I was there : the Great War interviews / produced, directed and edited by Detlef Siebert ; BBC Northern Ireland.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Siebert, Detlef, director, producer.

BBC Northern Ireland, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The Imperial War Museum holds an extraordinary treasure trove of First World War eyewitness testimony. Filmed 50 years ago for the BBC's landmark series The Great War, only a tiny fraction of this footage ever made it to air. I Was There - The Great War Interviews delves into this vault of powerful, personal interviews with soldiers and civilians, so that their voices can be heard for the first time. This poignant film brings the conflict to vivid and shocking new life: from the horrors of artillery bombardment and the anguish of young men forced to become killers, to fleeting outbreaks of peace on the battlefield, and the heartbreaking stories of the women on the home front who lost those closest to them. This is the Great War as visceral, lived experience, with eyewitnesses still spry, alert and passionate. Finally, they are given their chance to speak directly to us across time.

Participant:

Narrator, Samuel West.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 06, 2019).

OCLC:

908623885