Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battle | dHNfVnVnRnlqQ0V5WG8
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 In Flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses,
00:17 row on row.
00:18 We are the dead.
00:24 Short days ago, we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved,
00:31 and were loved.
00:33 And now we lie in Flanders fields.
00:35 [GUNFIRE]
00:43 [SCREAMING]
00:46 10 million men died.
00:59 How could it have happened?
01:03 What manner of rage drove Europe to destroy itself?
01:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:10 What kind of rage overtakes the Serbs, the Austrians,
01:22 the Russians, the Germans, the French,
01:29 the entire British empire, and spurs
01:33 them to leave their homes, their wives, their children,
01:37 proud and cocky with a smile on their faces?
01:43 How long will the smiles last?
01:45 [LAUGHTER]
01:47 [GUNFIRE]
01:53 Gas.
01:58 How will they survive the deadly fumes of poison gas?
02:02 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:28 Mud spattered with blood.
02:31 How will they survive the killing fields of Verdun,
02:43 the Somme, Passchendaele?
02:47 How will they survive the deadly fronts in what
02:52 will become a world war?
02:56 Everywhere, even back home.
02:59 Alive, the lucky ones.
03:14 Some will be defeated.
03:23 [LAUGHTER]
03:26 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:29 Some will claim victory.
03:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:35 But all will lose.
03:41 They will lose their youth, their bodies, or their minds.
03:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:58 it.
04:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:04 [CHEERING]
04:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:12 [CHEERING]
04:15 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]