Because of 'The New Confessions' - John James Todd is telling of his war experiences and says 'Think of the Great War. You only know it in black and white. There are no colour photographs of the Great War yet I can assure you it was a very colourful event'.
And here we are, with the voices of dozens of soldiers to illustrate the clips, which only omit actual battle footage.
That the soldiers generally respected the enemy is shown in the clips of captured soldiers. And of the declaration of ceasefire, 'There was no great cheer, just silence. We had all gone too far...' And that no civilian could ever understand what they had been through.
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