This film hurts my heart.. and this very song finishes me off.! I had a lovely grandfather who was a WW1 veteran and served throughout the conflict, he never spoke of it and would not answer my questions and it was only his cronies who told me about him, on the QT.! He died in 1975, aged 85.. and I miss him still. So often in my thoughts. The pal of my childhood and youth. Happy days. WF
My grandpa was same age as yours, served in that war, but died in 1955 at age 65. I wished I could have met him. But I did meet his 2 years younger brother at a family reunion in 1964, but I was a little shaver then. I remember he looked a lot like Grandpa's pictures.
Regardless of politics or war, Soldiers will ALWAYS put on a brave face and demeanour in front of civvies, for civvies have NO IDEA what they have been through....
Yo the starship troopers level of Satire "we'll have you back the front in no time" live it I got to check this shit out honestly it's in my movie to do list
"Don't worry, we'll soon have you back at the front." That is probably the worst thing they could possibly hear. Imagine going through literal shot and shell, nearly being killed, getting taken all that way back home to be treated, all whilst still in pain, only to be told that once your well your off to do it again.
Whenever I watch this scene I think of the sergeant. He's probably old enough to have served in the 2nd world war, and his dad the first. I think his orders were an imitation of things he heard himself, not just pretending like actors now.
So was my father, 2nd Battalion in Burma! I've visited Durham Cathedral many times and love it. Dad died 17th December; I was with him. Miss him very much.
Well, not quite to me, but I'm thinking Virginia. 😆 I was a field rep for an international company based in Bradford, UK, for 18 years. The U.S. headquarters was in Suffolk, Virginia. And when I flew there for a meeting or training, I'd have to fly into Norfolk, Virginia airport and rent a car. It still amazes me how the New World mirrors the Old World, and here I thought they wanted to get away from all of that and start new.🤷♂️
One of the very rare clips from this unique and wonderful film ( on RU-vid) where viewers ARE allowed to comment WHY? For most of it's existence, it has been suppressed and NOT promoted . Perhaps the warmongers get worried by the truth
Lyrics: Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile, While you've a lucifer to light your fag, Smile, boys, that's the style. What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, And smile, smile, smile.
My great great granda turned his back for one second on his friend and turned around after hearing a bang to see him decapitated, still trying to fit a cigarette in his mouth
Olivia Adamson I think you mean WW2? The last soldiers are long gone from WW1. Even if you were born in 1900 and were only 18 in 1918, you’d be 118 now.
To be fair, the British PM lost a son, over 20 MPs died in WW1, the soon-to-become King George VI was at Jutland and Churchill even went to fight at the front.
@@darrenkewley3879 yes but WW1 above all other wars was a war of mans hubris between royal children wanting to play army. So much death for such a stupid reason. In my opinion at least. Though it did mark the end of an era in human culture and society. The monarchy was dead after WW1. And lets not forget Churchill resigned in disgrace after Gallipoli.
