
I Was There: The Great War Interviews - Learning Zone
This version of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two documentary made especially for schools features interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War, filmed in the 1960s by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
This version of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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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