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.
a good rendition; but thankfully not accurate; the noise, odors, gore and haze, and confusion. No more can an artist depict a war than one describes a dance But as a television series with a modest budget, relying on the skill of writers and expression of actors it encouraged me as a child to ponder what my relatives had endured. We can be relieved that such is so rare for our own children
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🥀
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).
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 😂
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.
the show was made on a modest budget prior to CGI; using props, vintage vehicles, and oblique references to convey drama ... gosh, I haven't seen a movie that could convey the noise of a live fire exercise ... i can't imagine how one could convey a battle ... greats period of fatigued broken up by shear terror and bad food.
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.
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.
a good rendition; but thankfully not accurate; the noise, odors, gore and haze, and confusion.
No more can an artist depict a war than one describes a dance
But as a television series with a modest budget, relying on the skill of writers and expression of actors it encouraged me as a child to ponder what my relatives had endured.
We can be relieved that such is so rare for our own children
Awesome series,really shows how everything was changing so fastly in the early 20th century
So much better than modern TV.
Can't believe Squadron Leader Rex was such a scrawny chap when he was young.
AudieHolland weren’t we all. Once.
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🥀
Do tell.🧡
06:30 - knew a bluddy Welsh tenor would turn up sometime, jolly gosh yes! 🙃😁🏴🐑🤪
I remember this series back in the day.
I have the two paperbacks still.
Simmerson and Wellington actors reunited later on
What a great show. Thanks for sharing it!
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).
Wellington "YOU" Simmerson ," Oh No! Sharpe isn't here too is He?"
Thanks - been a long time since I saw this show over here in Canada
Thoroughly enjoying this series, don’t remember it first time round, was probably out gadding around!
thanks for posting.
Another excellent episode. 49:24
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 😂
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.
Agree
Rather spoilt it somewhat.
the show was made on a modest budget prior to CGI; using props, vintage vehicles, and oblique references to convey drama ... gosh, I haven't seen a movie that could convey the noise of a live fire exercise ... i can't imagine how one could convey a battle ... greats period of fatigued broken up by shear terror and bad food.
and the story continues....
rat tat tat tat tat...
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.
No of course they kiss and make up every time they fight they also shower each other with compliments like no other
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 always said McCormack was ahead of his time
LEST we forget
I'd like to know what the story is on the Brits shooting back with a Winchester lever-action rifle instead of a Lee-Enfield .303?
Good point!
They were WESTERN Brits lol
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.
@@georgebethos7890 Been watching Tom Mix westerns 😊
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.
11:18 - What is BEF doing south of Reims? And what are Germans doing *in* Reims?
Thanks by al
What's that silent film called?
Hell's Angel's?
Part of The Perils of Pauline I think...
Deuced bad shots in German Army what, couldn't hit a barn door.
Excellent series. Too much homefront stuff though
Yeah lets have some more body parts....still good programme though.
Lets have a remake with the RNAS
The Homefront is truly what the guys were fighting for. !!!!! Their families, and preservation of the life they cherished.
45:20 Woman's obsession with soap operas, and man's misery having to listen to them twittering about the latest episode.😂