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I was dead scared
that the war would be over before I got out to it. When I got out to France, I was terribly pleased,
really keen. You just marched and marched
until roughly 20 miles from the trenches. We knew we were getting close
to the line because the gunfire was becoming more noisy. I remember the first shell,
I was delighted. We went through towns, villages
that were absolutely derelict. So we never knew where we were,
except that we were in Belgium. The devastation was something
I never could have imagined. The whole place gave one
the most eerie sensation
that the war would be over before I got out to it. When I got out to France, I was terribly pleased,
really keen. You just marched and marched
until roughly 20 miles from the trenches. We knew we were getting close
to the line because the gunfire was becoming more noisy. I remember the first shell,
I was delighted. We went through towns, villages
that were absolutely derelict. So we never knew where we were,
except that we were in Belgium. The devastation was something
I never could have imagined. The whole place gave one
the most eerie sensation
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I was dead scared
that the war would be over
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before I got out to it.
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When I got out to France,
00:00:06.209 --> 00:00:08.792
I was terribly pleased,
really keen.
00:00:11.501 --> 00:00:14.459
You just marched and marched
until roughly 20 miles
00:00:14.459 --> 00:00:16.168
from the trenches.
00:00:16.168 --> 00:00:18.876
We knew we were getting close
to the line because the gunfire
00:00:18.876 --> 00:00:21.999
was becoming more noisy.
00:00:21.999 --> 00:00:23.071
I remember the first shell,
I was delighted.
00:00:26.046 --> 00:00:30.021
We went through towns, villages
that were absolutely derelict.
00:00:30.021 --> 00:00:33.071
So we never knew where we were,
except that we were in Belgium.
00:00:36.377 --> 00:00:39.669
The devastation was something
I never could have imagined.
00:00:39.669 --> 00:00:42.627
The whole place gave one
the most eerie sensation.
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Movie Summary
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
