Why?

In four short years, from 1914 to 1918, over 10 million men and women serving in armed forces on fronts around the world were killed, while double that number were wounded, disabled and disfigured; and at least another 7 million civilians lost their lives as well. Most died horrific deaths. But as time passes by we tend to forget, a century later, how many sacrifices were made day after day on both sides of one the most deadly conflicts in human history. Civilized Productions has produced a wonderful choral album, Sacrifice and Solace, which features an octet called the Toronto Valour Ensemble who sang these carefully selected and uniquely composed songs from that era. It is available on CD Baby. The simple translation of the Arabic word "jihad" is struggle.

Monday, October 3, 2016

The Struggle on Film today

Here are a few films, clips and trailers available on Vimeo (for which you'll need to sign up on their site) that are all related to The Great War:

https://vimeo.com/90078489 - What Would You be Prepared to Die For? In Flanders Fields

https://vimeo.com/96632163 - Origins of WW1 - a documentary for the BBC

https://vimeo.com/96632160 - After The Flood - a documentary for the BBC

https://vimeo.com/96632161 - Battle of The Somme - a documentary for the BBC

https://vimeo.com/96632162 - Life In The Trenches - a documentary for the BBC

https://vimeo.com/162655850 - a great animated film on The Battle of Jutland

https://vimeo.com/68922764 - A Day in the Trenches: Somme 1916

https://vimeo.com/86513193 - a 90-minute drama-doc called The Somme

https://vimeo.com/105359641 - a short film called Horses of WW1

https://vimeo.com/149904542 - a short trailer for a film in production called 1917

https://vimeo.com/103113524 - Doc: Australians departing for war from Fremantle

https://vimeo.com/19093886 - a 15-minute French film with subtitles: On The Other Side

https://vimeo.com/192482 - a series of footage from the German's perspective

https://vimeo.com/68616454 - a trailer for Dan Snow's iPad app Timeline WW1

https://vimeo.com/64877944 - a promo for IWM's Lives of the First World War

https://vimeo.com/24477686 - The Tragedy of War (combining WW1 & WW2)

There are many, many more. Enjoy, and learn. Lest we forget.










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