All gave some, some gave all. Lest we forget 2024

French is a cool language

My great grandfather was twice knighted in the field at the first Battle of the Yser, by direct order of King Albert. Mum was SOE as a result. I was the greenest 14 year old cadet when they prepared this film, I'd spent hours sorting the stores in search of a uniform which fit, at the bottom of a huge pile of WW2 battledress was a big box - dated 1917. I reported back to admin, the Major was on the phone, "No, Dickie, we haven't got any WW1 uniforms. What is it, Rahere, can't you see I'm on the phone? We have? Well, you speak to Mr Attenborough then." Off went th box, I finished basic, Special Orders, be on parade 0630 Saturday outside the School gates, in uniform. So there I was, wondering why, when a parp-parp came down the road, the cast headed to join th London-Brighton Veteran Car Rally, aboard a WW1 charabanc. It was only many years later, working for Win van Eekelen in WEU as a real Staff Colonel that I realised I'd ben used to deliver a message, it's the Snufelkes who don't return.

While the Germans were preparing to starve the Dutch.

Me in French class

Me 20 minutes after getting on the bus to school

Me when I go to school on my birthday

Me 10 minutes before it’s lunch time and 2PM approaches

POV: Mum spots her friends in a supermarket.

0:28 Oh the yanks are coming

this song, as with many others from this musical, just makes me sob. theres something about knowing that the men who sung these songs are dead. Plus the orchestra that plays afterward and the messages they can tell. god damn war

I love this film so much.

finally saw the film last night . it should be a classic

RIP the singer

RAAAGGHHHH BELGIAN ANTHEM MENTIONED

The theme of the USA 🇺🇸 god bless America 🇺🇸

I always sing to this in the morning and shower 😂

ive buyed the movie and it was great i couldn't find it in my language but i still watched it in english it was great

Your country need you ...

This is amazing. Is there any chance to get an MP3 version for download? I think this one could be good for a ringtone

Really beautiful song. Subscribed!

This was a really creative way of using Battle Hymn of Republic

A silly German sausage Dreamt Napoleon he'd be, Then went and broke his promise, It was made in Germany. He shook hands with Britannia And eternal peace he swore, Naughty boy, he talked of peace Whilst he prepared for war. He stirred up little Serbia To serve his dirty trick But dirty nights at Liege Quite upset this Dirty Dick. His luggage labeled, 'England' His programme nicely set, He shouted, 'First stop Paris', But he hasn't got there yet. Chorus: For Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser; Europe took a stick and made him sore; On his throne it hurts to sit, And when John Bull starts to hit, He will never sit upon it anymore. He'll be banished to the woods And we'll bar his German goods, And we'll never drink his lager anymore. His warships sailed upon the sea, They looked a pretty sight, But when they heard a bulldog bark They disappeared in fright The Kaiser said, 'Be careful! If by Jellicoe they're seen, Every man-o-war I've got Will be a submarine.' We chased his ships to Turkey And the Kaiser startled, stood, Scratched his head and said, 'Don't Hurt, You see I'm touching wood.' Then Turkey bought the warships, Just to aid the German plot. Be careful, Mister Turkey, Or you'll do the Turkey Trot. Chorus: But Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser; Europe took a stick and made him sore; When we enter Germany, Knock the Kaiser it will be; Oh, it won't be 'Hoch the Kaiser anymore! And if Turkey makes a stand' She'll get Ghurked and Japanned, And her views she'll never air 'em anymore! He'll have to go to school again, And learn his geography, He quite forgot Australia, And the hands across the sea. India and Canada, The Russian and the Jap, And England looked so small' He couldn't see it on the map. Whilst Ireland seemed unsettled, 'Ah' said he 'I'll settle John', But he didn't know the Irish Like he knew them later on. Tho' the Kaiser stirred the lion, Please excuse him from the crime, His lunatic attendant wasn't with him at the time. Chorus: When Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser; Europe took a stick and made him sore; And in Berlin one day, Every German band will play, Rule Britannia, rule the waves for ever more! We shall shout for vict'ry's joy; 'Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy;' You must never play at soldiers, anymore!

And when they ask us how dangerous it was Oh, we'll never tell them, no, we'll never tell them We spent our pay in some café And fought wild women night and day 'Twas the cushiest job we ever had And when they ask us, and they're certainly going to ask us The reason why we didn't win the Croix de Guerre Oh, we'll never tell them, no, we'll never tell them There was a front, but damned if we knew where And they're certainly going to ask us The reason why we didn't win the Croix de Guerre Oh, we'll never tell them, no, we'll never tell them There was a front, but damned if we knew where

Whenever I hear this, I'm immediately hit with the realisation that most of the men who went away were lost.

When you’re a a friend’s house and the toilet clogs:

Oh! Oh! Oh! It's a lovely war, Who wouldn't be a soldier ay? Oh it's a shame to take the pay!

What an amazing movie, with an equally great soundtrack

I loved (and still do) this film. For its playful cynicism, soaring patriotic scores, and simple humility around the human experience. A masterclass of Filmography.

I remember this from a lifetime ago😮..thankfully the hippies won the war..I think..hard to tell

did it end with we'll be buried over there?

goes hard ngl

Thank you for sharing this with us!

My mood when it's only 30 minutes before class dismissal.

Why was the sound volume so low until after 3 minutes

This will always be the greatest movie of the Great War. None captures that generation of lost men better. May they be sitting around the father's table as brothers. For all eternity

Thank you for uploading this. Its so good to hear these in high quality I just wish they had also done a studio recording of "Bombed Last Night", or "Beside the Seaside", especially an extended part of where Douglas Haig sings about the cavalry.

Fantastic. whenever I play the DVD ,( which is often) I always replay this scene as they march towards the Pier entry and the Lights come on

We NEED you son

0:08 0:17

One of my family members fought as a German soldier in World War I, but i don’t know how he died.

Epic

Can’t barley hear it

How does this masterpiece has only 911 views?

the best musical/anti-war film ever

Probably the single best standalone march version of this song I think I've seen. Thanks a ton for this and cheers to anyone who thinks the same.

I freaking love this because Over There is one of my Favorite Songs from WW1!, Including It’s a Long Way to Tipperary aswell and Erika ^^

So great to hear these incredible orchestrations again and Jean-Pierre Cassel and Maggie Smith giving it everything they’d got - I don’t know which one I had more of a crush on…Thank you so much!