BBC Two - I Was There: The Great War Interviews

In the early 1960s, the BBC interviewed 280 eyewitnesses of the First World War for the series, The Great War. Using never-before-seen footage from these interviews, this film illuminates the poignant human experience of the war, through the eyes of those who survived it.

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Trail - I Was There: The Great War Interviews
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Fun in the trenches
Duration: 00:34
Over the top
Duration: 01:00
Killing a man
Duration: 01:12

TV Blog: I wanted the interviews to tell their own story

"My ambition was to help restore the humanity of the Great War generation."

The director of I Was There, Detlef Siebert, discusses the challenges of revisiting and re-telling the Great War Interviews.

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