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Somebody came along and said,
"This is it, we're going "to be home by Christmas! "We'll just go down the road "and look in a field there,
you'll see." Wouldn't tell us why.
Anyway, we went down. They were on the roadside covered
with tarpaulin sheets. You could see nothing
except a square outline. And then the officer said, "These
are supposed to be hush-hush." When we asked what it was,
the simple reply was "tanks". Knowing the shortage of water,
we naturally assumed water tanks and thought that we were
getting reserve supplies. It was one of the best-kept secrets. We were delighted because
these wonderful machines were going to win the war. Soon everybody would be home again. Of course, it didn't
happen like that. We were taken out of the line
and had intensive training. Plunge the bayonet into the sack,
shout like hell. It was to get used to plunging
them into somebody's body. Then we fired our rifles
on the rifle range
"This is it, we're going "to be home by Christmas! "We'll just go down the road "and look in a field there,
you'll see." Wouldn't tell us why.
Anyway, we went down. They were on the roadside covered
with tarpaulin sheets. You could see nothing
except a square outline. And then the officer said, "These
are supposed to be hush-hush." When we asked what it was,
the simple reply was "tanks". Knowing the shortage of water,
we naturally assumed water tanks and thought that we were
getting reserve supplies. It was one of the best-kept secrets. We were delighted because
these wonderful machines were going to win the war. Soon everybody would be home again. Of course, it didn't
happen like that. We were taken out of the line
and had intensive training. Plunge the bayonet into the sack,
shout like hell. It was to get used to plunging
them into somebody's body. Then we fired our rifles
on the rifle range
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Somebody came along and said,
"This is it, we're going
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"to be home by Christmas!
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"We'll just go down the road
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"and look in a field there,
you'll see."
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Wouldn't tell us why.
Anyway, we went down.
00:00:11.025 --> 00:00:14.584
They were on the roadside covered
with tarpaulin sheets.
00:00:14.584 --> 00:00:18.459
You could see nothing
except a square outline.
00:00:18.459 --> 00:00:21.334
And then the officer said, "These
are supposed to be hush-hush."
00:00:21.334 --> 00:00:24.376
When we asked what it was,
the simple reply was "tanks".
00:00:24.376 --> 00:00:28.335
Knowing the shortage of water,
we naturally assumed water tanks
00:00:28.335 --> 00:00:30.668
and thought that we were
getting reserve supplies.
00:00:30.668 --> 00:00:33.001
It was one of the best-kept secrets.
00:00:33.001 --> 00:00:35.046
We were delighted because
these wonderful machines
00:00:35.046 --> 00:00:36.793
were going to win the war.
00:00:38.294 --> 00:00:40.294
Soon everybody would be home again.
00:00:40.294 --> 00:00:42.335
Of course, it didn't
happen like that.
00:00:45.127 --> 00:00:49.377
We were taken out of the line
and had intensive training.
00:00:49.377 --> 00:00:53.669
Plunge the bayonet into the sack,
shout like hell.
00:00:53.669 --> 00:00:57.253
It was to get used to plunging
them into somebody's body.
00:00:57.253 --> 00:01:00.001
Then we fired our rifles
on the rifle range.
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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.
