I Was There: The Great War Interviews - Learning Zone
This version of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two documentary made especially for schools features interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War, filmed in the 1960s by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
This version of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two documentary made especially for schools features interviews with nine eyewitnesses of the First World War. The interviews were filmed in the 1960s for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series, The Great War, and include both soldiers and civilians: an infantryman who fraternised with the Germans during the Christmas Truce of 1914, a German Corporal who recalls the moment he killed a French soldier with his bayonet, a woman who lost her beloved husband on the Somme, a fighter pilot, an Australian soldier who fought at Gallipoli, a munitions worker, an infantry officer, a signaller and a tank commander.
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Clips
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The Gallipoli campaign
Duration: 06:39
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The Christmas truce, 1914
Duration: 07:13
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One woman's loss
Duration: 07:51
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Life as an officer during WW1
Duration: 07:23
Broadcasts
- Tue 8 Apr 2014 04:00
- Wed 2 Jul 2014 04:00
- Tue 11 Nov 2014 04:00
- Fri 13 Feb 2015 03:55
- Tue 1 Mar 2016 00:20
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