Kelly Starbird you are so right! That story of him saying to her, "I've come 15, 000 miles--I' m not going anywhere." That is true love. I feel so happy for her. We should all have that in our lives.
I’m not going to complain about the sound, that’s being beat to death here. Just wanted to say this was a very moving documentary - got me to tears at the last minute, of course.
Freydis Sharland... I became quite emotional during this part. "the Spitfire was a very easy thing you see... like all fighters really, very simple to fly, you just pointed it somewhere , opened the throttle and off you went". 🙏🏼🤩 But... the ending... Oh God... tears flowed. 😭❤️
This documentary is a masterpiece of storytelling. That ending, WOW! What a story! Those wonderful home movies of simpler times. Thank you ladies for your contribution in ending that awful war!
@@samyandkitty8399 Some of us have hearing deficiencies which deprive us of the ability to distinguish between competing sounds. We can hear just fine. But we can’t distinguish sounds.
@@ceridwenmckenna7313 Same here...and the CC subtitles? Don't bother...it would have been all the more better if there were subs already used for this.
The Greatest Generation. Oh, how I miss my great grandparents, great aunts & uncles, and my grandparents. The world has gone downhill since we lost these people in the 90's & 00's. We need another generation of greats. This video is wonderful. 🇺🇲❤🇬🇧
That is such an unfair statement! I am glad you enjoyed your generation, but that is such an evil thing to say that the "world has gone downhill"…I could easily come uP with a list of why your generation wasn't that great! Every generation is the greatest generation! Let's just leave it at that!
This was so difficult to watch because of the sound, and yet I’m so glad I stuck it out until the end. It absolutely warmed my heart to know that beautiful lady was reunited with her love 🥰
Truly enjoyed this one getting to see a different perspective to war times. But yes, the sound was a huge issue. I tried CC and those were so far off when trying to understand two same volume languages at once.
I always wonder, when I see pre-war films, how many of those fresh-faced, rosy-cheeked young men and women would live to see the end of the war. Millions of them, civilian and military both, were doomed.
I’ve always had a fascination for History And ww2 in particular. My Dad joined the Navy at 25 with 2 young sons at home and My Mom bless her worked in a cable factory for the war effort.What All the country’s and people went through, at that time .was truly astonishing.The losses sacrifices fear and bravery. Only one generation away from that time and it is entire new World. God Bless them.
Great documentary, but I weep for all the audio technicians out there [or those who wish to clearly hear what is being said], the audio levels are atrocious. The speech is at almost the same level as the background music at times. And now the translated narration is at almost the same audio level as the original language voices.
You’re serious?!?? I weep for all of the people who died needlessly in a cruel war, and listening to these women from both countries makes me weep, too! Get a pair of headphones, for crying out loud, and stop being so melodramatic! I could hear every single word!
It is extremely difficult to focus on one language with the music, German speakers, and English dub. Please use an equaliser to drop the background music overall, and the German speakers while the English voiceover is on. Thank you.
This is such an intimate look at those who where the future back then. How heartbreaking, revealing and confronting. I can only imagine how it felt to experience it firsthand. Godbless you all.
I am thinking there was lots of provocation....the Invasion of Poland, the creation of Ghettos for Jews, the Holocaust in and Pearl Harbor. Diplomacy is better, when that fails, there is, war!
All of these comments are stupid. EVERY OTHER WWII DOCUMENTARY is on men, which is awesome, because it's a fascinating subject. But it IS nice to see women covered.
@@BartJBolsof: of course they were to serve (in the army) or for the army... which was worse??? PLS read and watch some more docs out of your bubble, boy... (we all learn all the time, so do not take this particular comment of me too personally) -> Russian Rad Army is the first and major example... and then... even if years later - Israeli, US, Poland, WAAF in GB /you never heard of them?/ and there's many, many other examples. S|o pls do not teach us 'bout your own bad taste...
But all women did was work in factories and wait for the men to fight the war and come home... How is that interesting to watch? And why does it deserve a documentary?
@Voracious Reader If you are comparing what women in London went through with what men in Normandy went through, *you are an idiot,* plain and simple..... An intellectually-stunted, historically-ignorant, modern first world propaganda-believing, idiot.
most of Britain was; I was 6 and remember it well. the best bit was, no school. they were all shut, because all had no heating, and frozen toilets etc.
This is an amazing documentary! The music was beautiful 😍 like an orchestra was following around each filmmaker 😆 this is showing us the extraordinary care, love and enthusiasm these women had for their country. It's interesting seeing through the eyes of those women, even if It's a travesty.
I remember the house of my grandparents. It was a semi detached when built but in the war the other half was bombed to the ground. In the cellar of that house the whole family died. Not by the impact of the bomb but they drowned due to burst waterpipes and not being able to get out (the house on top of them). Only a little puppy survived, found bobbing in the water in a cookie tin with the saving accounts of the children next to it 😢. My grandmother always hated my granddad for repairing their home instead of pulling it down. She never went into her cellar either. Nobody was allowed down. Can’t imagine the fear of being huddled in a damp cellar knowing you could be crushed to death with a direct hit, drown or be gassed by burst water- and gaspipes.
Did an adult review this video prior to release? The voice of the interrupters can barely be heard and the music is intrusive most of the time. This is terrible!
I had trouble hearing the narrator over the music. Almost impossible to hear the narrator over this loud music plus a German speaker. Too bad. Terrific documentary otherwise.
One of my most favored War Movies, with the WORST audio mixing, Music TOO LOUD, while Translators TOO SOFT, with their German counterparts. THANKS to the people provided those original videos
Thanks to all of you who complained about the sound editing. It lowered my expectations so much that the reality turned out to be not a big deal. The beauty of low expectations!
That short clip at 50.30 shows Park Street Bristol, with the University Tower at the top of the Hill, and US troops marching down towards the City Center. Which had been heavily bombed.
Five years ago I went to Germany, for the birth of my first grand daughter. After she was born, we went to the town, where my grandfather's family was from, he emigrated in 1740. We visited a church, a group of German women we having a kitting class. A man whom spoke some English was very kind. When we explained where we were from, USA, and visiting our ancestors homr. The women became very shy, they kept their heads down. I felt horrible, I wasn't there to judge them. I wanted to hug them, but I couldn't. I didn't want to cause them shame or harm.
I agree. Music way too loud and regional voices over the translator narration made it extremely difficult to follow. I get that it's old movies & video, but why can't they recreate with understandable text. I love history but couldn't understand what was being said, regrettably I just had to stop watching and move on.
Did not notice any sound problems, great documentary. The human story needs to be told, so we can learn about horrific systems in politics, business and war.
The audio is virtually unintelligible, the closed captioning feature is unreadable. Please, have a little more respect for what would have been a great documentary before presenting it.
Whoever did the "sound" here was an amateur (or out to lunch). You don't keep the volume of the (German) interviewee at the same decibel level as the (English) voiceover. When you do that you can't hear either one. They just drown each other out. I couldn't hear anything the German women were saying.
I can see I would have enjoyed this but with the background music track being WAY TOO LOUD that's all I'm going to be doing -- seeing if briefly. Who wants to strain to try and hear the narration. No one! A pity.
Great documentary except for the parts (& there are many!)where one cannot understand what is being said with the music, the German language AND the English translation altogether!! 😡
Whose idea was it to play German and English translation together and RUIN A FANTASTIC collection of images and fascinating subject. The obtrusive music is the final straw.
What a shame! Dubbing Mixer Claudia Alhers should have been fired. I join many others commenting on the background music being so loud it was difficult to hear the English narrative being spoken over the foreign language of the interviewee thus spoiling the enjoyment of this interesting documentary. 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
This is great, except the sound. When they do the voice overs, the sound of the German speaking person is still to loud so that I could hardly hear the English translation,. Frustrating.
Great documentary showing the real struggles women had to deal with during wartime alongside the men who fought in WWII, No modern woman, specifically those who wave the feminist flag could handle a day in the shoes of these women. Bless these women!
Would have been a wonderful documentary but music far to loud drowning out the real people being interviewed and making it impossible to concentrate. The English spoken at the same level as German was horrible and just a mess.
Kelly Starbird you are so right! That story of him saying to her, "I've come 15, 000 miles--I' m not going anywhere." That is true love. I feel so happy for her. We should all have that in our lives.
The lady at the end that got her American prince gave me goosebumps!!! What a beautiful ending!!!
I’m not going to complain about the sound, that’s being beat to death here. Just wanted to say this was a very moving documentary - got me to tears at the last minute, of course.
Wasn't that ending wonderful.
You could hear it? What was it about!
good point. shame about the audio though.
Love the spirit of these women. Such strength. Glad they interviewed women from both sides.
Freydis Sharland... I became quite emotional during this part. "the Spitfire was a very easy thing you see... like all fighters really, very simple to fly, you just pointed it somewhere , opened the throttle and off you went". 🙏🏼🤩 But... the ending... Oh God... tears flowed. 😭❤️
Oh, yes, those wonderful Spitfires!!!
Really want to watch, but the background music is way too loud, it drowns the narration.
Break out the violins!
@@SumDumGai5 I'd rather you just break them.
I can't read your comment ...the music is too loud
@@davidc3839 ,,,,,, SAY WHATTT ??
@@sgdgsc3236 What!!....:)
This documentary is a masterpiece of storytelling. That ending, WOW! What a story! Those wonderful home movies of simpler times. Thank you ladies for your contribution in ending that awful war!
This documentry is the second consecutive episode where the music track drowns out the narration A great pity because this is an important subject.
I agree. The audio is poorly done and especially when German is being translated into English without turning the volume down when German is spoken.
Well I could hear the narrative and I’m 51 and partially deaf.
I think we all can fill in the blanks. After all, we know how it ends🤭
@@samyandkitty8399 Some of us have hearing deficiencies which deprive us of the ability to distinguish between competing sounds. We can hear just fine. But we can’t distinguish sounds.
I agree on both points.
I love the way this show ended. The brother man came back from America to spend his life with his lady. Love has no boundaries!♥✊🏾👊🏾
How cool is that?!
looks like a great documentary, but you need to drop the music, why do we always need music in a documentary anyway.
And the Oscar for sound editing goes to anyone but this guy.
👂🏻✋🏻WHAT!?
It would be watchable had this audio-chain been regulated, this is a nuisance!
that's what I was gonna say. I can't understand the overdubbing because I speak both languages and I'm dizzy! Not worth it.
@@ceridwenmckenna7313 Same here...and the CC subtitles? Don't bother...it would have been all the more better if there were subs already used for this.
Yup could only handle a few minutes of this due to the audio being so bad. Would be a great watch if the audio could be redone.
The lady at the end that got her American prince gave me goosebumps too!!! What a beautiful end!!!
I got the same goose bumps...well, mine, but for the same reason...
Holy Cow! That's a love story 🤭😊👍💥
I burst into tears when she said he'd returned. Love conquers all!
But they spoilt it by putting the Timeline Advert over their photo together at the end. She has such a humour full smile, I loved her.
@@MrBobthebird Yeah! I was like: C'mon, why would yall do that?
@@MrBobthebird sparkly blue eyes and just love without bigotry .
The Greatest Generation. Oh, how I miss my great grandparents, great aunts & uncles, and my grandparents. The world has gone downhill since we lost these people in the 90's & 00's. We need another generation of greats. This video is wonderful. 🇺🇲❤🇬🇧
That is such an unfair statement!
I am glad you enjoyed your generation, but that is such an evil
thing to say that the "world has gone downhill"…I could easily
come uP with a list of why your generation wasn't that great!
Every generation is the greatest generation!
Let's just leave it at that!
@@BJ-bi9xv 😂😂 🤡
Excellent visual documentary! There are sound issues, but if you concentrate, you can hear the dialogue in spite of the music.
Using a headset helps a lot, too. The sound got a lot better as the vid progressed.
Thanks...the key word is concentrate...
This was so difficult to watch because of the sound, and yet I’m so glad I stuck it out until the end. It absolutely warmed my heart to know that beautiful lady was reunited with her love 🥰
I love this channel. Good Work but, but but... The audio! the channels are usually bad calibrated so you end hearing the background music aaaaa lot!
Work on the music please
audio sounds fantastic, esp. when i get to hear music, german & english translation layered on top of each other
😂😂😂
In Europe that is how things are subtitled. Get used to it Britain’s not the leader of the world anymore
@@samyandkitty8399 Wow..that's a little harsh.
I loved it, but you’ve already been told about the loud music. This happened with the last video I watched too.
Truly enjoyed this one getting to see a different perspective to war times. But yes, the sound was a huge issue. I tried CC and those were so far off when trying to understand two same volume languages at once.
The ending. I didn't see that coming. Bravo!!
Really wish the translator's voice was louder than the original voice.
I always wonder, when I see pre-war films, how many of those fresh-faced, rosy-cheeked young men and women would live to see the end of the war.
Millions of them, civilian and military both, were doomed.
I’ve always had a fascination for History
And ww2 in particular. My Dad joined the Navy at 25 with 2 young sons at home and My Mom bless her worked in a cable
factory for the war effort.What All the country’s and people went through, at that time .was truly astonishing.The losses sacrifices fear and bravery.
Only one generation away from that
time and it is entire new World.
God Bless them.
Only a little more than half did
When someone is speaking in a non-English language, the sound should be more quiet so we can hear the interpreter.
Wonderful documentary. Tone down the music.
Great documentary, but I weep for all the audio technicians out there [or those who wish to clearly hear what is being said], the audio levels are atrocious. The speech is at almost the same level as the background music at times.
And now the translated narration is at almost the same audio level as the original language voices.
You’re serious?!?? I weep for all of the people who died needlessly in a cruel war, and listening to these women from both countries makes me weep, too! Get a pair of headphones, for crying out loud, and stop being so melodramatic! I could hear every single word!
@@voraciousreader3341 Well, good for you. I couldn't hear the translation either, which meant I lmissed a lot of vital eyewitness accounts.
The music is so loud, I can't hear the narrator.
It is extremely difficult to focus on one language with the music, German speakers, and English dub. Please use an equaliser to drop the background music overall, and the German speakers while the English voiceover is on. Thank you.
Too loud of course. There is some truly fascinating comments though. Such anger, such bitterness.
This is such an intimate look at those who where the future back then. How heartbreaking, revealing and confronting. I can only imagine how it felt to experience it firsthand. Godbless you all.
As I watched this film I asked myself how can a person kill another human being without cause or provocation,
Brainwashing
I am thinking there was lots of provocation....the Invasion of Poland, the creation of Ghettos for Jews, the Holocaust in and Pearl Harbor. Diplomacy is better, when that fails, there is, war!
It's easy...there is evil..pure evil everywhere in this world! You will learn this hopefully the more wisdom you attain!
All of these comments are stupid. EVERY OTHER WWII DOCUMENTARY is on men, which is awesome, because it's a fascinating subject. But it IS nice to see women covered.
Knowing how many men died, its a bit in bad taste comparing their suffering to women knowing they werent expected to serve.
@@BartJBolsof: of course they were to serve (in the army) or for the army... which was worse??? PLS read and watch some more docs out of your bubble, boy...
(we all learn all the time, so do not take this particular comment of me too personally) -> Russian Rad Army is the first and major example... and then... even if years later - Israeli, US, Poland, WAAF in GB /you never heard of them?/ and there's many, many other examples. S|o pls do not teach us 'bout your own bad taste...
Bart Bols you didn’t watch it did you
But all women did was work in factories and wait for the men to fight the war and come home...
How is that interesting to watch? And why does it deserve a documentary?
@Voracious Reader If you are comparing what women in London went through with what men in Normandy went through, *you are an idiot,* plain and simple..... An intellectually-stunted, historically-ignorant, modern first world propaganda-believing, idiot.
Cannot hear the narration!
According to my late Mum And Dad there was 6 foot of snow in Widnes Cheshire then Lancashire in winter 1947
most of Britain was; I was 6 and remember it well. the best bit was, no school. they were all shut, because all had no heating, and frozen toilets etc.
Excellent documetary but the background music is way too loud and the narrator's voice way too low.
Wowww the audio background was too loud!
This is an amazing documentary! The music was beautiful 😍 like an orchestra was following around each filmmaker 😆 this is showing us the extraordinary care, love and enthusiasm these women had for their country. It's interesting seeing through the eyes of those women, even if It's a travesty.
Would love to watch it but the sound is awful.
I remember the house of my grandparents. It was a semi detached when built but in the war the other half was bombed to the ground. In the cellar of that house the whole family died. Not by the impact of the bomb but they drowned due to burst waterpipes and not being able to get out (the house on top of them). Only a little puppy survived, found bobbing in the water in a cookie tin with the saving accounts of the children next to it 😢. My grandmother always hated my granddad for repairing their home instead of pulling it down. She never went into her cellar either. Nobody was allowed down. Can’t imagine the fear of being huddled in a damp cellar knowing you could be crushed to death with a direct hit, drown or be gassed by burst water- and gaspipes.
Did an adult review this video prior to release? The voice of the interrupters can barely be heard and the music is intrusive most of the time. This is terrible!
I had trouble hearing the narrator over the music. Almost impossible to hear the narrator over this loud music plus a German speaker. Too bad. Terrific documentary otherwise.
Shame the background music is so damn loud 😒😒😒
It’s incredible how warm and homey these videos feel, and yet knowing what was going on at the same time.
But then I think about now and the DPRK…
Is there anyway to take out the music IT'S TOO LOUD and it ruined the video
One of my most favored War Movies, with the WORST audio mixing, Music TOO LOUD, while Translators TOO SOFT, with their German counterparts. THANKS to the people provided those original videos
It beautiful to see the true. Thank you for awesome videos
Thanks to all of you who complained about the sound editing. It lowered my expectations so much that the reality turned out to be not a big deal. The beauty of low expectations!
The identical volume of foreign language and the English translation at the same time is intolerable. Who did your sound?
These are old recordings.... pretty much not filmed in Hollywood with Dolby sound.
That short clip at 50.30 shows Park Street Bristol, with the University Tower at the top of the Hill, and US troops marching down towards the City Center. Which had been heavily bombed.
Please turn up the background volume I can still hear the narrarator.
Opps .. Regards the lady in the concentration camp orchestra , didn't see the final part of the documentary .. so pleased she is enjoying her life .
What we have learned about Bletchley Park shows how vital and absolutely needed women were.
When haven’t they been absolutely necessary?
Woow the war in back than was scary May all of them be strong woman’s 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
I CANT WATCH THIS DOC! MUSIC WAAAAAAAY TOO LOUD!
Why must they have loud music to cut out the talking. Rather have no music or very light occasional music
Thank you ladies.
It´s nearly impossible to make out what the translation when there's a person speaking German simultaneously and the same volume.
The music is so loud I can't understand half of what is said.
Five years ago I went to Germany, for the birth of my first grand daughter. After she was born, we went to the town, where my grandfather's family was from, he emigrated in 1740. We visited a church, a group of German women we having a kitting class. A man whom spoke some English was very kind. When we explained where we were from, USA, and visiting our ancestors homr. The women became very shy, they kept their heads down. I felt horrible, I wasn't there to judge them. I wanted to hug them, but I couldn't. I didn't want to cause them shame or harm.
I agree. Music way too loud and regional voices over the translator narration made it extremely difficult to follow. I get that it's old movies & video, but why can't they recreate with understandable text. I love history but couldn't understand what was being said, regrettably I just had to stop watching and move on.
Did not notice any sound problems, great documentary. The human story needs to be told, so we can learn about horrific systems in politics, business and war.
a bit deaf are we?
@@MrDaiseymay what???
I can't hear it the music is too loud
I absolutely enjoyed this video. Most of it, anyway.
What a fun way to start a Sunday afternoon----stacking sandbags...!
The audio is virtually unintelligible, the closed captioning feature is unreadable. Please, have a little more respect for what would have been a great documentary before presenting it.
I couldn't watch it, 2 people talking at the same time plus loud music drowning it all, geez.
I can’t hear narrator over the music. Otherwise, good content, and overall good documentary.
Background music is too loud and distracting at times.
Whoever did the "sound" here was an amateur (or out to lunch). You don't keep the volume of the (German) interviewee at the same decibel level as the (English) voiceover. When you do that you can't hear either one. They just drown each other out. I couldn't hear anything the German women were saying.
I can see I would have enjoyed this but with the background music track being WAY TOO LOUD that's all I'm going to be doing -- seeing if briefly. Who wants to strain to try and hear the narration. No one! A pity.
Great documentary except for the parts (& there are many!)where one cannot understand what is being said with the music, the German language AND the English translation altogether!! 😡
Ahhhhhggggh, the music!
Iris's husband wasn't sent abroad with the Army, he is wearing an RAF uniform in the wedding photograph.
Music too loud to hear narration!
Interesting prospective which I m learning about World War 2
So happy to hear stories of woman in this time period becoming strong and successful ALL THE WHILE MILLIONS OF JEWS WERE BEING TORTURED!!
Can they redo the film? Every comment is about the sound
Sound is better with headphones.
Way to many ads, one or two would be fine, nine is to much
They weren't defending Germany!!! They were invading surrounding countries. Great film, though the music was louder than the dialogue.
Background music is too loud .
Whether human or animal mother is always mother.
Inept sound editing.
Whose idea was it to play German and English translation together and RUIN A FANTASTIC collection of images and fascinating subject. The obtrusive music is the final straw.
The subtitle program is reallly not up to the British English.
Omg can’t hear over the bad loud music. Had to change bc it was giving my a headache
What a shame!
Dubbing Mixer Claudia Alhers should have been fired.
I join many others commenting on the background music being so loud it was difficult to hear the English narrative being spoken over the foreign language of the interviewee thus spoiling the enjoyment of this interesting documentary.
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It would be watchable had this audio-chain been regulated, this is a nuisance!
thank you
Edit the souns levels, reduce the music level. Hello, sound editor!
The sound mix is terrible.
Great historic masterpiece of real histoire
This is great, except the sound. When they do the voice overs, the sound of the German speaking person is still to loud so that I could hardly hear the English translation,. Frustrating.
I cannot hear the music because the narration is too loud.
Timeline needs to chill with the background music, especially the blaring horns and woodwinds.
Would love to hear the narrator instead of the loud music
Great documentary showing the real struggles women had to deal with during wartime alongside the men who fought in WWII, No modern woman, specifically those who wave the feminist flag could handle a day in the shoes of these women. Bless these women!
Amen 🙏
No need to insult women today. Brave women back then and there are some brave women now.
@@Nexus-ub4hs Notice the specific distinction before commenting.
Women today, insult themselves.
@Janitor Queen Very naive, not surprised.
Would have been a wonderful documentary but music far to loud drowning out the real people being interviewed and making it impossible to concentrate. The English spoken at the same level as German was horrible and just a mess.
Who did the sound editing? Beethoven?
My gosh can’t hear anything with the over the top Loud music! Awful…ruined the entire film which I really wanted to see and HEAR !
oh no! How dare you cut out that woman's picture of the happy couple at the end, for your advert half-page!! (waah.) Well. I never-.