When I was a child we had a neighbour who was a Tommy during WW1, just before he died he gave me his tin helmet and gas mask. I will never forget him. Great video.
When I was a child there was a man who lived up the street who’d had his jaw blown off in WW1. Of course, as children we had no idea what that sacrifice even meant.
I had tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat watching this poignant and moving film. Sir, I salute you, I really do. You have done those men proud with this endearing and beautiful film.
Probably the finest combination of "Then & Now" footage I've ever seen. I know all these sites well, but your use of superimposing the old on the new is outstanding, and I should imagine most helpful to new visitors to the battlefields. Perhaps you might encourage some of the museums in the region to show this to their visitors. My fullest praise for what is a superb piece of work.
This is a jaw dropping piece of work. Well done. The industrial loss of life and the utter lunacy of that war is incredibly hard to stomach but you've made an incredible video here.
This is tremendous!!! I am a little obsessed with then-and-now war footage and in my opinion you have done a fantastic job here. Your placement of archival footage with the modern footage is mostly dead-on - lines up perfectly. Highly impressive - thank you!
Beautifully Done! My Grandfather was lost at Thiepval on July 1st, 1916, and this brings so much into focus of his last days. I'm moved!! I had the privilege of visiting in 2014, and will never forget these brave souls
One of the most haunting and moving films I have ever seen. To the men in this great struggle, we see your faces and remember you these decades later thru this epic piece of work. Regrettably, war has taught us nothing. Outstanding
We are about to embark on our fifth visit to Ypres and the Somme, Sept 8 2015. Whilst researching Hawthorn Ridge I came across your video. I was truly mesmerised and moved. You have worked so hard on this 'tribute', I can't think of another word that describes it. With a tear in my eye . . . thank you.
I did allow a flow of tears..because it is so moving, the terrible losses, and the pictures of the smiling young faces, and knowing that after 40 or so minutes most were killed...visited the Menin Gate and the atmosphere there was incredibly moving..a definite aura about the place. Belgium has dome so much to rebuild the place, Ieper [Ypres]...you'd never know it had been flattened at all.*****
An absolute masterpiece and likely the best I have seen in many many hours of RUclips WW1 footage. You are to be heartily congratulated for a stunning piece of presentation of one of the worst sites of total carnage of any war in history. The choice of music a perfect compliment for the flowing and evocative presentation. My grandfather was at the Somme in July 1916 with the East Surrey Regiment and I never knew him well enough to appreciate what he must have endured. A very big thank you for your efforts and once more - well done.
I don't believe I've ever seen the like of this. It is as masterfully and tastefully done as it is ineffably sad and nostalgic. I so respect these brave men on both sides of the trenches who lived in the hell that was The Somme. I can only begin to imagine the horrors and the sorrows and the lifelong nightmares of the World War One Soldier. Kudos. You've done God's work here, I believe.
Magic. Loved what you did with these films. Bringing a hundred years to our time. Visited the Somme last summer with my wife. Most sobering place. Going back in a few weeks with couple of mates. It will be a moving trip - as it is for anyone who comes here.
Watched it, (going weekend 28th April). Fantastic stuff. We will hopefully find a few of your locations. I will have the RUclips vid downloaded on a tablet (to see what it looked like then), and, with my pals, be in even more appreciation for what was done for us. All our families lost someone or more, but what they gained for us should never be forgotten.
I have visited Mons, Ypres and The Somme. I have tremendous respect for that generation who endured hardship, squalor and suffered for us, the generations who follow. You are always learning in life and discover what makes Britain truly great. It's not the famous; it's the soldiers, officers, medics and engineers. Ordinary people cast into an extraordinary war but who build a fair and honest society where we are free! This film is brilliant in that you can see the military area of the Somme as it was a centuary ago. Well done!
this gave me chills down my spine this is so awsome. and sad how those men died 40 min after. and i find it mind blowing to me that your friend was sitting exactly were the wounded man was same with the tunnel. this is just awsome. it should have more views. thanks
It's incredibly sad about those men. Brings a tear to your eye thinking how one minute they are smiling for the camera and the next they would never smile again :'(
To all the people who have watched my film ,,,thankyou,,,i will be going back out in April 2015 to film many more then and now locations ,,so there will be a new film some time around July 2015
Fantastic production! What a moving film of 'then and now' footage of the Somme landscape. This is just what I need to see in order to just begin to try and imagine the destructive scenes of a hundred years ago. Watching this, with the beautiful music, brought me close to tears. I want to walk over this same ground one day and attempt to get a feel of this important period in our history. For some reason, I need to 'connect' with sorrowful places in history. Your video has helped to do just that from the comfort of my sofa ... although I wish I could be there! Thank you so much tashkenk goatman for this memorable upload.
What a poignant video. Powerful. Thank you for all the time you put into its research, development, and final product. My uncle fought with the 1/5 & 8/10 Gordon Highlanders in this region and is buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetary. I hope to lay wreath at his headstone someday.
Once again thank you, I just watched your superb film for the second time and I feel I have to tell you what an amazing experience you have created. I've been to many of the battle sites over the past fifteen years and you have really brought them to life, also your choice of music is so fitting. Thanks again.
Don't quite know what to say,truly very moving,never seen anything like 'this little film' amazing you could feel yourself there,well done should be shown in every school in the country.Fantastic,shot with the up most respect to the men that lived and died.Going to get my grand daughters to watch this,you aught to send this to the imperial war musem,for safe keeping, and public showing there,it is a piece of of amature filming history. My kindest regards and respect to you both, Allan Chave
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Have always been fascinated with 'then and now' pics, from all walks of life/periods of time, but this is really well done. Cheers.
An excellent presentation, poignant and moving. The ghosts of the Somme brought back to life in a simple yet effective way. Placing the film taken 100 years ago in the exact same spot today gave it a sense of perspective and relevance unequalled. Thanks for sharing
my training platoon name was messine named after the messine ridge, it's amazing to see how quiet and still it is now, you would never think it was the same place its brilliant how you showed the two time scales. And where the tommy was getting medical aid right where your mate was, excellent work sir!
Brilliant, I visited the Somme this year 2022 Mametz wood and the 38th Welsh division was particularly moving for me as a Welsh man. Your video adds a level of realism I’ve not seen in any other videos on the Somme. Least we forget.
Thank you... so often over the years I have seen the various snippets of archival film but had no idea where it was taken... seeing the modern day landscape adds context. Much appreciated
Thank you for posting this wonderful video. A very well made and thought provoking piece. I could spend hours watching videos like this, you could almost reach out and touch those brave men. Well done
This somehow brought home the futility of the war home in a more powerful and saddening way than any other film I've watched. I saw places I've visited and now I've seen brave men at those locations. It is very well done and must have taken a lot of time and research to match the films together. Thank you so much for your efforts.
I've never seen anything like this before, it's pure genius. This is the closest thing I've seen to an actual time machine.The original footage shows a landscape so divorced from the way it looks now. It was, until your video as if the two eras were worlds apart, to see them superimposed on one another is an amazing experience.
Absolutely brilliant. Delighted to have seen this and put a new perspective on these battles and places. You are obviously a very dedicated and knowledgable team. It has given me some idea as to where my Grandfather was at this time. Thank you for being so kind as to share it with the rest of us.
Just discovered this amazing piece of work. Have visited the Somme many times to pay my respects and it helps to see past and present photos to give some insight into how it looked. We can only imagine the horror. I lost my great granddad in France in 1917, East Yorks. regiment and we need to keep those memories alive for all those men and boys who we lost. Very moving thank you for the video. 'At the going down of the sun - we will remember them'.
This is a STUNNING film. So incredibly well-done. Historical, haunting, poignant, intriguing, hair-raising, tear jerking. You’ve done such a beautiful job on this. This is, to me, an award-winning caliber film. You sir, are a true artist, a craftsman. I hope this won’t be your only film. 🙏🙏❤️
Donny thank you for your comment i now have a different name due to Google messing up my account ..please watch my latest version with many more locations at.....The Somme Then and now in full HD.....
your vid is amazing,i have walked most of what you filmed and to see the now and then footage has really given me a better understanding of the places in the vid,i applaud all your work in making it
The first waves are over the top now........and gone. Yet their bravery lives forever in tributes like this. I am a yank, and posting this from USA...if the British, French and Belgians and their other allies had not sacrificed their life's blood, their would have been nothing for the yanks to do in '17....except perhaps learn the German language, as it would soon become universal. May their memories be eternal. And oh yes, this is exemplary by any producers standard....job well done! Daniel Fitzpatrick Crooks 7-1-16
This is so beautifully done! I commend you for your hard work & research. And most of all, Thank You for taking us to the past in France, and allowing us to have a glimpse into WW1.
Thank you so much for making this. I used it as part of our Veteran's/Remembrance Day lessons. I wanted my students to understand that the places of war may look different today, but there are stories that should not be forgotten.
mrs.maestas2 Thank you for using my film but please watch the final one,,The Somme then and now infull HD its my final film and and was filmed with a much better camera...sorry about the name change but google messed up the accounts so i had to re join
Remarkable job. My Grandfather was called up in 1916 at the age of 29. He had three children, the youngest of which was 4 months old. He survived the war but carried mental and emotional scars with him till his death in the 10 50's.
Thank you for posting this. It certainly must have been time consuming researching all the sites but in the end I hope you found it very rewarding! I had the honour of paying my respects to some of the fallen, last year, on a short trip to the Somme area, and would like to be there next year for the centenary, but alas will not make it! All the best from Canada
Paul please watch my latest film The Somme then and now in full HD my name change is due to Google messing up all the accounts and thank you for comments and watching
Brilliant....absolutely brilliant, I have visited a few of these places but next time I will see them in a different light. Can't wait for the next one. WELL DONE SIR !!!!!!!
Superb work...we drove to Ieper recently, and the flat countryside was being ploughed, the rich, dark glossy soil being curled over,and this soil was drenched in the blood of youth. Tragic. Well done...Heartbreaking and tearjerking... :(
You obviously put a lot of time and effort into making and producing this video, for that I thank you, we must never forget them, those poor brave men, atb, Paul.
Hi, Great job of research and going to some of the remaining areas originally captured on film which physically still exist and not with time and progress have been long forgotten and developed on. Did the same a few years ago, on a smaller scale with a contingent of officers attending the Somme commemorations / battlefield, including Hawthorn ridge which perhaps sadly, unlike Lochnagar is fairly unkept. That being said there is a certain feel to it with the trees growing from inside the crater....well done
Well done after 36 years in the services it never ceases to amaze me of how brave this untainted generation of Brits fought this horrendous war.We must never forget!
A big well done to you, we sit at home and get to see old film stock of Ww1 and you have given a better service to all the men than I have seen on TV etc, its still very hard I think for all of us young and old to even think about the slaughter of a whole generation and to also wonder why"" its hard to watch and to not get a huge lump in your throat at such a huge amount of death and destruction in family's and the world, it must never happen again and we should still remember what they all did and what they all gave up for all of us, but still question as to why so many where sent to be slaughtered... A well made and a very moving film from you and I would shake your hand to say thank you for bringing it alive. keep it up.
Not one place is a guess everything is full researched ..... Please watch my newest version The Somme Then and Now 1916-2019 It is a remake using a better camera thank you for watching...
Good job! I have read dozens of stories of the battle as a whole from all sides as well as many individual accounts. I'm American but have always been fascinated about the Battle of the Somme. I have watched every documentary about it. This video gives a flavor which is unlike every reading or video. Just great work. I wonder what you could do with greater resources.
Very impressive film work! I love the over lay to give proper prospective. My grandfather fought in both world wars for Canada and to see the positioning and be able to relate is something no one has done before like this. Excellent!
Very, very, very well done ... fascinating effects that bring out the horrors of war on now quiet country roads and deserted fields where ones young man died for nothing, nothing at all...
this was hard to describe. It did give me chills but also sadness for all those men. want to thank who ever made this video. seeing hundreds of men in one place brought memories of vietnam. wow,
Dear Sir ,I have just viewed your magnificent piece of work .I can only imagine the amount of research and hard work that went into the production of same.I have a great interest in military history and lived for 10 years in the United States in Virginia close to Washington Dc. ,As you may know Va was the scene of the greatest amount of major engagements in the civil war ,how marvellous it would be to view some of these engagements in the format you provided .I have a wish to visit the major battlefields of WW1 with our son and hope to do so soon . Having watched countless hours of different programmes on WW1 your efforts brought an emotional connection to it all,especially the soldiers sheltering at the tunnel and the soldier nearby receiving medical attention .I salute you sir . Gerard Francis Doorley
Simply amazing... as if the ghosts of these brave men came back but for a brief moment and we witnessed history again. Thank you for your ''devoir de mémoire''. Je me souviens R22eR
When I was a child we had a neighbour who was a Tommy during WW1, just before he died he gave me his tin helmet and gas mask. I will never forget him. Great video.
I have my grandfather's medals and his stirrups and spurs, he was in the Staffordshire yeomanry and fought in Egypt and Palestine.
When I was a child there was a man who lived up the street who’d had his jaw blown off in WW1. Of course, as children we had no idea what that sacrifice even meant.
I had tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat watching this poignant and moving film. Sir, I salute you, I really do. You have done those men proud with this endearing and beautiful film.
Probably the finest combination of "Then & Now" footage I've ever seen. I know all these sites well, but your use of superimposing the old on the new is outstanding, and I should imagine most helpful to new visitors to the battlefields. Perhaps you might encourage some of the museums in the region to show this to their visitors.
My fullest praise for what is a superb piece of work.
Genius! They pay TV exec millions to give us a load of crap & yet a guy with a budget of about £6 comes up with this!
+John Dwyer... john please watch the somme then and now part two...
MC C
Will do!
MC C
Well done MC C!
Deep Heat
Fascinating yet so sad for these brave young men , we will never forget them . Thankyou for these.
Fabulous, so beautiful and so skillfully done, my hat off to you and please accept my gratitude.
This is a jaw dropping piece of work. Well done. The industrial loss of life and the utter lunacy of that war is incredibly hard to stomach but you've made an incredible video here.
That was brilliant. Thank you for taking the time to make this very powerful film.
This is tremendous!!! I am a little obsessed with then-and-now war footage and in my opinion you have done a fantastic job here. Your placement of archival footage with the modern footage is mostly dead-on - lines up perfectly. Highly impressive - thank you!
Beautifully Done!
My Grandfather was lost at Thiepval on July 1st, 1916, and this brings so much into focus of his last days.
I'm moved!!
I had the privilege of visiting in 2014, and will never forget these brave souls
+Tom Montgomery.... Tom was he in the 36th Ulster Division..
+MC C NO sorry, he served in the RCAF
Truly the most moving of all the Somme videos I've seen. Thanks for all your efforts.
Couldn't be better. And a perfect selection of music to accompany it.
please watch the latest version ...The Somme then and now in full HD...
One of the most haunting and moving films I have ever seen. To the men in this great struggle, we see your faces and remember you these decades later thru this epic piece of work. Regrettably, war has taught us nothing. Outstanding
We are about to embark on our fifth visit to Ypres and the Somme, Sept 8 2015. Whilst researching Hawthorn Ridge I came across your video. I was truly mesmerised and moved. You have worked so hard on this 'tribute', I can't think of another word that describes it. With a tear in my eye . . . thank you.
I suppressed a sob when watching this amazing video.
You have done a marvellous job with this work. Thank you.
I did allow a flow of tears..because it is so moving, the terrible losses, and the pictures of the smiling young faces, and knowing that after 40 or so minutes most were killed...visited the Menin Gate and the atmosphere there was incredibly moving..a definite aura about the place. Belgium has dome so much to rebuild the place, Ieper [Ypres]...you'd never know it had been flattened at all.*****
An absolute masterpiece and likely the best I have seen in many many hours of RUclips WW1 footage. You are to be heartily congratulated for a stunning piece of presentation of one of the worst sites of total carnage of any war in history. The choice of music a perfect compliment for the flowing and evocative presentation. My grandfather was at the Somme in July 1916 with the East Surrey Regiment and I never knew him well enough to appreciate what he must have endured. A very big thank you for your efforts and once more - well done.
I don't believe I've ever seen the like of this. It is as masterfully and tastefully done as it is ineffably sad and nostalgic. I so respect these brave men on both sides of the trenches who lived in the hell that was The Somme. I can only begin to imagine the horrors and the sorrows and the lifelong nightmares of the World War One Soldier. Kudos. You've done God's work here, I believe.
Consider it done. Wouldn't miss it.
Magic. Loved what you did with these films. Bringing a hundred years to our time. Visited the Somme last summer with my wife. Most sobering place. Going back in a few weeks with couple of mates. It will be a moving trip - as it is for anyone who comes here.
brok please watch my latest film as well TheSomme thenand now in full HD many thanks
Watched it, (going weekend 28th April). Fantastic stuff. We will hopefully find a few of your locations. I will have the RUclips vid downloaded on a tablet (to see what it looked like then), and, with my pals, be in even more appreciation for what was done for us. All our families lost someone or more, but what they gained for us should never be forgotten.
I have visited Mons, Ypres and The Somme.
I have tremendous respect for that generation who endured hardship, squalor and suffered for us, the generations who follow.
You are always learning in life and discover what makes Britain truly great. It's not the famous; it's the soldiers, officers, medics and engineers. Ordinary people cast into an extraordinary war but who build a fair and honest society where we are free!
This film is brilliant in that you can see the military area of the Somme as it was a centuary ago.
Well done!
this gave me chills down my spine this is so awsome. and sad how those men died 40 min after. and i find it mind blowing to me that your friend was sitting exactly were the wounded man was same with the tunnel. this is just awsome. it should have more views. thanks
Thankyou Christopher for taking the time to watch this little film in honour of thoese Heroes...I hope to go out again soon and do some more....
It's incredibly sad about those men. Brings a tear to your eye thinking how one minute they are smiling for the camera and the next they would never smile again :'(
AMAZING work !! you are helpin to keep history alive !
To all the people who have watched my film ,,,thankyou,,,i will be going back out in April 2015 to film many more then and now locations ,,so there will be a new film some time around July 2015
this is amazing, thank you for taking the time to not only research this but share it for all..
Thank you for this. My grandfather fought in the Somme.
Fantastic production! What a moving film of 'then and now' footage of the Somme landscape.
This is just what I need to see in order to just begin to try and imagine the destructive scenes of a hundred years ago. Watching this, with the beautiful music, brought me close to tears.
I want to walk over this same ground one day and attempt to get a feel of this important period in our history. For some reason, I need to 'connect' with sorrowful places in history. Your video has helped to do just that from the comfort of my sofa ... although I wish I could be there!
Thank you so much tashkenk goatman for this memorable upload.
I love looking at then and now photographs and these are exceptional, brilliantly done.
3:50 It shakes me a lot to know that many of these heroes died minutes later and theirs will always be immortalized in footage.
A fantastic and a strangely moving video, thanks and well done for putting it together.
What a poignant video. Powerful. Thank you for all the time you put into its research, development, and final product. My uncle fought with the 1/5 & 8/10 Gordon Highlanders in this region and is buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetary. I hope to lay wreath at his headstone someday.
Once again thank you, I just watched your superb film for the second time and I feel I have to tell you what an amazing experience you have created. I've been to many of the battle sites over the past fifteen years and you have really brought them to life, also your choice of music is so fitting. Thanks again.
Will do, is it the video attached here?
Don't quite know what to say,truly very moving,never seen anything like 'this little film' amazing you could feel yourself there,well done should be shown in every school in the country.Fantastic,shot with the up most respect to the men that lived and died.Going to get my grand daughters to watch this,you aught to send this to the imperial war musem,for safe keeping, and public showing there,it is a piece of of amature filming history.
My kindest regards and respect to you both, Allan Chave
+chavey65 many rthanks please watch the somme then and now part 2
I was taking back in time.
Almost felt like I could walk into the documentary.
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Have always been fascinated with 'then and now' pics, from all walks of life/periods of time, but this is really well done. Cheers.
A fantastic piece of work. You make history come to life and bring a human element sometimes missed when looking at old grainy pictures. Many thanks.
great editing. I didn't have to try to picture the somme then and now in my head. everything was well put together. good job.
An excellent presentation, poignant and moving. The ghosts of the Somme brought back to life in a simple yet effective way. Placing the film taken 100 years ago in the exact same spot today gave it a sense of perspective and relevance unequalled. Thanks for sharing
Transported to the Somme in a way special effects never could. All the more chilling by the horrific reality. Extraordinary-Thank you.
my training platoon name was messine named after the messine ridge, it's amazing to see how quiet and still it is now, you would never think it was the same place its brilliant how you showed the two time scales. And where the tommy was getting medical aid right where your mate was, excellent work sir!
Messine Ridge is over in Flanders, Belgium. Close to Ypres.
Brilliant, I visited the Somme this year 2022 Mametz wood and the 38th Welsh division was particularly moving for me as a Welsh man. Your video adds a level of realism I’ve not seen in any other videos on the Somme. Least we forget.
Staggering. Brilliant work. So moving.
please watch my latest film.... The Somme then and now in full HD...there are many more locations now thank you...
Thank you... so often over the years I have seen the various snippets of archival film but had no idea where it was taken... seeing the modern day landscape adds context. Much appreciated
All honor to the brave British troops who paid the ultimate sacrifice there. This is an amazing film. Thank you for posting it.
Thank you for posting this wonderful video. A very well made and thought provoking piece. I could spend hours watching videos like this, you could almost reach out and touch those brave men. Well done
This somehow brought home the futility of the war home in a more powerful and saddening way than any other film I've watched. I saw places I've visited and now I've seen brave men at those locations. It is very well done and must have taken a lot of time and research to match the films together. Thank you so much for your efforts.
This is absolutely fantastic. Hopefully the Great War channel will recommend your video when it comes time to discuss the Somme...
I've never seen anything like this before, it's pure genius. This is the closest thing I've seen to an actual time machine.The original footage shows a landscape so divorced from the way it looks now. It was, until your video as if the two eras were worlds apart, to see them superimposed on one another is an amazing experience.
I very much agree with you. An amazing video.
Shame you didn't do more videos. This was very solemn and moving ... thank you. And great choice of music.
Absolutely brilliant. Delighted to have seen this and put a new perspective on these battles and places. You are obviously a very dedicated and knowledgable team. It has given me some idea as to where my Grandfather was at this time. Thank you for being so kind as to share it with the rest of us.
Just discovered this amazing piece of work. Have visited the Somme many times to pay my respects and it helps to see past and present photos to give some insight into how it looked. We can only imagine the horror. I lost my great granddad in France in 1917, East Yorks. regiment and we need to keep those memories alive for all those men and boys who we lost. Very moving thank you for the video. 'At the going down of the sun - we will remember them'.
I have seen a lot of then and now's but this is by far the best.. well done guys great job.
Thank you for your time and effort that you guys put in to make this, a fitting memorial to that innocent generation.
This is a STUNNING film. So incredibly well-done. Historical, haunting, poignant, intriguing, hair-raising, tear jerking. You’ve done such a beautiful job on this. This is, to me, an award-winning caliber film. You sir, are a true artist, a craftsman. I hope this won’t be your only film. 🙏🙏❤️
Donny thank you for your comment i now have a different name due to Google messing up my account ..please watch my latest version with many more locations at.....The Somme Then and now in full HD.....
your vid is amazing,i have walked most of what you filmed and to see the now and then footage has really given me a better understanding of the places in the vid,i applaud all your work in making it
This is by far the most remarkable video I have ever seen! Thank you so very much.
Dave please watch my latest film The Somme then and now in full HD....and thank you
Was just at the Somme this week, in many areas you have filmed. Amazing work!
Thank you.
The first waves are over the top now........and gone. Yet their bravery lives forever in tributes like this. I am a yank, and posting this from USA...if the British, French and Belgians and their other allies had not sacrificed their life's blood, their would have been nothing for the yanks to do in '17....except perhaps learn the German language, as it would soon become universal. May their memories be eternal. And oh yes, this is exemplary by any producers standard....job well done! Daniel Fitzpatrick Crooks 7-1-16
Thanks mate - that is just fantastic editing
Brilliant. Thank you for your hard work putting this together. Much appreciated.
Very good job The matchups were great. Well done thanks for your work and imagination
Thank you for putting so much effort into this production.
Excellent video.
Very informative and moving.
Thank you very much.
This is so beautifully done! I commend you for your hard work & research. And most of all, Thank You for taking us to the past in France, and allowing us to have a glimpse into WW1.
Thank you for making this! I enjoyed this video immensely! Love to see more like it. Thanks
Wonderful video. Having seen, numerous times, WW1 footage of this area, it was amazing to see the exact locations as they are now. Thanks alot.
An excellent piece of work - having visited many of those places it was fascinating to get the real then and now experience - Thank you
Really well edited piece of film. I've visited the Somme so it's really great to see it how it was during WW1. Many thanks, Mike Wood UK
please watch the latest version ...The Somme then and now in full HD...
Thank you so much for making this. I used it as part of our Veteran's/Remembrance Day lessons. I wanted my students to understand that the places of war may look different today, but there are stories that should not be forgotten.
mrs.maestas2 Thank you for using my film but please watch the final one,,The Somme then and now infull HD its my final film and and was filmed with a much better camera...sorry about the name change but google messed up the accounts so i had to re join
Remarkable job. My Grandfather was called up in 1916 at the age of 29. He had three children, the youngest of which was 4 months old. He survived the war but carried mental and emotional scars with him till his death in the 10 50's.
Thank you for posting this. It certainly must have been time consuming researching all the sites but in the end I hope you found it very rewarding!
I had the honour of paying my respects to some of the fallen, last year, on a short trip to the Somme area, and would like to be there next year for the centenary, but alas will not make it!
All the best from Canada
Absolutely brilliant. Bravo. Thank you for this amazing video. I am grateful to you.
Awesome and chilling at the same time, thank you for taking the time and effort to make this film
Paul please watch my latest film The Somme then and now in full HD my name change is due to Google messing up all the accounts and thank you for comments and watching
Brilliant....absolutely brilliant, I have visited a few of these places but next time I will see them in a different light. Can't wait for the next one. WELL DONE SIR !!!!!!!
Superb work...we drove to Ieper recently, and the flat countryside was being ploughed, the rich, dark glossy soil being curled over,and this soil was drenched in the blood of youth. Tragic. Well done...Heartbreaking and tearjerking... :(
You obviously put a lot of time and effort into making and producing this video, for that I thank you, we must never forget them, those poor brave men, atb, Paul.
hard to watch without a tear in one's eye..thank you..well done.
Cracking video,enjoyed the Then and Now,finally know where Minden Post is, a visit there in the Autumn 15, Once again a super video ,well done.
Excellent! Always wondered where that mine exploded and what's there today. So much better then any documentary.
Hi,
Great job of research and going to some of the remaining areas originally captured on film which physically still exist and not with time and progress have been long forgotten and developed on.
Did the same a few years ago, on a smaller scale with a contingent of officers attending the Somme commemorations / battlefield, including Hawthorn ridge which perhaps sadly, unlike Lochnagar is fairly unkept. That being said there is a certain feel to it with the trees growing from inside the crater....well done
Amazing.Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
well done, i have been to several o these places also.i really like how your photos fit in.thanks again.
Well done after 36 years in the services it never ceases to amaze me of how brave this untainted generation of Brits fought this horrendous war.We must never forget!
This is my favourite video on RUclips, great job!
Your talent and dedication are a true inspiration. Thank you for all your hard work in bringing it to us..
John please watch my last film .... The Somme then and now in full HD
please watch my latest film.... The Somme then and now in full HD...there are many more locations now thank you...
yeah watch that watch that
A big well done to you, we sit at home and get to see old film stock of Ww1 and you have given a better service to all the men than I have seen on TV etc, its still very hard I think for all of us young and old to even think about the slaughter of a whole generation and to also wonder why"" its hard to watch and to not get a huge lump in your throat at such a huge amount of death and destruction in family's and the world, it must never happen again and we should still remember what they all did and what they all gave up for all of us, but still question as to why so many where sent to be slaughtered... A well made and a very moving film from you and I would shake your hand to say thank you for bringing it alive. keep it up.
Incredibly moving. Thank you so much for this.
Always sceptical of such clips but i must say, the cutouts are well done. Thanks for sharing
Not one place is a guess everything is full researched ..... Please watch my newest version The Somme Then and Now 1916-2019 It is a remake using a better camera thank you for watching...
Thankyou lest we ever forget them.
So moving! Thank you for the research and effort done, in both parts 1 and 2.
please watch my last ever film the somme then and now in full hd ,,,it was something i just had to do...
Good job! I have read dozens of stories of the battle as a whole from all sides as well as many individual accounts. I'm American but have always been fascinated about the Battle of the Somme. I have watched every documentary about it. This video gives a flavor which is unlike every reading or video. Just great work. I wonder what you could do with greater resources.
great job. been out there a few times so i know how hard it is to line up camera positions like that. well done, mate.
Most excellent work. You should produce this kind of work on CD - it would sell very well.
I love the history of both World Wars, and that was superb..I have yet to see better. Thank you.
+waynester71 please watch also the somme then and now part 2
thankyou for posting this. It was very eye opening.
Absolutely amazing, thank you for your hard work doing this and sharing this piece of history with us all.
Andrew please watch my latest and last film ...The Somme then and now in full HD....
Very impressive film work! I love the over lay to give proper prospective. My grandfather fought in both world wars for Canada and to see the positioning and be able to relate is something no one has done before like this. Excellent!
Great video! Thanks for taking me there!
Will do!
Wonderful footage and well done for the research too, a beautiful film piece
Very, very, very well done ... fascinating effects that bring out the horrors of war on now quiet country roads and deserted fields where ones young man died for nothing, nothing at all...
spectacular, I`m in awe how you melded the old with new, like we were there. Bravo
this was hard to describe. It did give me chills but also sadness for all those men. want to thank who ever made this video. seeing hundreds of men in one place brought memories of vietnam. wow,
Dear Sir ,I have just viewed your magnificent piece of work .I can only imagine the amount of research and hard work that went into the production of same.I have a great interest in military history and lived for 10 years in the United States in Virginia close to Washington Dc. ,As you may know Va was the scene of the greatest amount of major engagements in the civil war ,how marvellous it would be to view some of these engagements in the format you provided .I have a wish to visit the major battlefields of WW1 with our son and hope to do so soon .
Having watched countless hours of different programmes on WW1 your efforts brought an emotional connection to it all,especially the soldiers sheltering at the tunnel and the soldier nearby receiving medical attention .I salute you sir .
Gerard Francis Doorley
I will indeed visit this year, all going well . and will keep in touch .
Good for you Tashkent.look forward to it , Gerard
Simply amazing... as if the ghosts of these brave men came back but for a brief moment and we witnessed history again. Thank you for your ''devoir de mémoire''.
Je me souviens R22eR