Has anybody found part 2 of this documentary? That, or the complete, uncut version?

I'm only sad what ever the reason was. There is a another documentary on Lawrence I can't find anywhere

@@kasnilistopadski yes, I watched the missing part when it was first posted - including the poem Lawrence wrote… (overseen by Robert Graves). There were Arabs still alive who remembered being with Laurence - and speaking well of him… I cannot remember more but the narration was first class and the readings from the Seven Pillars amazing. I was stupefied when, for whatever reason, some ‘bright spark’ deleted it from our view. So be it. God Bless now

Has anybody found part 2 of this documentary? That, or the complete, uncut version?

British spies were often given a hammer and told to look like eccentric archeologist nobody questioning a man with a trowel. The elite of the countries accepted him. it was a way in.

Agreed

I watched this 2 or 3 years ago and the 2nd part was still in it, it's critical to, shame it's missing now.

I just remembered something that's got to be the reason they removed pt 2, in it they talked about a relationship that Lawrence had with a 13 year old middle eastern boy, I believe it was during his time on one of the digs he was on before the war, the boy was an aide or assistant to him if I remember correctly. It's the "relationship" that's kind of controversial, there's letters and possibly diary entries (it was several years ago I watched it) that suggest they may have had a relationship beyond it just being a friendly one, Lawrence says some things to the boy and/or about him in his writings that are at least borderline romantic. I'm sure that whoever has this channel came under pressure to remove it, or perhaps the BBC still has the right to dictate policy when it comes to what parts of this can be shown and they came under fire over it. The possibilities about whoever might have been in a twist over it are endless, all the way from people who put Lawrence on a pedestal to gay rights people could have applied the pressure, I don't believe it would have been Lawrence's family because his brother who's in other parts of this documentary addresses it and the question about his sexuality and as I recall comes right out and says that the possibility of Lawrence having been at least bisexual was pretty strong, so I'd rule out the family. But I can almost guarantee you that's why pt 2 has been removed from this series, somebody pressured somebody to do it.

@@dukecraig2402 thanks, very interesting.

@@dukecraig2402 I was thinking more about the BBC being under pressure to remove the part where L was "recruited" into the Intelligence services. He sure as hell didn't pay his own way for the crusader castles jaunt. His folks were comfortable but not _that_ rich.

@@dankierson That's a possibility also, but seeing how that's a "cat's already out of the bag" kind of thing I doubt it, most likely it was the suggestion about him having an inappropriate relationship with a 13 year old boy, yea the cat may already be out of the bag on that also but with all this hash tag this and that going on anymore combined with the fact that just watching about something like that makes people so "uncomfortable" in this day and age I'd say most likely it was because of that, think about it, they're re-editing or canceling all kinds of stuff like that anymore for PC reasons, just try to find Disney's old movie Song of the South in a theater these days, when I was a kid it came through the theaters every year so all kids had a chance to see it growing up, now the thought of it horrifies people, although your theory is still plausible.

Has anybody found part 2 of this documentary? That, or the complete, uncut version?

@@JPWick Unfortunately, having once watched Part 2 about a decade ago here on KZbin, I noticed when subsequently I came back about 5 years back that, for mysterious reasons, the missing part was removed ... Baffling, isn't it? ... Perhaps something in that section of this superb documentary may have been 'sensitive' - or flawed - but I only imagine this, I don't know if my imagination is simply working too hard... In that missing part there was also a clip of a couple of Arabs still then alive who clearly held him in high regard ... It is for me a huge shame because it is the part with a hauntingly evocative reading of, 'To S.A.', his one and only poem (the frontispiece to 'The 7 Pillars.'). I think it is enigmatic and intensely sad - partly morbid - but it is one of the greatest contemporary poems every written (with a little help from Robert Graves, I heard it said). If you ever do find Part 2 - please let me know! God Bless.

@@matthewstokes1608 Thanks for your response. If you know the complete referenceable name of this documentary, including its publisher/distributor, I might try contacting them directly through my university. I am currently siding diplomacy and international law, and Lawrence is at the center of my thesis.

Has anybody found part 2 of this documentary? That, or the complete, uncut version?

Well said.