"They Shall Not Grow Old" Peter Jackson's WWI film

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Restored WWI footage commissioned by the Imperial War Museum.

Background - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePxpbDmykD4

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlXlshA0Zc

Making of will be on the BBC in November too.

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Plenty of WWI colour photos to help get the colours right as well as the surviving equipment around today. One thing that always stands out for me is how often it's a bright sunny day, something you don't imagine with the bleak conditions of trench warfare or recognise in dark B&W films and photos despite the obvious shadows. Just to add, it probably helped withe movie cameras of the day to film in brighter conditions.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 17th October 10:58

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Wilksy288 said:

Eric Mc said:

I think the interviews were sourced from multiple archives. The BBC would have recorded quite a few individuals for its epic 1960s TV series, "The Great War" and they also have extensive radio recordings too.

Thank you very much

IWM archives are available online, I did a quick search and found Thomas Hooker, British private served with Machine Gun Corps in GB and on Western Front, 1917-1918.

3 reels about 90mins - https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/800...

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/sound

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It's been given a 15 BBFC certificate probably because of the clearer images and colour.

As a side note Sidney Lewis was only 12 when he fought at the Battle of the Somme. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngest_British_sol...

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MYOB said:

As for the sound, apart from the narrative, these were simply added on.

A lot of lip reading work was carried out to have the right words said by the voice actors for the soldiers on screen.

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Two parts remaining in the centre of the squares of 4 trees left and right.

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The Spruce Goose said:

1 million plus died at the Somme. That was a mistake.

That is actually a mistake, there were around 1 million casualties. 300,000 deaths in total on both sides.