Luey Thanks for supplying this serial. Accurate depiction of front-line action in this early stage of the war, in tandem with portrayal of civilian life picture palaces etc.
Stayed in a bell tent like these while in the army way back in 1975. It was nearly pure white and we thought may be for arctic use until we saw the manufacturer's stamp over the doorway dated.......1917!!!!!!!
This has nothing to do with this programme . My family lived about 250 yards from St Paul's cathedral. One night in late 1943 there was an air raid . My gGrandmother , Mother and baby sister went to the nearest public air raid shelter, Halfway through the raid my Grandmother said to my Mother " i'm going home " . My Mother said " you can't do that , there are bombs falling all around " . Gran said { no i'm going " .So they all left the shelter and went home , dodging the bombs . Next morning they found out that the shelter took a direct hit and everybody in the shelter was killed . I was born in 1959. There's a part 2 to this story if anyone is interested.
My mate George passed on now 91yers had a similar one shelter at capacity and he was turned away walked off,a bomb had gone directly like a lucky shot dropped straight through the door all died🥀
God this takes me back....I was in the air cadet corps doing a summers gliding course at Old Sarum,when it was still a world war one airfield,and we used hangars built in 1918...and dope and fabric gliders....and it was a grass aerodrome....and this was on the BBC at the time 😂
Despite the gear inaccuracies, this series is thrilling. Just now delving into the details about the Great War and finished reading the amazing and revealing letters that Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, M.D., wrote to his mother while serving in Ypres in 1915. These are collected in diary form, accompanied by a character study of the poet by Sir Andrew MacPhail, in the book "In Flanders Fields" (c. 1919).
What an exciting interesting episode! Makes WWI (from the air war point of view - rifles and handguns against machine guns - good grief!) more real! Helps to prepare for Remembrance Day in Canada - November 11, 2014. Having been born in 1947, both parents WWII vets, I understand that war far better. Hard to learn the history of wars before one was born, and keep up with the ones after. We sure aren't getting anywhere with putting an end to it. 💔😠😫 I agree with the current Dalai Lama: human history won't change til there is a change in EACH PERSON's CONSCIOUSNESS. (I'm working on mine.)
That was written in the Bible (KJV) long before any buddhist, or any other false religion like buddhism. Seek the Most High and His salvation while He May be found, soon the end will come, and we don’t want to be found His enemy.
I think maybe there are some equipment uniform errors with the British artillery battery, and the German infantry who try to capture them when they are forced down...I'm pretty sure the flat pudding helmets would not have been yet in common use in May 1915,these men would have been more likely to still wear the peaked caps of the Mons era, and even a bit more sure that the Germans did not have their later familiar steel helmets at that point..I think Germans may have been last of the three main armies to get effective head protection, the French Adrian maybe the earliest... ...the group who chase them look more like they stepped out of the March 1918 Kaiserschacht...anyone else agree/disagree?
Steel helmets were not in use for the British and Germans until 1916 so this is a huge wardrobe blunder on the part of the producers of the film, a really glaring error, very unprofessional.
Yes,rather a big blunder here if you like your ww1 history accurate.The Brodie (battle bowler) was only introduced in tiny numbers in September 1915 and i think about April/ May of 1916 before most ranks were issued with it due to appalling head injuries from high explosive and shrapnel shells.So as this is May 1915 they have got it wrong big style.
Amazing the British were even able to do any kind of fighting given the amount of condescending, insulting , criticism and sarcasm rampant in the military. If this is actually realistically in its portrayal.
At 6.20+ we hear John McCormack singing There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding - but he didn't record his version till 1917, 2 years after the scene depicted. The soap opera back at Farmer's home spoils the flow of the RFC story
I wonder whether it’s historically accurate? It would actually make sense. The Lee-Enfield is a heavy brute of a weapon, but the Winchester lever action is a much more nimble rifle to wield, aim, fire and reload from an observer’s seat in an early model biplane.
Supply and demand for one. Rifles like the Lee-Enfield were needed for the infantry. Winchesters were light, rapid firing and easier to operate in close confines of a cockpit. Shotguns were also used for a time along with various pistols.
