About half the class died in the war.He remember each one and the battles they had been killed in.
My great grandfather fought in ww1 for the americans he went over the trench and hid in a ditch for a day and watched the bullets fly over him and he left grenades in the mud and my dad told me he was scared a french farmer would get himself blown up digging up the grenades
I'd love to see more footage from the 1800s-early 1900s be restored like this. This is amazing. It captures the story in 2020 lens and allows the people in the film to be a lot more relatable.
Private Pile's body was recovered later that day from the latrine pit. It appears he was shot in the back. Although there is still much conjecture as to how or why he had a wooden plank shoved up his arse.
Took my teenage son to see it in theatre. It impacted us so strongly we both teared up. Then he could appreciate the sacrifice his great great grandfather had made.
Wholeheartedly, anyone with OR without military history should see this film. It’s at the top of the very very small list of films that I think everyone should watch even just once in their lifetime.
You're an awesome father, my dad took me to see it in theatres in 2018 in Canada. When the movie ended it was just dead silent for like 5 minutes after. Nobody moved, got up, some cried, but nobody spoke. It was unequivocally the most surreal, moving movie experience I have ever had.
At 62 years old a lot of what I grew up with were ww1. And ww2 vets. One we called cap. He would sit and fish all day . Had more patience than anyone I have ever known My uncle Homer was a ww2 vet he taught me a lot about living and I miss the days on the farm late in the evening sitting g under the Chestnut trees just hanging out with these guys that done the deed .
The last WW1 soldier died in 2012, then this film was made just 6 years after. It would have been so sweet if he had lived long enough to see this film. So he could've seen his friends who fought along side him once again.
Why do you really think he,d want to see it again all his buddy,s blown to bits living in the mud waiting to be killed and your forgetting he would have his memories
@@scotty101ire scotty101ire I'm sure he probably would have loved to hear about his fellow soldiers experiences in the war. In the end of the film one of the soldiers spoke about how no one who didn't experience it wouldn't understand and didn't give much care with it and how only the others who had gone what he went through would want to talk about it. Plus the film isn't just about the deaths, you see so many things that happened so long ago but it looks like it was yesterday. I'm sure he would have at least enjoyed looking back, fully restored and in color with audio. He'd get to see his "buddies" and maybe get to remember those people's faces that he probably forgot. But we don't know, we never knew him.
They were just like us. They laughed, smiled, got angry, cried, felt pain, and sadly had to inflict pain on others. They were normal people. They had their soaring highs, and deepest lows. And too often do we forget that it wasn’t in black and white, but in the vibrant colors that we see ourselves. This film helps us remember
My great Grandpa and great Uncle served in WW1. My Uncle left home with jet black hair and when he returned it was snow white from the stress. Incredible what those guys went through and I wish there was more excellent movies and documentaries capturing that.
My Grand grand Father had the same experience, he fought in the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia, and my GF told me that he came back with a full grey hair, two years earlier he had a full back hair
Just watched this documentary, and I had to write down this quote: "You don't look, you see. You don't hear, you listen. You taste the top of your mouth, your nose is filled with fumes and death. The veneer of civilization has dropped away"
This is exactly how i felt during the documentary...so raw, direct and cold. Every life disposable, meat running towards gunfire, ready to be torn apart, torn into pieces. I've never felt something similar in a movie theater or any movie before.
You know, I haven’t seen this film yet. But it’s on my wishlist. This trailer is amazing and what really sticks out to me is at 1:52, that soldier who is wounded on the stretcher. Even though he is injured, he still has the spirit to smile and wave at the camera. These boys were so strong.
alex4ucj it was not eligible for the nominations because it missed the deadlines for submission. Jesus Christ people inform yourself first before writing nonsense only to get recognition. The documentary will most likely be nominated next year.
@@i-deni-i5138 Such a lame excuse, for us to get bureaucratic and inhumane, basically you're telling me that if only the bad pictures will submit for Academy and the goods one don't, it will turn into a Golden Raspberry Awards? Nobel prize for example finds you because of your accomplishments. Same rule should apply to the Academy.
alex4ucj what part of my response you didn’t understand? ..it will be nominated next year because the academy recognizes great movies. It just missed the deadlines for submission and that’s it. Understood? I get that they could pick nominees by themselves instead of asking for submissions. But that doesn’t make then in any way inhumane.
@@alex4ucj What part of "IT WILL LIKELY BE NOMINATED NEXT YEAR" did you not comprehend? Good god, you're dense with all of that fucking sentimentality. I doubt any of these boys care if the documentary they're in gets nominated in a little award show. They had more pressing concerns at the time, surely.
Jonathan Parks well to be fair not every documentary/film can be nominated.. there’s just 5 nominations for documentary out of possibly hundred of submissions :)
@@michaelmaguire1229 I understand doing that to an extent, but people should remember that their experiences aren't invalidated by others having faced worse.
“I gave every part of my youth to do a job.” These young men saw the war as nothing more than a task or job they had to do, and participated without hesitation
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEM, AND AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
I'm a soldier, I'm 23, I've been serving for 3 years now. Each ANZAC day I look back and each time I get to see that boys younger than me that, Gave their youth, their bodies, their spirits, and their lives. They gave their today, so we could have our tomorrow, all that is asked of us is to remember them.
Merc Scar Im 21 and in the service for only 7 months. About to be attached to an infantry Bn as a combat medic. Trainee days over, Worried about the tough times ahead.
Difference between them and you is, they fought for freedom and their country. You're fighting for the whims and fancies of a bunch of fucking cowboys. Yeehaaaw
@@daniellord1916 They fought for one autocratic empire against another. They were all fighting for a few wealthy people who were mostly born into their power and privilege and regarded world realpolitik and war as a great game to indulge in. There was no social security or welfare state, unions had to fight for recognition, no universal suffrage, Russia still had serfs for god's sake. Everyone thought they'd be home for Christmas. The reality of the carnage that followed did eventually sink home as even they lost sons, but modern warfare had not been expected by armies that still looked Napoleonic in everything but the arms they carried. I'll agree with your second half. But don't confuse WW1 and WW2, which did have something worth fighting for.
1:15 incredibly sad scene, this regiment went over the top about 30 seconds later and were wiped out. You can see how scared the poor guy on the left is.
My cousin told me about his maternal grandfather's WW1 experience. He with six friends volunteered for the British army. They thought it would just be a great adventure. He was badly wounded, recovered and returned to the fighting in France. When the nightmare was finally over, he returned home the only survivor. All his friends had been killed. Worse still, some of the relatives of those killed bitterly resented that he was the lucky one to survive and gave him verbal abuse.
That's the one face in this trailer that absolutely stood out for me. The expression in his face is one of paralyzing fear - I could hardly imagine what it must've been like. Watching this footage almost chokes me up to be honest.
@@koivu11huet39 It was mentioned in the post credit scene that showed how the movie was made that those men were sent over the top five minutes later and all slaughtered. Not exactly thirty seconds
@ james you are the first person who sees reality, the others are just kidding themselves, if it was they who had to do it they wouldnt be saying it was a good and heroic thing but a total waste of young lives on both sides, this was a royal fued and the common man was duped into fighting each other to settle a score between royal dynasties and hence why most of the fuckers were executed after the war, good riddance to them
It really hit me hard when one of the veterans were talking about putting out the soldier of his misery with his limbs blown off and his eye hanging down on his cheek. The pain in his voice and how he was about to break down crying decades later talking about that moment.i felt that
I don't know if I'm the only one but does this way of seeing WWI make those people we were so used to seeing in those old fast b&w film reels seem more human? I know it sounds odd but seeing those young soldiers in colour and in normal speed somehow humanises them and makes me realise that these were real people. Seeing them in those old b&w films all sped up just didn't tug at the heart like these clips do. Does this make sense to anyone else??
That's the point of modifying these films like this to increase verisimilitude. It makes them more emotionally engaging by looking more like real life. There's a lot more impact seeing something in clear clarity. The more degraded the image, the less we recognize the reality of it. Compare a black and white used rental VHS videotape to IMAX. One can show you what it looks like to fly, the other could have the same shot but it just doesn't register emotionally as reality and so almost might as well be a cartoon.
I believe they were all aware of their sad fate, that 5 minutes later they went over the top and were completely wiped out. Nothing they could have done about it, may they rest in piece
Thanks your pay will be submitted by who ever elite is boosting Jackson's revenue image after he's abysmal movie revenue. This is doco looks like 10000 other ones
Excuse me but how did you guys see this documentary. I have been searching for it and came up with nothing. If you see this can you please point me in the right direction.
Message From Heaven so that why both side called on God to protect their soldiers, used his name to justify what their doing, and to talk to him after a battle to help cope with the horrors of war.
@@messagefromheaven7729 This isn't really propaganda as it seems more in remembrance of the young men who gave their lives, but I've just seen the trailer
it's a piece of shit moment that brings down the entire experience of this trailer and project. There was no job to be done and it has nothing to do with ''manliness''. It is perpetuating evil made up by scum of the earth
“Alright boys, here it comes... We’re in the pictures!” *laughing commences* That part alone made me tear up. Also take note of the guy trying not to smile right next to him and was looking at him like, “Would you shut up?” lol [Edit]: Wow, thanks for the likes!
Alpha Crusaders Same. That line humanized it, I can’t imagine the emotions the producers went through whilst putting this together. I would have had sleepless nights after splicing something like that. My grandfather was in this war, Army Infantry. He came home shortly after it was over and cattle ranched in South Texas. Hoping I get to see this. This trailer is easily one of the moving I’ve ever watched.
I was misty eyed pretty much the whole trailer. Very moving. I definitely want to see this on the big screen, and I will definitely be bringing along an old school handkerchief to dab my eyes.
I don't cry, but I'm not ashamed to admit that this trailer brought tears to my eyes. Each and every person in this footage was real. Each one with hopes, and dreams, and families and fears. Each one risking everything for one another, just trying to get themselves, and their fellows home. May we in modern times not forget the lessons of the past, and may the memories and sacrifices of each and every one of these brave men never, ever, grow old.
Unfortunately I'm ashamed to admit that it's in human nature to forget. When will we all start to remember that the concept of war is wrong? Won't we ever learn from our mistakes??? 😢😢😢
Don't forget, The War that will end all War. Yea, it was senseless, over a royal Austrian royal life, AND its political upheaval of each European nation. That is the sad part, people slaughtered, INNOCENT slaughtered. That is why this movie is a needed must to watch it captures the pointless and stupidity of war.
What an odd way to open a statement. Why would anyone feel *ashamed* to admit to crying? I feel ashamed for some of the shitty things ive done in my life, but for expressing raw emotion? It sucks what people are made to feel bad about. Never feel ashamed for being a human connecting to the suffering of others. Fuck anyone who belittles you for expressin yourself.
GigawingsVideo the movie follows majority British soldiers yes but the reason behind that is because peter Jackson was asked by a british museum to make a quick documentary with archived footage but once Jackson started he simply couldn’t stop. He went through tons of footage archived by the British so that is why it’s majority British soldiers
I couldn't agree more. So many modern war documentaries are either politically charged or skewed for dramatic effect. The most powerful documentaries I've ever seen are always the most simplistic ones that show real footage and have proper interviews with real veterans. Not just a bunch of babbling historians who have absolutely no concept about what it took to fight in these wars or how horrific they were for everyone involved.
I haven't seen the full documentary yet, but even this trailer got my eyes misty. To imagine all those brave people who supported each other and who could have smiles on their faces even amidst such hardship .. and then to realize they've all left this world behind. Honour upon them, always.
It's not some Movie it's Real Thing happened and Recorded in Real-time, a lot of courage is going to need to watch this Movie of Courageous Peoples...................Real People
I was completely stunned by the trailer, and I come back here from time to time to watch it again. The movie itself was also amazing... Too bad it did not have wide cinema release.
It's called "interpolation", and many household TV's already do it in real-time while watching TV. If your TV is advertised to be 120 Hz or higher, it does it with what you watch already (unless you've disabled that feature). However, it's much easier when you have higher frame rates (24+). Jackson is doing it with only 14 frames per second, which is much more difficult to interpolate. This footage looks incredible. Can't wait to see it.
@@OUTFOXEM Interpolation ruins most 24 FPS films if it's forcing it up to 60 or something, but man this looks beautiful. Glad Peter had the passion for something like this.
Mr. Jackson, I saw this documentary with my sister who agreed to go despite her aversion to violence and gore. Of course, she had to cover her eyes when the imagery of horror shows up. Thank you, Mr. Jackson, for humanizing these people who lived only a century ago when the nascent film technology came around that captured what it was like back then. I felt moved by your film. May you win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, if it's nominated.
Somewhere in a article published by a very old survivor of WW1 said that, "it was the generation from whom being young was forbidden and were asked to defend the nation, they readily agreed and lost the precious part of life but never complained to anyone"
Amar Jawan on India gate has the name of Indian soldiers etched in is stone walls. They died fighting a colonist war and were recruited by the likes of peaceniks Gandhi, who willingly acted as 'recruiter in chief' of British for getting some autonomy for provincial govts. in exchange for war efforts help. 88 billion pounds of money and material from India was used in this war.
Yes you are right but many soldiers actually had their best time of their lives in the great war because they got to eat stake for example (brits) what they never got in home. It wasn't war all the time. And half of soldiers didn't die in the war. Many had good times.
Proud and privileged to have known my grandad-101 when he died- fought the whole 4 years. Shot 7 times and fell out of an observation balloon! Remember watching a WW1 doc with him in the 70’s. He would laugh then go very quiet. Not sure I’d cope with what they had to do. Will watch the film but I’ll just stay quiet and think of him -and the people on all sides- that went through this tragedy. I certainly will not forget.
My grandfather was a WWI Veteran as well. He was wounded 3 times and awarded several medals including the Croix de Guerre. I wish i knew more about his time over there, but my father explained his father did not talk about it much...cant blame him. What i do know for sure about my Grandfather Ernest Boggs is from the the 'Book of Heros' that explains his action that earned him his Medals.
@Tadashi Shoji You also are an ignorant idiot. He means movies that aren't just propaganda and instead historically accurate. Not movies made by Americans.
My great grandfather fought in this war. I was too young for him to tell me anything about it, and he passed away when I was 5. But when I was in my teens, my great grandmother was still alive and she told something I will never forget: "our soldiers went away as boys, but came back as men." That has stayed with me since she passed away 34 years ago. Here's to you, Private Thomas Sampson, who charged into the Argonne woods 3 days after your 19th birthday with over 20,000 brothers, some of them sick and dying from Spanish Flu, and drove the Germans back into Belgium on October 31, 1918.
This is amazing. I’m an American and I’m so amazed and ready to see this. These boys - turned men - were so brave and we have no idea how they felt or their circumstance. This picture changes that hopefully and we can finally pay homage to those that served in WWI.
It also serves as a warning. WWI was one huge p*ssing contest between rivaling imperial nations in which other countries got in with the "right team". The result was 20 million dead (military and civilian deaths) and many more million wounded for life. There is nothing noble in war and nothing heroic. Boys eagerly joined the war (often voluntarily). Men (the ones who survived) came out of it and they had learned lessons in the harshest most realistic ways. Most didn't want to talk about it because they saw the worst sides of humanity in the war and how cheap life was to the politicians and generals. The last living British WWI veteran Harry Patch remained anti-war throughout the reminder of his life and always said that wars had to be avoided at any cost. He served in WWII as well as a fireman putting out fires after bombing raids. He said this:"Passchendaele was a disastrous battle-thousands and thousands of young lives were lost. It makes me angry. Earlier this year, I went back to Ypres to shake the hand of Charles Kuentz, Germany's only surviving veteran from the war. It was emotional. He is 107. We've had 87 years to think what war is. To me, it's a license to go out and murder. Why should the British government call me up and take me out to a battlefield to shoot a man I never knew, whose language I couldn't speak? All those lives lost for a war finished over a table. Now what is the sense in that?" "A license to murder".
I think it's disappointing that WWI isn't given the proper treatment by cultural institutions, it is really the basis for most of the political world today, WWII was just finishing up the conflict.
WW1 is more difficult to connect with since there are are nobody alive today who served in that war. WW2 is much easier because it affected the whole of the world and was something that we can see in film and on tv with clarity.
Yeah, I'm really "excited" about footage that brings to life the murder of over half a million disenfranchised working class Englishmen who were shamed to their death by a country that didn't and still doesn't give a fuck about them. They died for nothing.
I saw it in 3D last night. It was absolutely fantastic. I went in thinking it’d be a tad bit boring, but it was very exciting and witty. Great job on Jackson and his talented team’s part to revive this moment in history for us.
Hmmm... maybe. The way the film is directed makes all the footage seem more like an action movie rather than a documentary, so the 3D adds to the experience quite a bit. I also didn't think 3D would work with a film advertised like this, but I'm glad we did it. Honestly, I don't think seeing it in 2D will ruin your viewing. But I think if you CAN get a refund, go do it and get the 3D tickets.
I think what Peter Jackson has done has made these pepple in the film more personable than a flat grey voiceless image we have seen time and time again. Although I wonder what archival footage remains in the Imperial War Museum that has not beem seen.
Don't care how far the nearest theater will be. I am going to watch this film. This film documenting and giving tribute to these brave men that gave their service and duty for their countries and their comrades that fought by their sides. God bless these many men that had gone.
As someone who has studied the first world war for fifteen years, as someone fascinated with it, this is something so far overdue, so necessary. Truly, so much of the first world war is forgotten. Many people do not know anything about the people who fought in it, what the nations were, what the Christmas truce was or the ramifications the first world war had. This movie is exactly what I have been wishing for for fifteen years.
You know battlefield 1 came out years ago. XD just kidding yeah i know what you mean. I saw the trailer before "the mule" with Clint Eastwood and i knew i had to see this movie it amazing!
American schools do not teach alot of history. The educational system in the United States is run mostly by liberals and globalist. They want people to forget history and eventually erase it. Because once history is erased you can repeat it like slavery. That is why democrats were removing historical statues!
There are times in ones life where his soul is down. Stoicism is a good practice but I find myself coming after years back to this, it's like a tribute to them and hope for light. Rooting for your journey and mine.
Just saw this... it’s amazing. Thank you. You’ve perfectly shown how all these young men romanticized warfare and dreamed of coming home a hero. Only to find out the once magnificent rifle march turned into a meat grinder with the utilization of mechanized weapons. They thought it was going to be an adventure. Young men fantasizing about becoming the next Napoleon, mowed down with more bullets in a 10 second span than had previously been used in total for entire battles just a generation before... war was a brand new nightmare. It made me rethink about me even considering myself a man. I’m 17 years old now. Thinking of how 100 years ago I would’ve been there, it scares me and I now have a whole new respect for veterans. “They shall now grow old, as we that are left grown 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”.
I saw this upon its release & it really is the greatest documentary ever made; not just from the subject matter, but from a technical standpoint. On a personal level it really resonates with me, because my great grandfather was killed in action three weeks before the war ended. His body was never recovered & he left a widow & a young son to grow up without a father. When watching this footage, I often think wonder if one of those British soldiers could be my great grandfather.
I saw this tonight-outstanding! Stay past the credits and make sure that you see Peter Jackson’s behind the scenes look at how the film was put together.
I am the grandson of a British "Tommy" who went "over the Top" at the Somme in 1916. His company was the reserve company of a "Pals" battalion from Barnsley Yorkshire. They made the advance at Serre France. The company was committed and they advanced several dozen yards when the Brigade commander had the recall sounded. Only 280 men survived from two battalions of Barnsley Pals that day.
mike89128 Your grandfather did well.. My great great uncle was there, too. First Newfoundland Regiment. 810 went over, 68 came back unharmed, in only 30 minutes.. Tragic
Hi Mike my I'm 70 but my grandad was 16 spent 4 years in that sh*t , yorkshire regt on lead horse artillery. He was at the Somme too. Remember him telling us tales but sometimes he would go real quiet. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 expat
My 2nd great grandfather went “over the top” at the Somme as well. He was in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 4 Battalion. He was injured, I think an explosion went off and the shrapnel got in his eyes, but when he was at the field tent, the nurse there accidentally blinded him.
Peter Jackson directing a colorized WW1 document with added sound effects and voice acting by professional lip readers... This should be released like an average movie. This looks fantastic...
Even though the sound is fake and dubbed, the combination with the enhanced colorized footage really does have a more eerie, saddening and relatable effect. great movie.
I went to the theater when it came out. If humanity only knew how this event changed the course of modern history. I got teary eyes when I was watching this. It was MARVELOUS.
This is all British footage of the British because the imperial war museum asked Peter Jackson to make a 30 minute documentary for the 100th anniversary.
Once Peter started, he just kept going. Sound was added to the footage using lip readers and voice actors from the area the soldiers were from.
The narration is by men who were actually there, taken from recordings made in the 1950's and 60's.
I would love to see French, German, and US versions using their own footage from that era.
Peace
So gnarly. Thank you for the information
Well the British were the main force. America kind of came in at the end.
I mean he does add New Zealand footage in some scenes. You’d class that as British footage though since they’re technically British Colonial troops. NZ was independent at the time though.
@@Z2Z9 well the commonwealth as a whole did play a major role too, ask the canadian..we were in the war from day 1 and more than 600 000 people served in the army out of a population just over 11 millions at the time for a war that was across the ocean.
You can watch it for free on Google, MOVIE NIGHT LIFE, if you like watching this kinda stuff , i would recommend it Good watching
This should be shown in every classroom across the globe. I learned more about WWI in this film than I ever learned in school.
-globe- anglosphere
FTFY
According to Peter Jackson, a copy of the film has already been supplied to every school in Britain, so, gratefully, this film will be widely seen among school children in the years to come!
@Grant Robertson Too many kids these days would need counseling and access to safe spaces.
@@莫比-q4r nah, globe.
@Europa H2O Alien agreed.
Every man...Every man in this movie, every man in the thousands of photographs....are all dead.
May we never forget them and their sacrifices
Very astute observation. For those who survived the war, they'd be alive at an average age of 119.
@@WoWGirl6 Highly depends on what scene you saw. One scene in the sunken road almost all of those died. The others high causalities but a significant number would come back depending.
IEnglish 96 Only 15% of soldiers were killed during WWI
@@iAnthony that is still alot of deaths.
@@WoWGirl6 There is literally not one single combatant from WW1 still alive. The last one died a few years ago I believe.
When I was 14 yrs. old I had the honor to look in on and take care of a WWI vet. This was circa 1974 and his name was William "Bill" Scotson. "A son of a Scot!" he would always remind me. I was an American boy in Massachusetts and he was a Brit. living in the states. I used to check on him after school, and make him a lunch. I mostly made poached eggs on toast. His favorite. He told me so many things about WWI. He drove an armored car, and he always reminded me that it had four speeds forward, and two speeds in reverse. I was 14 and he let me drive his car. He used to tell me that if we get stopped by the police - I'll just tell them that you're driving on my license. Even at the age of 14 I knew that that was shady. I said, "OK". : )
Thank you so much for telling this story. I was born in the 1990s and although I've studied ww1 history extensively, I never met a man who did serve during ww1. Almost all of them were gone by the time I was a young boy.
Do you have a picture of the car? I know there were many types and models, but I want to see one from the recent times as then, it would be so cool. Yes I’m a nerd, how’d you know?
@@Ww1whiz1914 I'm sorry I don't have a picture of the car. I'm a car guy, too. It was a 1966 Ford Fairlane. The color was egg shell blue - a very light blue color. It was a two door hard top. At 14 I could just see over the steering wheel.
@@dogman4100 and you said it was armored? I thought it was from ww1, but now you say it’s from much later, I’m intrigued on how such a car was legally armored
@@Ww1whiz1914 Hi, again- Sorry I misunderstood your question. I don’t think he ever told me the maker of the armored car he drove. But he was always happy to tell me that it had 4 speeds forward and 2 in reverse. The 14 yr old me wasn’t inquisitive enough to push him on details. I wish i had been. As I got older I realized what a privilege it was to know him. Thank you for your interest. Btw- He was born in 1890 and lived to be 96.
Coincidentally, J.R.R Tolkien served in the First World War, where he started writing his stories about Middle-Earth. His friendships during the war inspired the relationships between the characters he created. Come full circle to see that Peter Jackson, the one who visualized his stories onto the big screen, do a ground breaking documentary during the war where Tolkien envisioned his world in the trenches. I can't wait to see this.
MegaRedemption Exactly, we get to see exactly what it must of been like for him to write such a great story. It must have been horrible and his only way out was to create his own world that brought him away from his horrific reality.
Well, that escalated quickly
DeadKing66 damn, going for the kill there, lol.
@DeadKing66 Unless your inspirations in life are racist and hateful, no one you look up to is proud of you. Be better than you are.
Perhaps, Peter Jackson is Tolkien, reincarnated.
It sucks that something so revolutionary for its time will only be in theaters for two days.
Lmao so true! XD🖒
And Warner Bros.'s marketing department can't be arsed to link to the schedule here. Wankers.
Yes it does....EVERYONE should see this
It's already been on TV in the UK
It will be forever on the internet.
"Suicide In The Trenches"
I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon
Thank you for that extraordinary poem...
That's dark man, but also awsome
The Face of Combat
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The most forbidden documentary in history:
archive.org/details/EUROPATheLastBattle
Historically, were there considerable suicides in the trenches???
I keep reeding it.
Revisiting after a year. I wanted to confirm that, in 2020, it was still the greatest thing I've ever seen in 50 years on earth. Confirmed.
I couldn't agree more. Essential viewing for everyone and really ought to be shown in all of our schools to. Lest we forget..
I could say the very same thing, only, I've been on this earth 56 years now, and it was most definitely the greatest thing I've ever seen on screen (saw it in late 2019.)
You're not wrong
I still need to watch the whole thing though lol
@@e.t.2604 its a bit too graphic for them to consider showing that in schools
I honestly wouldn't care personally, but it would have to be like highschool level at least but people are weak now anyways, I dknt think people fainting over blood and shit really happened at all back in those days haha
@@gimpyrules6714 that is everything wrong with school today. Stuff like this should be a requirement in high schools
Came out in the UK weeks ago, I can confirm that this one of the best things I've ever seen
Awesome! I can't wait for it to come out across the pond! Any word on a DVD version?
who wins?
(Guys, this was a joke)
Geddy135 no one , but technically the British and French
@DIVIDE ET IMPERA, and then they lose a second one...
@DIVIDE ET IMPERA **crosses fingers** please be ironic please be ironic please be ironic
"Here it is boys... We're in the pictures!"
They survived hell long enough to smile for the camera. God rest brave men from all sides.
they survived way worse than hell.
@@marc789 yea no one talks about ww1 but from a battlefield perspective was just as bad If not worse
Only axis☺
You take and make humor wherever you can. It helps you forget at least for a few seconds
My father's grandfather fought in both world wars (I'm from Pakistan btw) as a Indian soldier, he was a paramedic and when Pakistan received independence in 1947 he was made the head of a state owned hospital.
I remember that my grandfather told me stories about my great grandfather, who was serving as mounted medic for the Germans in WW1 and positioned around Belgium, facing the crulest scenes on both sides. He told my grandpa, that at some point at the end of the war, everybody of either side helped to rescue every injured person on the battlefields, no matter of nationality or rank, just because they wanted to "show hell, that it had no chance to settle on earth". We are all brothers and sisters.
That brought a tear to my eye.
@California Dreamin What political correctness there are time limits on films so you pick a topic. In this case the troops overseas from their own words. As Peter Jackson said there are many more things to cover, home front, other Nations, and the aftermath of the war. Plus this was limited to what was actually filmed I doubt' much of what your talking about was filmed.
@California Dreamin In 1918 there was no Social Welfare System in Britain.
Either do some research or just STFU and stop peddling bullshit.
@California Dreamin shut up woman
@@Nina-cd2eh idiot germany was not fascist at that time then. Shut up fucker
Not gona lie. I cried watching this
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I got misty just watching the trailer. Not sure if I could make it through the whole film.
Please can i ask you to watch ....The Somme then and now.. 1916 - 2016....I have studied this subject for 35 years i served in the Brigade of Guards in my works holidays with my own cost and with home pc i made this ...what he did was wrong..He altered the truth i never did nor did i have the millions or technology to do it .....
Why are you not verified?
Yep. It’s crazy to think about what these guys saw and had to do on a daily basis. That a level of bravery that I don’t think we will ever understand.
It just came to me after watching that they are all dead. All of them. Not a single one is left alive. How privileged are we to be able to see what they have seen and hear their wisdom. It also hammers home what tragedy death is...
About a dozen years ago Britain held a memorium for WWI and their final three veterans attended. One fellow, who was around 108 years old, stood and addressed a large crowd. He said that since he had been one of the youngest soldiers he thought he might be one of the oldest survivors, but he never thought he'd be the final survivor. Then he said he finally knew why he had lived so long; it was to stand there and tell everyone "that they died for us".
I think I recall seeing in the paper in about 2010 an article about the last WW1 vet dying at 101. I'm assuming they meant American veteran then considering that information. I've said it in one comment already but I'll say it again, lest we forget.
Too bad nobody listens. Every WW1 vet was strongly anti-war for a reason, at the end of this film they all push a strong anti-war stance from their own mouths and now they're all gone, WW1 celebrations are becoming far more pro-war and jingoistic and people are outright attacked for taking an anti-war stance (Corbyn and Stop the Wars activists horrendously so). This film at least carries the strong anti-war message, but it's largely getting lost. Journalists are losing their jobs these days if they dare point out that WW1 remembrance was supposed to be anti-war.
@@1stcalvarydivisonmilitaria261 Last one died 2012
@@jimgrunden1088 I wasn't too sure, just taking that one from memory. Thanks though. And good lord, it's been near 7 years, since the last of an entire generation of men who have passed on. Absolutely insane to think about.
1:15 Peter Jackson in the post credit scene said 90% of these men died within the next 30 minutes after they were ordered to charge over the embankment. Really harrowing stuff. It's the last moments they were alive.
Hi, Neighbor! Yeah, the grim look in one guys eyes, kind of haunting.
Tom Elliott could you point out who he is? I’m actually very curious
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At 1.15 and 1.50 are the same men. 2 Companies of the Lancashire Fusiliers on 1 July 1916. They have tunnelled into a sunken lane half way between the British and German front lines. So they are already in no mans land. When the British attack they are closer to the German and suffer appalling casualties. The large explosion in the film was supposed to have destroyed German defences on their right flank.
@agam yudhistira Amen.
This is the most incredible thing I’ve ever watched. I’ve always, always loved Peter Jackson right back to ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and LOTR but this is his most breathtaking film by far. Just to really, truly see what these poor young lads went through in blazing colour, it’s so humbling and fills me with so many emotions I can’t even begin to articulate. I hope all these boys in the film are somewhere nice, looking down on us, having a good laugh over their new movie star fame.
"We're in the pictures!"
woah you got a tick next to your username
Here it comes lads, we're in the pictures.
I’ve loved Peter Jackson right back to ‘Brain Dead’ and ‘Meet the Feebles’.
Me too. The entirety of World War 1 is incredibly sad. So many young men thrown into the slaughter by the millions, and for what? lest we forget
Most people don't realize how much of a blessing this film is.
Only if we learn.
Saw this yesterday. If you do go stay for Peter Jacksons commentary after the credits. He explains how they did it and provides more insight for specific scenes. The one that sticks was the footage showing the Lancashire regiment resting in a sunken road before going over the top at the Somme. Peter explains that in 30 minutes virtually everyone in that footage will be dead or wounded. You are seeing the last moments of their lives. How can you not be moved by that? Haunting.
There are after credits scenes? The cinema I went to switched the lights on as soon as the credits roll.
Anonoz Chong Yes, was very informative. Theater should of shown it.
Just... man. Unfathomable. The single scene that struck me the most was the one you mentioned, where they are waiting to go over the top in the sunken road. If you look closely, you can see a young man who is clearly terrified of what is waiting for him. It just kills my heart to see the fear in his eyes. And yet... he did his job.
Yes, you can’t step into that hell called no man’s land for some flag or a noble cause ,they did it for each other.
Anonoz Chong for about 20 minutes, yes.
“Alright boys, here it comes. We’re in the pictures”
That's something that will stick with me. Back then, motion-capturing technology was a brand new thing, so it would have been an extraordinary experience to be captured on video.
Just Fucking Beautiful🇬🇧🇬🇧😂
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Their teeth too... The guy to the left of him are even worse!
Little would he know that many years later the whole world would see that footage from "the pictures".
My grandfather served on the German side from 1915-1918. He was court martialled to serve as Stormtrooper because he punched an arrogant officer in the face (called the soldiers coming from the frontline stinking pigs). He was burried alive in a bunker by a close artillery impact, wounded 7 times, labelled a "hopeless case" once and left in the dying-ward. He made it. Later in WW2 he was conscripted as officer, to command a POW camp. When it was liberated by the Soviets, they wanted to shoot him for being a POW camp commander. The allied soldiers protected him, saying he treated them good. He returned to civilian life and died age 81.
I am amazed by this man, by his strenght, resilience and humane spirit.
You ought to make a book about him. I'm serious.
@@ethanstang9941 I agree
Well Thomas, are you going to write that book?
Write that book, Thomas.
Dammit Thomas write that book.... It would be a corker!
My grandfather - born 1898 and died 1974 - was a combat vet of WW I. When I was a little kid I would ask him to tell me about the war and he would simply say, "I don't want to talk about it. There is nothing to tell you." I think his experiences scarred him forever very deeply. I don't believe if he was alive today he would want to see this but I finally know why he would never speak about it.
“Coming to Select Theaters”
AKA: “Not Coming to Any Theater Near You”
(sigh)
Christian Deleon I know for a fact all AMC theaters will be carrying it and also select Marcus theaters...
They probably don't think it'll do very well in the US. It's mostly all about British soldiers. It's actually already been shown on TV in the UK.
Elora Maxwell
I’m Very Happy for Them,
But my AMC has been under renovation maintenance for Months & MONTHS. Able to only show up to 5-6 Movies all being the major distribution movies only Nothing Special (Fathom, AMC Special Events .etc). This has been going on for months and it kinda sucks.
Thats Sad
@@Rashomon20s Ask them to show it
I can’t imagine being 15, 16, 17 years old and going into war. I remember when I was 15 and just finishing 8th grade and transitioning into highschool and thinking my preteen angst was a big deal. It really hit home watching these young men doing this out of a sense of patriotic duty and like they said “giving up their youth to do a job that needed to be done”
Most of these guys were thrown into a literal human meat grinder of machine gun fire and rifle fire. I truly believe WW1 was the worst than any war in history.
Fr, I'm 15 and I can't imagine anyone my age fighting in a war. Like I don't even have chest hair yet
@@briskxd1093 What? Worse than WW2? Nah bro you trippin
@@-xnnybimb-9398 It depends on how you define "worst war". In terms of death WWII was worse. But WWI was unique in that battles could go on for weeks. The reason for these lengthy battles was because the soldiers were in trenches so the battle lines, for the most part, did not change. The condition of the trenches were terrible as well, often having to deal with lice, rats, disease, thick mud, rain that would pool up in the trenches and also rotting corpses that weren't able to be buried. They also had to deal with intense artillery fire which could break soldiers psychologically. WWI was the war where they coined the term "shellshock" because so many soldiers suffered mental breakdowns from constant artillery bombardment.They also had to deal with gas attacks which were horrific in their own way. WWII on the other hand had a more fluid battle line and battles would not stretch on, for the most part, as long as they would in WWI. Both wars were bad but i think WWI was just more of a grueling and psychologically taxing war to take part in.
It's estimated that the British army, Navy and marines collectively allowed around 250,000 under age recruits 14,15 ,16 year olds to enlist many refused to leave the ranks once their ages had been found out .All volunteered. Little did they know what was waiting for them
Saw it in theaters. Best documentary of all time. Hands down incredible. I left speechless.
Lucky man You are to find a theater that played this movie.
me too, today with my teacher and 2 other students. it was in 3D and amazing!
Totally agree, when it switched to colorized my jaw was on the floor
@@LukusCannon I nearly started crying, was showing it to my mum whose grandfather was in WWI. Not a sad cry but a, well I don't know.
It was an amazing film, but I feel like they didn’t touch on the horrors that happened in the war enough.
My generation doesn’t realize how good they got it. They think this cant happen again. But it can. God bless those great men
@Lewi Jones I really argee with you, even if I am one of this generation, I at least slowly start to appreciate what we have
@Levi Jones you obviously have no idea that this was a royal fued and wasnt a war for freedom, thats complete bullshit, i wish you would stop listening to propoganda and see reality for what it is
@@jamesi2018 obviously you don’t know anything about the occupation of Germany back in those days. France, Belgium, and other counties fought for their freedom from germany. Stfu. You look stupid with your comment. I know my history but did i say anything about what the war was about? No
@@levijones1874 moron
cant happen again? oh boy, youre in for a surprise, just wait for the economic collapse, sooner than later.
People really sleep on WWI the first modern war. The war that literally shapes the world we live in today. WWII was just the unfinished business of WWI.
Hitler was Austrian too. Born in Braunau . They destroyed his birthhouse a few year ago i think.
although austria started the war, the germans were the ones that escalated it significantly, and were probably the more seen army on the battlefield by most of the entente
@Sterling Thomas fair point, but in reality they all started it. WW1 was birthed from the long-standing tensions between the major European powers, the Austro-Hungarian empire with the angry ethnic peoples, the Ottoman Empire doing basically anything, Germany want more territory and colonies, Britain wanting it's Naval strength secured, etc. It was just Austria-Hungary and Serbia that lit the match and set the flame.
The Wars of unification were probably the first modern wars. And too, the war between a Russia and Japan.
@@onetruth37 The war was pretty much unavoidable and was always going to break out sooner or later. When you consider the unprecedented arms race the years before, the ever escalating suspicion and paranoia between the nations and the fact the Central Powers had formed in 1879 already and the Entente in 1904 it becomes clear everything was already in place for a large conflict.
The First Moroccan Crisis in 1905 nearly escalated into war between Germany and France. Then came the Casablanca Crisis of 1908 and the 1911 Agadir Crisis in which German war ships were sent to show that the Kaiser meant business.
In a version of history in which there never had been an assassination of the Austrian archduke the war would still break out for some other crisis as tensions was growing higher and higher the years prior to 1914.
And to all those narrowminded and ill-informed ignoramuses who still believe the war was fought over the austrian archduke and that you can scapegoat one single man for the entire conflict I say this: You're idiots. Plain and simple.
So much respect for Peter Jackson..this is what film making is all about.
I wonder if the sequel to this would be about the other nations that took part in WW1
Yes...didn't imagine he had it in him.
Indeed. He has raised the bar for future military history documentaries.
@@blathermore why didn't you believe?
I have always hated colorized B&W reels. It has to do with the choice of color being so unrealistic, as well as the light/shadow not used effectively. This, however, was done amazingly. That, giving the films the proper speed, and discovering what was spoken in these films and voiced by men with the same regional accents was a wonderful extra step that could have just as easily been considered superfluous.
The last few minutes of the documentary during which the soldiers tell us that no one identified with them nor wanted to hear about their experiences in the war after they’d come back was heartbreaking.
They sadly have the moniker of The Lost Generation which is a shameful moniker
"You come back from the years of blood and mud and all they want to know is whether you were in close combat..."
- 2022 Remake of All Quiet on the Western Front
It really sad it took till ww2 for people what a sacrifice they made
I remember that part in the documentary, I was very surprised by it but very sad about it too.
Thankfully some spoke about it to pass the stories onto the next generation.
It is so amazing... I am from Russia and my great grandfather fought in World War 1. Thank you Peter Jackson for your respect to all these people. The footage looks magnificent. I was shocked when I saw your documentary. Your movie must have an Oscar as it is astonishing and capturing
He'll never see your comment
@@Lostzilla847 Who's he? Do you seriously think one person just did this all on their own?
I totally agree with you, man. I don't really know if any of my ancestors fought during WW1, but this movie is stunningly awesome. I started loving it since the first seconds of the trailer.
_also it deserves an oscar._
Love you comment Brother!!!!🥰🥰🥰
It was made for people who cares if director sees comments?
When I started nursing in the 1980s there were still a number of first world war veterans around.I remember one man telling me he was 15 when he joined the army.He told the recruiting Sargent his age but was told to go out of the room come back in and say he was 18.I remember another man who showed me a class school photo.About half the class died in the war.He remember each one and the battles they had been killed in.
Were they US or British I bet they were Brits
@@Voucher765 British
Yea they've been in the fight since the beginning
@@Voucher765 My great grandfather was in the army right at the beginning. Was injured when a trench collapsed on him.
My great grandfather fought in ww1 for the americans he went over the trench and hid in a ditch for a day and watched the bullets fly over him and he left grenades in the mud and my dad told me he was scared a french farmer would get himself blown up digging up the grenades
Wow I have to see this
Yea you work for the film producers
It's on putlocker and it's soooo good
You haven't
@@andrewman111ah I have
we all have to see it !!!
I'd love to see more footage from the 1800s-early 1900s be restored like this. This is amazing. It captures the story in 2020 lens and allows the people in the film to be a lot more relatable.
2018 but yes I’d love to see the Hindenburg disaster in color
There is more then you think
@@neptune3569 yeah, what about the movies of George Méliès?
@@theodorecarter6601 Compared to the 20th century
I posted some from 1895 on my channel if ur internet
"There was a job to be done, and you just go on and did it." Manly tears...
the Onion ninja's are at it again.
I know I won't get through it dry eyed.
Imitation Krabs Really hard fighting back a tear or two when that man said that.
I am the 401st who manly cried
#TheBestMenActuallyAre
I just can't stop looking at this trailer.
Same bro ;)
Me too
Sauron Baggins same
I agree with you. This is the 20th time when I watch this trailer.
I am sure that the guy hitting his buddy with that board was the funny guy in his group
😂😂😂😂
Just goes to show, war may have changed, but grunts will always fuck around.
Soren Wille I think the point is that humans will always play.
Private Pile's body was recovered later that day from the latrine pit. It appears he was shot in the back. Although there is still much conjecture as to how or why he had a wooden plank shoved up his arse.
@@jamieramone1998 PRIVATE PILE, WHY IS YOUR FOOT LOCKER UNLOCKED
Took my teenage son to see it in theatre. It impacted us so strongly we both teared up. Then he could appreciate the sacrifice his great great grandfather had made.
Wholeheartedly, anyone with OR without military history should see this film. It’s at the top of the very very small list of films that I think everyone should watch even just once in their lifetime.
You're an awesome father, my dad took me to see it in theatres in 2018 in Canada.
When the movie ended it was just dead silent for like 5 minutes after. Nobody moved, got up, some cried, but nobody spoke.
It was unequivocally the most surreal, moving movie experience I have ever had.
All these soldiers looking into the camera not realizing that in 100 years millions of people will be look back at them. Such a masterpiece!!!!
Beautiful
At 62 years old a lot of what I grew up with were ww1. And ww2 vets.
One we called cap.
He would sit and fish all day .
Had more patience than anyone I have ever known
My uncle Homer was a ww2 vet he taught me a lot about living and I miss the days on the farm late in the evening sitting g under the Chestnut trees just hanging out with these guys that done the deed .
Bruce Strong GOD bless you and your folks, sir. The good old days.
The last WW1 soldier died in 2012, then this film was made just 6 years after. It would have been so sweet if he had lived long enough to see this film. So he could've seen his friends who fought along side him once again.
Why do you really think he,d want to see it again all his buddy,s blown to bits living in the mud waiting to be killed and your forgetting he would have his memories
@@scotty101ire scotty101ire I'm sure he probably would have loved to hear about his fellow soldiers experiences in the war. In the end of the film one of the soldiers spoke about how no one who didn't experience it wouldn't understand and didn't give much care with it and how only the others who had gone what he went through would want to talk about it. Plus the film isn't just about the deaths, you see so many things that happened so long ago but it looks like it was yesterday. I'm sure he would have at least enjoyed looking back, fully restored and in color with audio. He'd get to see his "buddies" and maybe get to remember those people's faces that he probably forgot. But we don't know, we never knew him.
3wr w43r aw3
Hes already seen it a few times.
Frank buckles was the last american ww1 vet he died in 2011 and Florence green British was the last ww1 veteran in the world she died in 2012
They were just like us. They laughed, smiled, got angry, cried, felt pain, and sadly had to inflict pain on others. They were normal people. They had their soaring highs, and deepest lows. And too often do we forget that it wasn’t in black and white, but in the vibrant colors that we see ourselves. This film helps us remember
This makes World War 1 seem current affairs!!! Just brilliant...
Codetutor Dan Carlin - Blueprint to Armageddon. Listen to all 6 parts.
Blueprint FOR**
And in quite a few ways decisions made back then, like Mideast boundaries are current headlines
Read your sentences before hitting send
@@andrewman111ah *before
I learned rather recently that I had 11 family members that served in WW1 but only 3 returned. God preserve those who served: allied and central
@WillieG So you like Stalin?Interesting.
WillieG ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you got him good what an epic roast lmaooooooooooooooooooooo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
mjoelnir58 he likes Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. All Zionists.
Rogerio Lopes Learn to spell. :)
HeaDShoT He was doing that sarcastically.
My great Grandpa and great Uncle served in WW1. My Uncle left home with jet black hair and when he returned it was snow white from the stress. Incredible what those guys went through and I wish there was more excellent movies and documentaries capturing that.
My Grand grand Father had the same experience, he fought in the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia, and my GF told me that he came back with a full grey hair, two years earlier he had a full back hair
They shall not grow old, but their memory shall live forever.
Amen
Just watched this documentary, and I had to write down this quote:
"You don't look, you see.
You don't hear, you listen.
You taste the top of your mouth, your nose is filled with fumes and death.
The veneer of civilization has dropped away"
This is exactly how i felt during the documentary...so raw, direct and cold. Every life disposable, meat running towards gunfire, ready to be torn apart, torn into pieces. I've never felt something similar in a movie theater or any movie before.
Richard Henry Tobin.
You stole that.
And only death, unrelenting death remains.
@@coryshistoryaccount1955 He literally says "I had to write down this quote". That means he wrote down what someone else had said.
You know, I haven’t seen this film yet. But it’s on my wishlist. This trailer is amazing and what really sticks out to me is at 1:52, that soldier who is wounded on the stretcher. Even though he is injured, he still has the spirit to smile and wave at the camera. These boys were so strong.
I find it offensive from the Academy Awards that this picture was not at least nominated for the best Documentary this year. Really disappointing.
alex4ucj it was not eligible for the nominations because it missed the deadlines for submission. Jesus Christ people inform yourself first before writing nonsense only to get recognition. The documentary will most likely be nominated next year.
@@i-deni-i5138 Such a lame excuse, for us to get bureaucratic and inhumane, basically you're telling me that if only the bad pictures will submit for Academy and the goods one don't, it will turn into a Golden Raspberry Awards? Nobel prize for example finds you because of your accomplishments. Same rule should apply to the Academy.
alex4ucj what part of my response you didn’t understand? ..it will be nominated next year because the academy recognizes great movies. It just missed the deadlines for submission and that’s it. Understood? I get that they could pick nominees by themselves instead of asking for submissions. But that doesn’t make then in any way inhumane.
@@alex4ucj What part of "IT WILL LIKELY BE NOMINATED NEXT YEAR" did you not comprehend? Good god, you're dense with all of that fucking sentimentality. I doubt any of these boys care if the documentary they're in gets nominated in a little award show. They had more pressing concerns at the time, surely.
Jonathan Parks well to be fair not every documentary/film can be nominated.. there’s just 5 nominations for documentary out of possibly hundred of submissions :)
Whenever I get frustrated with the lockdown and feel like my youth years are "wasted" i just remember this and feel immensely ashamed and grateful.
That's how I feel whenever I am feeling sorry for myself and watch a documentary about the Holocaust. Puts everything into perspective.
@@michaelmaguire1229 I understand doing that to an extent, but people should remember that their experiences aren't invalidated by others having faced worse.
@@enotsnavdier6867 Yes, they are. Most of the time they are first world problems.
“I gave every part of my youth to do a job.”
These young men saw the war as nothing more than a task or job they had to do, and participated without hesitation
It's called being British.
A lot of them were young and didn't know any better. By the end, some of them didn't know why they were fighting. They just wanted it to end.
@Stance Pilot We dont, but I'll tell you one thing. They sure dont care. But I do.
@Stance Pilot You're right as well. I study more of WWII, but I would love to figure out more than Lawrence of Arabia, and the Argonne Forest.
They don’t make them like they use to that’s for sure
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEM, AND AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Lest we forget.
I'm a soldier, I'm 23, I've been serving for 3 years now. Each ANZAC day I look back and each time I get to see that boys younger than me that,
Gave their youth, their bodies, their spirits, and their lives.
They gave their today, so we could have our tomorrow, all that is asked of us is to remember them.
Merc Scar too bad they fought for the wrong side, nevertheless absolutely brave and inspiring men who we must honor
Merc Scar
Im 21 and in the service for only 7 months. About to be attached to an infantry Bn as a combat medic. Trainee days over, Worried about the tough times ahead.
sorry pal, but they fought for really nothing, anyway WWI made this world even worse place
Difference between them and you is, they fought for freedom and their country. You're fighting for the whims and fancies of a bunch of fucking cowboys. Yeehaaaw
@@daniellord1916 They fought for one autocratic empire against another. They were all fighting for a few wealthy people who were mostly born into their power and privilege and regarded world realpolitik and war as a great game to indulge in. There was no social security or welfare state, unions had to fight for recognition, no universal suffrage, Russia still had serfs for god's sake. Everyone thought they'd be home for Christmas. The reality of the carnage that followed did eventually sink home as even they lost sons, but modern warfare had not been expected by armies that still looked Napoleonic in everything but the arms they carried. I'll agree with your second half. But don't confuse WW1 and WW2, which did have something worth fighting for.
1:15 incredibly sad scene, this regiment went over the top about 30 seconds later and were wiped out. You can see how scared the poor guy on the left is.
My cousin told me about his maternal grandfather's WW1 experience. He with six friends volunteered for the British army. They thought it would just be a great adventure. He was badly wounded, recovered and returned to the fighting in France. When the nightmare was finally over, he returned home the only survivor. All his friends had been killed. Worse still, some of the relatives of those killed bitterly resented that he was the lucky one to survive and gave him verbal abuse.
Out of curiosity how do you know this? Was it in the film?
That's the one face in this trailer that absolutely stood out for me. The expression in his face is one of paralyzing fear - I could hardly imagine what it must've been like. Watching this footage almost chokes me up to be honest.
@@koivu11huet39 It was mentioned in the post credit scene that showed how the movie was made that those men were sent over the top five minutes later and all slaughtered. Not exactly thirty seconds
@ james you are the first person who sees reality, the others are just kidding themselves, if it was they who had to do it they wouldnt be saying it was a good and heroic thing but a total waste of young lives on both sides, this was a royal fued and the common man was duped into fighting each other to settle a score between royal dynasties and hence why most of the fuckers were executed after the war, good riddance to them
It really hit me hard when one of the veterans were talking about putting out the soldier of his misery with his limbs blown off and his eye hanging down on his cheek. The pain in his voice and how he was about to break down crying decades later talking about that moment.i felt that
That part got me too. Super emotional.
The Face of Combat
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The most forbidden documentary in history:
archive.org/details/EUROPATheLastBattle
@@Ronnie-Jones Go away Nazi.
@@wawawawwawaawwawa4965 showing empathy towards enemies make u nazi now? you're the farthest from liberal idea, go away trump supporter yikes
@@wawawawwawaawwawa4965 finally, calling someone a nazi for sharing their empathy for soldiers from another side
I don't know if I'm the only one but does this way of seeing WWI make those people we were so used to seeing in those old fast b&w film reels seem more human? I know it sounds odd but seeing those young soldiers in colour and in normal speed somehow humanises them and makes me realise that these were real people. Seeing them in those old b&w films all sped up just didn't tug at the heart like these clips do. Does this make sense to anyone else??
Exactly the feeling I had watching it!
I third that. Gave me chills.
That's the point of modifying these films like this to increase verisimilitude. It makes them more emotionally engaging by looking more like real life. There's a lot more impact seeing something in clear clarity. The more degraded the image, the less we recognize the reality of it. Compare a black and white used rental VHS videotape to IMAX. One can show you what it looks like to fly, the other could have the same shot but it just doesn't register emotionally as reality and so almost might as well be a cartoon.
That's the whole point.
yeah the speed makes it almost comical to watch and the black and white just doesn’t give you the same sense of reality
Should be shown in every classroom!
All schools have been given a copy.
philip paine how do you know?
Ok...I read that all schools are due to get a copy!!!
philip paine if thats true, then fantastic. there’ll be some who see it and realize it
I agree!!
1:15 The face of the man in the front on the left makes me cry. That is what fear looks like. Just absolute fear.
I believe they were all aware of their sad fate, that 5 minutes later they went over the top and were completely wiped out. Nothing they could have done about it, may they rest in piece
This could already be one of the most important cinematic experiences to ever exist.
@Tristan Ethridge Just saw it. He isn't lying.
Thanks your pay will be submitted by who ever elite is boosting Jackson's revenue image after he's abysmal movie revenue. This is doco looks like 10000 other ones
Time to listen to Blueprint for Armageddon for the 4th time...
Couldn't agree more. To the point where it's almost an eerie thing to experience...
Excuse me but how did you guys see this documentary. I have been searching for it and came up with nothing. If you see this can you please point me in the right direction.
And the director of the year is PETER JACKSON
Thacarshee Who was the cinematographer, they deserve a award!
Message From Heaven so that why both side called on God to protect their soldiers, used his name to justify what their doing, and to talk to him after a battle to help cope with the horrors of war.
@@messagefromheaven7729 Oh for fuck's sake, take your damn medication. Seroquel does wonders, mate.
@@messagefromheaven7729 This isn't really propaganda as it seems more in remembrance of the young men who gave their lives, but I've just seen the trailer
@@messagefromheaven7729 this comment should be framed as the winner of internet in a nutshell 2018.
It's so valuable film and it will show us the real war. The whistle at the start has lots of feelings.. makes me think so much
Wrong use of emoji fam lmao
Wtf is wrong with ur emoji
You want to be shown real war, get the fuck off our ass and go in enlist. Shit stain.
@@mauk1328 why this fucking dog is barking? fuck away asshole
@@mauk1328 We will never see a war like WW1 again.....Pray we never do.
2:08 A simple smile like this one, makes me cry...
2:13 For some reason I always tear up when he says, “There was a job to be done, and you just got on and did it!”
A real man there.
Me too, it's quite an emotional quote.
it's a piece of shit moment that brings down the entire experience of this trailer and project. There was no job to be done and it has nothing to do with ''manliness''. It is perpetuating evil made up by scum of the earth
@@PlaguePriest88 I agree it shouldn't of been a "job" it was just the stupidity of sacrificing so many innocent lives amongst the violence
So do I. I don't know why. Maybe it's the way he says it.
I cry every time, man.
It's how people used to be raised back then. Something that's sorely missed in our world.
_And the Oscar for best documentary goes to..._
Sorry white helmets
i u r i fuck those biased academy awards
deez nuts
Free Solo
Well, who takes Oscars seriously nowadays? Lol
“Alright boys, here it comes... We’re in the pictures!” *laughing commences*
That part alone made me tear up.
Also take note of the guy trying not to smile right next to him and was looking at him like, “Would you shut up?” lol
[Edit]: Wow, thanks for the likes!
Alpha Crusaders Same. That line humanized it, I can’t imagine the emotions the producers went through whilst putting this together. I would have had sleepless nights after splicing something like that. My grandfather was in this war, Army Infantry. He came home shortly after it was over and cattle ranched in South Texas.
Hoping I get to see this. This trailer is easily one of the moving I’ve ever watched.
Made me emotional as well.
They had no idea what was ahead of them. The light in their eyes gets me.
Those faces are now indelibly etched into my mind, the smiles even though there was Hell all around them.
I was misty eyed pretty much the whole trailer. Very moving. I definitely want to see this on the big screen, and I will definitely be bringing along an old school handkerchief to dab my eyes.
extremely emotional
I don't cry, but I'm not ashamed to admit that this trailer brought tears to my eyes. Each and every person in this footage was real. Each one with hopes, and dreams, and families and fears. Each one risking everything for one another, just trying to get themselves, and their fellows home. May we in modern times not forget the lessons of the past, and may the memories and sacrifices of each and every one of these brave men never, ever, grow old.
Unfortunately I'm ashamed to admit that it's in human nature to forget. When will we all start to remember that the concept of war is wrong? Won't we ever learn from our mistakes??? 😢😢😢
Amen.
"may we never forget.."
yet here we are.. rushing headlong again to that very end : /
Don't forget, The War that will end all War. Yea, it was senseless, over a royal Austrian royal life, AND its political upheaval of each European nation. That is the sad part, people slaughtered, INNOCENT slaughtered. That is why this movie is a needed must to watch it captures the pointless and stupidity of war.
What an odd way to open a statement. Why would anyone feel *ashamed* to admit to crying? I feel ashamed for some of the shitty things ive done in my life, but for expressing raw emotion? It sucks what people are made to feel bad about. Never feel ashamed for being a human connecting to the suffering of others. Fuck anyone who belittles you for expressin yourself.
They shall never be forgotten.
And never grow old
The video is mostly British, Americans and Germans. the rest are forgotten.
GigawingsVideo the movie follows majority British soldiers yes but the reason behind that is because peter Jackson was asked by a british museum to make a quick documentary with archived footage but once Jackson started he simply couldn’t stop. He went through tons of footage archived by the British so that is why it’s majority British soldiers
Nessie Andrew who?
@@GigawingsVideo My great grandfather fought in the Austro-Hungarian army. He isn't forgotten.
This should be mandatory viewing in every single classroom in every school in every nation.
I couldn't agree more. So many modern war documentaries are either politically charged or skewed for dramatic effect. The most powerful documentaries I've ever seen are always the most simplistic ones that show real footage and have proper interviews with real veterans. Not just a bunch of babbling historians who have absolutely no concept about what it took to fight in these wars or how horrific they were for everyone involved.
Piggybacking: Every high-falutin' politician should be made to watch this with their eyelids taped open.
The English government has paid for a copy of this movie to be distributed to every high school student iirc
And hopefully they pay attention
It is in England.
I haven't seen the full documentary yet, but even this trailer got my eyes misty. To imagine all those brave people who supported each other and who could have smiles on their faces even amidst such hardship .. and then to realize they've all left this world behind. Honour upon them, always.
I hope you have watched it. Yes, honor upon them always. Well said.
This is why I love ww1
I can't wait until this becomes the norm for documentaries and the whole world becomes students of history.
This is not a documentary it is a film (from what i know). Meaning they will take some liberties with history .
It's a documentary, don't be silly.
@@alexisb522 No it is a documentary. One of the best I've seen.
It's not some Movie it's Real Thing happened and Recorded in Real-time, a lot of courage is going to need to watch this Movie of Courageous Peoples...................Real People
and also it's Rare footage too so can't miss it
Shut up bitch.
I'm crying watching the trailer...I can't imagine what my emotional state would be after watching the entire documentary...
@@omosomiomomia6661 their was world war 2 man, and every other war after that.
Aadil Farooqui It doesn’t take courage to watch this movie stfu.
I don't know why, but I find this to be one of the most emotional trailers ever made.
Same here. Looking at the past and seeing real young men that experienced that and did what they did is so moving.
I was completely stunned by the trailer, and I come back here from time to time to watch it again. The movie itself was also amazing... Too bad it did not have wide cinema release.
@@lucifernebulae agreed, it was amazing.
“ Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” - Leonardo da Vinci.
The silent footage is at 14 frames per second. Jackson's team used new computer software to seemlessly add 10 more frames to each second.
It's called "interpolation", and many household TV's already do it in real-time while watching TV. If your TV is advertised to be 120 Hz or higher, it does it with what you watch already (unless you've disabled that feature). However, it's much easier when you have higher frame rates (24+). Jackson is doing it with only 14 frames per second, which is much more difficult to interpolate. This footage looks incredible. Can't wait to see it.
@@OUTFOXEM Interpolation ruins most 24 FPS films if it's forcing it up to 60 or something, but man this looks beautiful. Glad Peter had the passion for something like this.
Actually, it was variable frame rate, because the speed of the recording depended on the speed of the cameraman turning the film pulley.
10 fake frames...
@Thane Mac Yes! I'm not a native English speaker and I haven't yet heard how that's called.
Mr. Jackson, I saw this documentary with my sister who agreed to go despite her aversion to violence and gore. Of course, she had to cover her eyes when the imagery of horror shows up.
Thank you, Mr. Jackson, for humanizing these people who lived only a century ago when the nascent film technology came around that captured what it was like back then.
I felt moved by your film. May you win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, if it's nominated.
pussy
He'll never see your comment
WerRolf step away from the mirror bitch
@@StoffiePrductions That's a bit mean, don't you think?
@@zacharywilson9596 nope
Somewhere in a article published by a very old survivor of WW1 said that, "it was the generation from whom being young was forbidden and were asked to defend the nation, they readily agreed and lost the precious part of life but never complained to anyone"
Beautiful
Now everyone complains about everything
Amar Jawan on India gate has the name of Indian soldiers etched in is stone walls.
They died fighting a colonist war and were recruited by the likes of peaceniks Gandhi, who willingly acted as 'recruiter in chief' of British for getting some autonomy for provincial govts. in exchange for war efforts help.
88 billion pounds of money and material from India was used in this war.
Yes you are right but many soldiers actually had their best time of their lives in the great war because they got to eat stake for example (brits) what they never got in home. It wasn't war all the time. And half of soldiers didn't die in the war. Many had good times.
+@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497
We've ALWAYS had something to complain about. It's just that these boys didn't do it in public.
My Grandfather was a gunner with the 36th Battery returning to Sydney NS.
Thank you to all who have and are serving.
Proud and privileged to have known my grandad-101 when he died- fought the whole 4 years. Shot 7 times and fell out of an observation balloon! Remember watching a WW1 doc with him in the 70’s. He would laugh then go very quiet. Not sure I’d cope with what they had to do. Will watch the film but I’ll just stay quiet and think of him -and the people on all sides- that went through this tragedy. I certainly will not forget.
Why'da cross out "and the people on all sides"?
TecnicStudios because a social justice warrior somewhere will get offended by the commenters sympathy for the ‘enemy’.
@@meganaxelia sup
My grandfather was a WWI Veteran as well. He was wounded 3 times and awarded several medals including the Croix de Guerre. I wish i knew more about his time over there, but my father explained his father did not talk about it much...cant blame him. What i do know for sure about my Grandfather Ernest Boggs is from the the 'Book of Heros' that explains his action that earned him his Medals.
Does It Matter fuck off. Show some goddamn respect you twig
I am more hyped for this movie than all of the hollywood 'murica bullshit...because THIS was real! And the footage just looks stunning!
D I M A T R O N oh, warner bros is 'murica as well. You should find some indian movies to watch instead dude.
@@thenorth9159 you are either stupid or ignorant, clearly not what he meant
I can guess your age just by reading this comment. It's probably underage and stupid
@Handsome lad Why thank you good sir
@Tadashi Shoji You also are an ignorant idiot. He means movies that aren't just propaganda and instead historically accurate. Not movies made by Americans.
The saddest thing about WW1. Was that it set the pretext for an even worse conflict.
True that!
Tbh I'm pretty sure ww1 was worse for both the soldiers and the countries involved.
Smahaism No WW2 was more devastating
Britain and the bankers caused the war and they did nothing to make sure another one didnt happen.
3 Words. Treaty of Versallies
My great grandfather fought in this war. I was too young for him to tell me anything about it, and he passed away when I was 5. But when I was in my teens, my great grandmother was still alive and she told something I will never forget: "our soldiers went away as boys, but came back as men." That has stayed with me since she passed away 34 years ago. Here's to you, Private Thomas Sampson, who charged into the Argonne woods 3 days after your 19th birthday with over 20,000 brothers, some of them sick and dying from Spanish Flu, and drove the Germans back into Belgium on October 31, 1918.
This is amazing. I’m an American and I’m so amazed and ready to see this. These boys - turned men - were so brave and we have no idea how they felt or their circumstance. This picture changes that hopefully and we can finally pay homage to those that served in WWI.
It also serves as a warning. WWI was one huge p*ssing contest between rivaling imperial nations in which other countries got in with the "right team". The result was 20 million dead (military and civilian deaths) and many more million wounded for life. There is nothing noble in war and nothing heroic.
Boys eagerly joined the war (often voluntarily). Men (the ones who survived) came out of it and they had learned lessons in the harshest most realistic ways. Most didn't want to talk about it because they saw the worst sides of humanity in the war and how cheap life was to the politicians and generals.
The last living British WWI veteran Harry Patch remained anti-war throughout the reminder of his life and always said that wars had to be avoided at any cost. He served in WWII as well as a fireman putting out fires after bombing raids. He said this:"Passchendaele was a disastrous battle-thousands and thousands of young lives were lost. It makes me angry. Earlier this year, I went back to Ypres to shake the hand of Charles Kuentz, Germany's only surviving veteran from the war. It was emotional. He is 107. We've had 87 years to think what war is. To me, it's a license to go out and murder. Why should the British government call me up and take me out to a battlefield to shoot a man I never knew, whose language I couldn't speak? All those lives lost for a war finished over a table. Now what is the sense in that?"
"A license to murder".
This trailer should be a mandatory viewing (with the movie following) for the upcoming generations.
@Britannia what schools? I need to watch this again.
@Britannia geuss I'm moving to the UK
Gun will rust, grass will grow, they will be remembered...
Hell yeah
@MichaelKingsfordGray what are you talking about, mate
The Making of this Movie is so profound. In all that misery, they were so cheerful. Thank you, Peter Jackson for this labor of love.
I think it's disappointing that WWI isn't given the proper treatment by cultural institutions, it is really the basis for most of the political world today, WWII was just finishing up the conflict.
It's taught a lot more than WWII in British schools, so I'm always surprised to hear people from other countries not learning about it more.
in high school in the uk you spend atleast 50% of it learning about ww1
@@afriendlycadian9857 same with Canada, did way more social studies projects on battles in ww1 than anything relating to ww2
@@donovanlight6278 yeah also that ww1 had the most radical change on the world theatre than ww2 did in my opinion
WW1 is more difficult to connect with since there are are nobody alive today who served in that war.
WW2 is much easier because it affected the whole of the world and was something that we can see in film and on tv with clarity.
Who’s excited for this??!
Russell H 🙋🏻♀️
My history boner is at 12 noon!!!
Blow it out your ass, bitch.
Not excited just not sure
Yeah, I'm really "excited" about footage that brings to life the murder of over half a million disenfranchised working class Englishmen who were shamed to their death by a country that didn't and still doesn't give a fuck about them. They died for nothing.
I saw it in 3D last night. It was absolutely fantastic. I went in thinking it’d be a tad bit boring, but it was very exciting and witty. Great job on Jackson and his talented team’s part to revive this moment in history for us.
I bought 2D tickets because I just couldn't really see how this was supposed to work in 3D... Do you think I may have screwed myself?
Hmmm... maybe. The way the film is directed makes all the footage seem more like an action movie rather than a documentary, so the 3D adds to the experience quite a bit. I also didn't think 3D would work with a film advertised like this, but I'm glad we did it. Honestly, I don't think seeing it in 2D will ruin your viewing. But I think if you CAN get a refund, go do it and get the 3D tickets.
I went four nights ago. I was surprised that the theatre was close to selling out. I didn't think it would be so popular.
@@darryldarwent3676 I know, right? Totally amazing experience. I'm going again on the 27th, hopefully it isn't totally sold out.
I think what Peter Jackson has done has made these pepple in the film more personable than a flat grey voiceless image we have seen time and time again. Although I wonder what archival footage remains in the Imperial War Museum that has not beem seen.
Churchill said it best when he said “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”
Well, that was the next war, and he was referring to the airmen of the Battle of Britain.
Don't care how far the nearest theater will be. I am going to watch this film. This film documenting and giving tribute to these brave men that gave their service and duty for their countries and their comrades that fought by their sides. God bless these many men that had gone.
I have feeling I'm gonna be left silent & humbled after seeing this. Never forget.
As someone who has studied the first world war for fifteen years, as someone fascinated with it, this is something so far overdue, so necessary. Truly, so much of the first world war is forgotten. Many people do not know anything about the people who fought in it, what the nations were, what the Christmas truce was or the ramifications the first world war had. This movie is exactly what I have been wishing for for fifteen years.
You know battlefield 1 came out years ago. XD just kidding yeah i know what you mean. I saw the trailer before "the mule" with Clint Eastwood and i knew i had to see this movie it amazing!
American schools do not teach alot of history. The educational system in the United States is run mostly by liberals and globalist. They want people to forget history and eventually erase it. Because once history is erased you can repeat it like slavery. That is why democrats were removing historical statues!
There are times in ones life where his soul is down. Stoicism is a good practice but I find myself coming after years back to this, it's like a tribute to them and hope for light. Rooting for your journey and mine.
1:40 Seeing an explosion like that makes me very thankful I have not fought in a war like that. I hope I never will.
bruh you fought in the clone wars.
Why hello there!
My grandfather fought in that war. Richard john cyra. And all others thank you for your service and bravery
John John Cyra.. that's a cool name
Just saw this... it’s amazing. Thank you. You’ve perfectly shown how all these young men romanticized warfare and dreamed of coming home a hero. Only to find out the once magnificent rifle march turned into a meat grinder with the utilization of mechanized weapons. They thought it was going to be an adventure. Young men fantasizing about becoming the next Napoleon, mowed down with more bullets in a 10 second span than had previously been used in total for entire battles just a generation before... war was a brand new nightmare. It made me rethink about me even considering myself a man. I’m 17 years old now. Thinking of how 100 years ago I would’ve been there, it scares me and I now have a whole new respect for veterans. “They shall now grow old, as we that are left grown 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”.
I saw this upon its release & it really is the greatest documentary ever made; not just from the subject matter, but from a technical standpoint.
On a personal level it really resonates with me, because my great grandfather was killed in action three weeks before the war ended. His body was never recovered & he left a widow & a young son to grow up without a father.
When watching this footage, I often think wonder if one of those British soldiers could be my great grandfather.
War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other
I saw this tonight-outstanding! Stay past the credits and make sure that you see Peter Jackson’s behind the scenes look at how the film was put together.
I am the grandson of a British "Tommy" who went "over the Top" at the Somme in 1916. His company was the reserve company of a "Pals" battalion from Barnsley Yorkshire. They made the advance at Serre France. The company was committed and they advanced several dozen yards when the Brigade commander had the recall sounded. Only 280 men survived from two battalions of Barnsley Pals that day.
bad officers get good soldiers killed
mike89128 Your grandfather did well.. My great great uncle was there, too. First Newfoundland Regiment. 810 went over, 68 came back unharmed, in only 30 minutes.. Tragic
Hi Mike my I'm 70 but my grandad was 16 spent 4 years in that sh*t , yorkshire regt on lead horse artillery. He was at the Somme too. Remember him telling us tales but sometimes he would go real quiet. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 expat
Salute to him for his bravery and courage
My 2nd great grandfather went “over the top” at the Somme as well. He was in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 4 Battalion. He was injured, I think an explosion went off and the shrapnel got in his eyes, but when he was at the field tent, the nurse there accidentally blinded him.
Peter Jackson directing a colorized WW1 document with added sound effects and voice acting by professional lip readers...
This should be released like an average movie. This looks fantastic...
I really hope it will be shown in a theater near me. The "select theaters" part makes me nervous.
It looks bloody stunning
Even though the sound is fake and dubbed, the combination with the enhanced colorized footage really does have a more eerie, saddening and relatable effect. great movie.
I agree. I dunno if this will be played in my country 😢
@MichaelKingsfordGray no 🙈 Indonesia. Far faaaarrr east from Europe 🙈
I went to the theater when it came out. If humanity only knew how this event changed the course of modern history. I got teary eyes when I was watching this. It was MARVELOUS.