Why Harvesting Was So Important During The War | Wartime Farm EP8 | Absolute History

[@marylarsen2288]

I came because I love Ruth, Peter, and Alex and how they really experience history. I stayed because of that, too, but also... Henry!

[@limeproductions7873]

Henryyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

I came for Ruth, but left for the sound

[@marycanary86]

henry is the goodest team member. been doin a heckin job this season, he has

[@irishbear8383]

52:26 I'm really glad that old lady got to see the fireworks elephant one more time in her life, she said it was such a vivid memory from her childhood.

[@phillipburke9522]

I rewatch all the British Farm Series in release order every few months, and I always love getting to the elephant. It's the night cap on Ruth, Alex and Peter's time together. After this series Alex moves on to other ventures (Time Team being one of them) and Ruth and Peter continue on to Tudor Monastery Farm and Secrets of the Castle with Tom Pinfold. A bit melancholy, like the period in history this moment portrays, perhaps.

[@lindaallen1883]

This is a great series. However, the back group music sometimes drown out the dialogue and narrative. Still, very informative and brilliant.

[@rosejames8057]

I know! Tone the music down or increase the speaker volume.🙂 Such a great series of videos.

[@noahway13]

They didn't plan it that way. The trac on tape got messed up.

[@itiscujo]

Seriously, I don't mean to be nasty, but this show deserves better sound production

[@barbaradragoo3091]

I learned a lot Love how people can step up when they need to!

[@ItsSusieQue96]

I dont think the original sound was off like this. It often happens when things are converted to broadcast in other countries or in uploading.

[@gailcbull]

I love the reactions to all the war-time recipes. "This isn't as awful as it sounds," seems to be the most repeated comment.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

Ian McCollum and his wife did a week long WWII british ration experiment. For a week Ian and his wife ate what the British people had to eat during the war. Ironically, they both actually got a bit healthier.

[@eddiesroom1868]

@@FinalLugiaGuardian that's hilarious, the opposite of "Super Size Me"

[@Saighin]

Honestly, the pilchard & cabbage sandwich reminds me of sandwiches my mom used to make when I was a kid mixing salted gefilte fish, diced onion & chopped salad greens... I actually kinda miss them in retrospect, they were surprisingly tasty to my 6 year old brain 😂

[@tm502010]

13:50 - Who can listen to this, and not be moved? 😢 So much suffering and toil, and death….

[@jhlalremruata]

This is a great insight into the lives of the people that history doesn't teach. It just goes to show that whatever life throws at us we can overcome anything if we all pitch in, especially during these trying times.

[@yendub]

They did so many era's, even a couple of non-farming seasons. I would have loved a final season with the team working on a Modern Farm comparing and contrasting how stuff is done now (or even late 80's/90's) to their prior era's worked. Would have been a wonderful retrospective.

[@gailcbull]

Maybe do Organic Farm covering the sudden rise in demand in organic foods during the 1990s and how farming methods changed over the next 20 years as the industry adapted.

[@eddiesroom1868]

@@gailcbull Ya! In California, I can imagine it now... Me jumping up and down yelling "Hi Peter, I brought you cookies!"

[@kimismith18]

I'm so sad to see this series end. I've loved it so much!

[@noahmills5300]

The narrator's voice is to low, music is too loud when he is speaking. Other than that very entertaining series

[@crustycurmudgeon2182]

Agreed-- this episode (The LAST ONE, for cryin' out loud!) was the worst for that. Most have been easily heard.

[@roguewolf7053]

Yea. They have the balance off. However I’ve heard MANY KZbinrs complain that this happens frequently when they upload their videos. Something happens to the audio when they upload it to change the balance between voice & music/sound effects making that latter much louder. They often have to readjust the sound & reupload. 😕🤷🏻‍♀️ So I doubt it sounded this way to them before they uploaded it. Still can be frustrating at time to hear the narrator.

[@TrapperAaron]

They have got a deaf pensioner doing the audio mix

[@robertharrington4405]

@@roguewolf7053 It's because the source is 5.1 surround and they didn't down mix it before uploading.

[@andreav83]

44:31. Love this moment of friendship and Alex's realisation of what he needs to feel human again.

[@michaelanilsson1473]

I can’t wait for there to be a series one day called “pandemic farm” where you see how the Covid pandemic was for farmers

[@t.vinters3128]

Jokes aside, the current pandemic did push some changes, like making small businesses shift more towards online and direct-delivery-base operation instead of relying on physical shops, killing tourism and forcing furloughed and layed-off people into starting miniature enterprises to make some sort of income, or work jobs they never expected to do because theirs disappeared. It also drove quite a few people out of cities, because they could no longer afford rent and/or lost whatever kept them in the city, and/or were now allowed to do their jobs remotely. It would be interesting to look at it from some distance, eventually, and see what sorts of effects it had on things that aren't quite obvious at the moment.

[@michaelanilsson1473]

@@t.vinters3128 I honestly just want to see a series like that to show the rest of the world what it’s like during the pandemic. My dad is a farmer and I’ve been working on our farm for a couple years now. We need gloves and some n95 masks for farming because we deal with a lot of chemicals (unless you’re an organic farmer) and we also deal with a lot of dust. And a lot of those were gone from store shelves. Not only that but I’d also like to see how it affected other parts of the world

[@CrankyPantss]

@@michaelanilsson1473 that’ll take a while. In the meantime, I'm still waiting for them to do “Neanderthal farm”. 😉

[@Magdalenasfears]

@@michaelanilsson1473 when my Dr ordered me to get a N95 mask because I'm a sever asthmatic otr trucker and my whole family had covid I was like "and where exactly am I supposed to find one? We can't even find bandanas." My friend who lives on a farm 2 hours north of me had a few in his barn and offered to give one to me. So I drove 2 hours and stayed 20' away from him the whole time. I had tested negative, but my whole family was still infected, except my dad, who had died by that time. My sister was on deaths door. I was almost afraid to spend 4 hours away because I was afraid she'd die while I was gone. Hospitals turned her away for being "young, athletic, and healthy", but they would have taken my mom because she was older with pre-existing conditions, but she was fine. It's been a year and my sister still hasn't recovered.

[@TalynCo]

Climate change farm in future eras could be really fascinating.

[@Evan-rj9xy]

I'm so glad we have series' like this. I hope the things the world endured, and learned during the World Wars is never forgotten. We truly do stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@defuse56]

I grew up on a farm that used machinery from the late 40's and 50's. We had an International "A" used for small chores, and of course it was started with a hand crank. Maybe what they're doing is safe with an Allis, but if my Dad ever saw me push down on a crank like that he'd have yelled, "if you push down too often it'll kick back one fine day and break your arm! And if it don't I'll break it for you and that'll be the last time you forget to pull up on the crank!" Then there's their act of clearing the throat with the combine engine running. Again, I was taught that you NEVER mess with clearing the machines without shutting ALL engines down. A couple of our neighbors got in a hurry doing that and they were missing various fingers. Other guys lost a whole arm.

[@crustycurmudgeon2182]

Rather sad to see the series end. Always informative and leaving one waiting for more. Now, there will be no more. Ends on happy note, of course. Would love to know if that wheat was ever actually sold and used...

[@SpudsMcGruber3817]

Gotta love that shot of the cow pooping 🐂💩

[@marylarsen2288]

I was eating breakfast when that happened. Thankfully, it was only fruit and grains. But still...

[@IgnatSolovey]

As someone said, “there is nothing that British television likes more than a naked arse”, or something along that line (although there is was about a human male bum). Can't remember which series and who that was though (Fry, or Clarkson, or someone else).

[@rosered5485]

@@IgnatSolovey I think that could be referencing one of Gordon Ramsay's shows. I remember people commenting that a lot, especially in Hotel Hell.

[@mychemicalromanceann]

8:17 for the shot of the cow pooping 🐂

[@bitsnpieces11]

I can remember working on a combine harvester like this one, but, reversed L to R and R to L. I was about 6 or 7 and we were harvesting Oats. I was running the oats into the bags, sewing them up and dropping them down the chute. Ours was driven by a PTO from the tractor instead of its' own engine.

[@carleryk]

In my country, Estonia, 48 years of nightmare - Soviet occupation and annexation - stared which was devastating for the nation and country and still to this day affects us negatively mostly because our country was never decolonized after the end of the occupation. In reality war didn't end for us until 1990s.

[@kathychildress18]

Such a shame the UK should have backed you

[@Seattlegal2]

28:38 the look on Henry’s face 😂😂 “Me? In a dog show? I don’t think so”. 😂😂

[@Dinkum_Aussie]

What a great series. Sad it’s finished, but it was most enjoyable, thank you for uploading this! 😎👍

[@shitbag.]

How did you stand the obnoxious audio issue with the music/voice volume? It ruined most of the show for me. :( its a really good show too 😢

[@Dinkum_Aussie]

shitbag I have a 5.1 digital sound system and turn up the centre channel to compensate. I believe the audio has been deliberately tampered with to avoid copyright © issues.

[@cmd406]

Dinkum Aussie no, they said they would fix it and upload new versions.

[@FoxyfloofJumps]

I feel like this team is such a good bunch. I wish I could watch them all year long. They're so great, I'm fascinated and can't stop watching them.

[@kirstinmckeown3581]

Wonderful series! My mum was a child in Scotland and remembers the bonfires being lit all along the hills for VE Day

[@marycanary86]

peter: "its the wind! youre down wind! what can i do??" alex with a face full of muck: "MITIGATE AGAINST IT" not saying alex had it coming, but he kinda did xD

[@ant-1382]

I have a wonderful photo of my Mother and my Aunt taken on V.E. Day. With all their friends taken in Westminster!

[@roguewolf7053]

My father was a kid during WWII. I now deeply regret never asking about his memories of that time. 😞 Same with my grandmothers. My parents had me late in life...my mom was 37 & my dad 47 when I was born. I was 23 when my dad died of cancer & it was only shortly before his diagnosis once I was out of school & my parents divorced that we had become very close. There is so much I wish I had asked him about now. But when we are young we think we have all the time in the world don’t we?😕 My grandmothers have both passed now & both my grandfathers died before I turned 5. My mom was born in 1946 just as the war was ending.

[@HarekaTysiri]

i ended the edwardian farm two days ago and now they pack up again. i can't take this anymore :(

[@JayVBear45]

It's been interesting to simultaneously watch this wonderful series and read John Steinbeck's Travels With Charlie - the Steinbeck book about post WW II, America and how there was no real lasting cohesiveness of the people with a similar return to prewar roles and profits-before-people thinking with that of our British allies.

[@shadodragonette]

I can't wait to see what they do next! I know we Americans have our own shows and videos and such, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy learning another perspective. Sometimes, it's only by seeing someone else's perspective that we can truly find our own, not the one drilled into us.

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Henry definitely deserved that win! 🤗

[@kaitreidy6343]

I didn't want this to end! Love watching all of you!

[@OceanCrazie]

Very well done team! Excited to see where you'll go next. Thank you for sharing your adventures! 🤟🤗

[@mikeamico6763]

Yes I love the series and the cast is awesome I'm sad when it comes to the end .thank you so much the war generation would of been happy for doing a great service by showing us today how they thrived in such hard times . The last great generation.

[@Chopituppodcastt]

It’s incredible how resourceful, innovative, & resilient they were!

[@uncletrucky]

Only thing that kills the immersion is nobody was constantly smoking cigarettes the whole time

[@trishcouncell2342]

Simply put, I have loved this series. I have learned so much. Like most people interested in WWII I know a lot about the war and my knowledge of the British people was pretty much limited to semi-documentary movies. Thank you SO much❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

I adore this series and haven’t missed an episode. I just shake my head though at ‘farmers’ wearing neck ties.

[@angelwhispers2060]

Remember even in America in it really wasn't until the 60s and 70s that the idea and image of a hobo or a tramp in the United States shifted from a guy wearing an old battered suit to someone in ripped up overalls or other things that we now think of as farming clothing. Remember these historians are going based on sources from the time they're talking about and how things were in Britain. remember that the British to this day are still on the whole considerably more formal than Americans are. Ties and bow-ties were just something that male wore nearly all the time pretty much from the moment a guy was considered a man at some point in his teenage years. It's really only been since the 80s and 90s in England that wearing ties or bowties is no longer required at most businesses. What we think of in America as stuffy Upper Crust old white guys who run big businesses in suits and ties is still very much the way a lot of international business is done. So with Britain being an island there are certain fields of work especially outside sales representatives and business to business salesman who are still required to wear a traditional Suit and Tie. Because that's what that level of deal-making requires. It seems anathema to us now but back then every adult male basically wore a tie when in public from the moment his balls drop to the day he died.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

49:19-49:22 best shot of this particular video!

[@panoreapan470]

its always sad when they end an era espesially this one the end of all eras

[@kelandryyemrot1387]

I really love these things where they go and live and work as if they were actually back then, or as close as they can. It's better than just reading about it or listening to a historian explain. In some ways it's better than even watching old videos because the quality is better and you get explanations for things. Little history lessons. The editing sucks but I still enjoy these videos a lot and I wonder what it's like to make something like this.

[@cowtownokla]

Im afraid the population of the United States has become too divided and self centered to be able to make the commitment and sacrifices required to survive the circumstances our grandparents were faced with during WW2. Many Americans won't even wear a mask or get a vaccination to protect their fellow man...

[@scrubking]

Please help that lady who keeps butchering that loaf of bread.

[@ruthmeow4262]

Yes, somebody give her a serrated bread knife, please.

[@roguewolf7053]

Well...she WAS using a typical farm knife from that time period.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@drjamesallen6012]

Best history lesson ever! They should play this on BBC. BBC is so full of crappy programmes these days.

[@roguewolf7053]

Same here in the US unfortunately. 😕 Also...I don’t know about elsewhere but here in the US education has REALLY turned away from teach real history. Rather than teaching how historic events shaped & affected people both locally & abroad...they simply “teach” a list of facts, map points & dates to be briefly memorized, regurgitated for a test & then quickly forgotten.😕😞 Which COMPLETELY DEFEATS the TRUE PURPOSE of history! Which is to teach the next generation both the mistakes to avoid and the triumphs & innovations which could be looked at as inspirations for the troubles/issues of the future. As well as just to better grasp how cultures & civilizations have evolved into what we know today. And most importantly IMO to grasp that there were individual people, including children, just like us who struggled, thrived...LIVED through all these famous historic events & times! We have lost much of our conscious connection with our past which has made us & our society what we/it is today...and we are in increasing danger of losing it nearly entirely. At least here in the US.😕😞 - Another major issue here in the US which has been ongoing for at least 3-4 decades is the failure to teach the history of lands, cultures & civilizations OUTSIDE of the US. Or even the sides of historic events like WWII beyond our part. For example, I’m 37 and in school we were only taught our side of the war with the only real mention of allied forces being their military actions..but ONLY those actions which occurred ALONG SIDE our own actions. If you were to question many Americans they MIGHT know the start/end years for WWII but most likely they will know the start/end dates of when the US entered the war & its end. In many of our school history books it’s as if the war didn’t exist until we became a part of it. The TRUE start date for the war & who was involved might get one paragraph at the start of the chapter on the war. But from that point on it would only cover what happened once we actively entered the war. Even in many so called “world history” textbooks here. 😕😒🤦🏻‍♀️ Which makes it seem as though Hitler’s war was primarily with the US & that we alone won the war. Which VERY FAR FROM THE TRUTH!! Such textbooks also only highlight the sacrifices & hardships we faced here in the US which were FAR LESS than those faced by all the European countries!! And besides our extreme coastal areas & Hawaii the vast majority of American citizens never had to face the fear that the planes flying overhead carried bombs &/or enemy troops. Which is something citizens all across Europe faced daily for more than half a decade!😕And while we did face rationing it never really got to the dangerous tipping point it did in Britain...much less places which suffered even worse. - Our (US) failure to teach proper, complete & non bias history for decades now is what has..in large part...led to us appearing incredibly ignorant to the rest of the world. Which unfortunately the majority of Americans ARE ignorant of the histories & cultures of places beyond our borders.😕 And now thanks to our education system being geared solely towards national test scores in recent years(mid 1990’s onward) which focus primarily on math & language & have progressively narrowed in focus...students are basically only “taught” key points to briefly memorize & regurgitate on tests in not only history but also science, literature, etc. 😕 The thought being that there will be time for all of that in college. However more & more students aren’t continuing to college & even if they do...many treat the required classes in history the same way they did in grammar & high school..”memorize & forget”.😕 But for those who DONT continue on to college or who pursued a technical course of study which didn’t require many courses in science or history...for the most part end up very ignorant not just of history (esp outside the US) but also of basic science. Most importantly the science of anatomy & physiology or how the body is both structured & works. Especially how it is effected by injury/illness, how it fights illness & how to protect it from illness. As a paramedic & nurse I’ve seen first hand the incredible depth of ignorance on this subject & it’s honestly beyond belief!😕😒 And as a duel major in psychology & history as well I can attest to people incredible ignorance in both those topics as well. And maybe that typical of all developed countries. I hope not though! But that’s the reason shows like this are so important. Honestly this dearies teaches more history than many actual school history classes on the topic! And that’s true of all their series!! I wish I could spend just a month living the same way people did in the past. That would be amazing! I think the Victorian age would be the most interesting out of the time periods they have done so far!!

[@Teraperf]

I can’t believe I have to say this, but this is made by the BBC and is broadcast on BBC 2 channel...

[@Teraperf]

Literally all of their series (Tudor Farm, Wartime Farm, Victorian Farm, all of them) are made by the BBC for BBC 2... smh.

[@0623kaboom]

btw it was originally aired on BBC ... it came with the edwardian farm, tudor farm, the pharmacy series . and this series .. followed by the castle .... before all of them ruth peter and alex did the green valley series also on BBC

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

@@roguewolf7053 Seems the US also failed to teach you to get to the freaking point, and the importance of retaining your audience. Who the fuck is going to read that bloody damn dense BRICK of a paragraph?

[@ShannaCarlson525]

I would love to talk about chickens with Alex. He's so passionate about them and I really want to start my own backyard flock. Does anyone have any good resources for this? Advice? I've never owned chickens before.

[@NonToxicHome]

Backyard chickens is an excellent online forum. www.backyardchickens.com/ Be sure your coop has adequate ventilation and never use insulation, otherwise it will go moldy and your ladies will get sick! Also go as big as you possibly can- coop and fencing. Make sure your coop is Fort Chickie as predators will try to get in at night.

[@ShannaCarlson525]

@@NonToxicHome Thanks!!

[@ShannaCarlson525]

@@NonToxicHome Any breed in particular you'd recommend? I've heard orpingtons and rhode island reds are good birds for beginners.

[@danarennick7003]

@@ShannaCarlson525 I've raised probably over 20 breeds of chickens in my lifetime and the orpington is by far my favorite. We used to have a roo that was as sweet as a could be and would obey commands/follow you around everywhere you went. They're also very hardy chickens. I'm also partial to the barred rock, but orpingtons have taken their place in my heart. Good luck on your adventure!

[@veramae4098]

"Gold Shaw Farm" YT channel!

[@sbenton62]

V-E Day. My parents were 9 and 14 then. Tearing up a little. Great series, thank you for posting it.

[@MelissaRae1975]

Please forgive my ignorance what did the E in V-E day stand for

[@sbenton62]

@@MelissaRae1975 Europe. Victory over Europe. V-J was victory over Japan.

[@MelissaRae1975]

@@sbenton62 thank u

[@sbenton62]

@@MelissaRae1975 you're most welcome

[@PieterBreda]

Far better video quality than usually

[@therealhellkitty5388]

I was at the musee de debarquement at Arromanches on 9/13/2001 and spoke with a woman who was a small girl living in Bristol during Operation Overlord. After we discussed the attack of 9/11, she said that Bristol had been a hive of activity then one morning she woke up and everyone was gone. She said it was eerie how quiet the town was now that the Yanks had left. If you’ve never been there, all over Normandy there are signs that say “thank you to our liberators” over the US, Canadian and Australian flags. It’s very moving to see the American cemetery there overlooking the sea at Colleville-Sur-Mer, you get an idea of the absolutely monumental effort and loss involved in liberating Europe. To see Fascism on the march today is terrifying.

[@beth8775]

I was there in 2004. We visited Omaha Beach too. Seeing the monuments and cemeteries was very moving. Having family members now who support the latest brand of fascism is - well I don't have a word for how disgusted I am.

[@PieterBreda]

The narrator is even harder to hear

[@janetclements1394]

I thought exactly that. I can't hear him over the french horns.

[@andrewwebb6674]

Turn your volume up jk

[@Aleph-Noll]

seems like its on purpose now lol

[@da1stamericus]

Here's the same episode.. Without the horrible music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaildWydh79_iqc

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Please. These are such wonderful videos that I've watched them 3x now. Please fix the sound like you promised to do months ago.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

@Celto Loco OMM. I think you contradicted yourself, if it was set in stone. I doubt BBC would've presented it this way.

[@willieclark2256]

1:35 is such an important point. You can't row crop without restoring fertility with animals!

[@ancapftw9113]

Technically you can make entirely plant based compost, but it's slow. Animal waste is a much faster way to make enough fertilizer.

[@Haakonisak]

Whyyy haven't you corrected the music way to loud to hear the narrator issue?

[@mikkelnpetersen]

I CAN'T READ YOUR COMMENT, THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD.

[@Haakonisak]

@@riseandshinejp I am using a 7.1 homecinema receiver

[@Haakonisak]

but I love the series, this is my only complaint

[@wich1]

Because they are not the ones doing the audio mixing. They license these programs from a production company that originally made them for the BBC. From what I’ve understood from other commenters they are looking into getting the issue resolved at the production company and/or obtaining the masters so that they can do their own audio mixing, but that takes time it seems. Hopefully the problem will be resolved at some point in the future and we’ll see reuploads with fixed audio.

[@roguewolf7053]

Yea. They have the balance off. However I’ve heard MANY KZbinrs complain that this happens frequently when they upload their videos. Something happens to the audio when they upload it to change the balance between voice & music/sound effects making that latter much louder. They often have to readjust the sound & reupload. 😕🤷🏻‍♀️ So I doubt it sounded this way to them before they uploaded it. Still can be frustrating at time to hear the narrator.

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

When they talk about WWII threshers not just cutting the grain, but also harvesting it to be dried, well, in New Zealand in the 1970s, and who knows today, it was just cut and left to dry in the paddocks (fields). An anxious time due to the possibility of rain). But no extra machinery involved - which, in the mountains of Mew Zealand, was not available. Weird how behind the times we were.

[@datcolsol]

I once saw a training film made in 1950. I think it was produced by Whitbread Brewery for its "tied houses." The film showed publicans stuff about running a pub, like how to pour a pint, cellar kegs, and so on. The last topic covered concerned the end of the night when it's time to go to the cellar and empty the bucket that caught the runoff from the beer taps. The film stressed that a clean cloth should be used to filter the beer when emptying the bucket back into the keg. Pouring waist beer back into the keg is a triable idea. It has the potential for introducing off-flavors and even biological contamination in the beer. I asked a friend from London, also in the beer business, if he had ever heard of the practice. He said, "No, but in 1950, England was broke. People and businesses couldn't afford to waist anything. Pouring waist beer back into a keg is disgusting and it would never be done today, but in the early 50s I wouldn't be surprised if it was done."

[@annettewalter2273]

Brilliant series with the perfect presenters.

[@witchofstonycreek4550]

This team is brilliant!

[@rexwickland2404]

Good show, team!

[@NorwayT]

I would really like to keep Henry! What a marvellous dog!

[@NorwayT]

@Celto Loco Wow! I didn't realize this series was that old! Yes, you're right, Celto Loco. If the series is 12 years old, Henry probably is with God. It's hard to tell how old he is. My last one, Rico, was almost 15 when he ran ahead to show me the way to Heaven! Thanks for the reply, my friend.

[@ctyankee3001]

Love the series, and all the other series that feature Ruth, Peter and Alex. Is it just me, or does anybody else have a problem with the narrator's volume being about 1/2 what it needs to be? I hear the actors' voices fine, but I need to turn on Closed Captions to know what the narrator is saying.

[@hannahhaugen9010]

Music was better in the last couple and suddenly has gotten worse again. Love this series and wish I didn't have to strain to hear the narrator...Hope you can reupload these once the audio issues are fixed!

[@pamelaleannefreeland9025]

Absolutely love this series, and the three main participants in it. Hope they do more in the future! 💜💜💜

[@KatRollo]

The mother of 2 who didn't know her husband had been KIA since 1943 and only been told about it in a letter in 1946 is gut-wrenching.

[@michaeltillman1147]

I'm enjoying these trips into history very much. The only "constructive" criticism I have is to ask someone to do something about volume control. The voice over would have been interesting I'm sure, but I couldn't hear a lot of it. Otherwise I've thoroughly enjoyed binge-watching during this covid-19 situation. 😎

[@daniel3188]

I hope whoever did the music learned about mixing audio at some point.

[@michellesullivan8859]

It’s just entertaining I love them all three of them.

[@JesFanson]

I’ve watched the whole series and have to say, as an American it’s a wee bit interesting to realize how many of our grandfathers and great grandfathers and great-great grandfathers are reduced to annoying farmers in Britain.

[@realhistory8746]

Love this stuff!!!

[@mikeamico6763]

So happy to see Henry win the doggie show

[@charlesmoore766]

Three cheers for Ruth, Peter and Alex

[@quilliejones4314]

I can't stop watching this series. Fantastic!

[@kathygoodman6159]

It was wonderful seeing our friends back on the farm. This was such a great series except for the fact that you couldn't hear the narrator. It's a real crime that they didn't catch that and fix it. The narrator's voice was so much quieter than the rest of the program yet the music was louder and drowned out his voice.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Sandwich with sardines & cabbage - filling doesn't sound half bad.

[@roguewolf7053]

I’m thinking of trying it with tuna for lunch!🤔🤔

[@ritageorge8748]

I had thought the cabbage was the 'pilchard' - but totally wrong&I need remember that-I like sardines

[@quest4knowledge768]

Love this series

[@mariahanastasi6575]

The dog was the star!

[@havana56]

I am addicted to these series. Really, really off the wall question, but who is Ruth's husband ok the farm, I think it's Peter, lol

[@kingjames4886]

"what should we use to harvest this wheat on this series about WW2 farming?" "hmm... oh! maybe one of those "new" machines!"

[@deannastevens1217]

I hate it when these miniseries end. I enjoy all of the growing knowledge and knowhow that comes with them all. I love the team's determination to do it exactly and be the best they can be. And you fall in love with the people portrayed in the era and want the best for them. Thank You for such a great journey!

[@tucsonorganist]

As is usual, the background music is of such a volume, it often makes what is being said, incomprehensible. I made it three minutes in and killed it.

[@stormlord2178]

@AbsoluteHistory Please remix the sound and reupload the videos. I recommended this series to several friends of mine whom are teachers and they can't show it to their students because the sound mix is off and constantly interferes with other classes. Otherwise, I have loved your entire farming through the age's series!

[@markbolton4142]

America sent 16.5 million tons of food and grain to Europe and Japan after the war and not to mention millions of dollars in loans to Britian, France and other countries.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

It would be nice if this playlist was actually chronological.

[@zoetevka4653]

I hope this wud never end!! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@DeclanBurger]

Such a great series! thanks again for sharing, on to the Tudor Monestary farm season !

[@fandangofandango2022]

A Real Insight.

[@OstblockLatina]

31:50 - actually there were two atomic bombs dropped on Japan, on two different days. The fanatical militant zeal of the Japanese and their deeply rooted disdain for even the faintest thought of surrender was very likely to have the war drag for many more years and took lives of thousands if not millions of lives around the far-eastern war theater. Hence the first dropping of the bomb. This, with all of its horrid consequences for the Japanese civilians affected or killed by the bombing was still not sufficient reason for the Japanese emperor to capitulate, which was still a part of another deeply rooted attitude in the feudal, imperial system of the kingdom, and which was absolute lack of recognition of the human rights and zero respect for a human life, even of their own citizens. Therefore it took a second bomb to finally convince the emperor and he eventually surrendered.

[@noahway13]

I'm American. I don't know why so many of us have a fascination with Britain.

[@noahway13]

@Celto Loco I guess you are correct. And I think the extended family will stick together in a crisis.

[@jeanross7430]

I love this series, but in this episode the music drowns the voiceover and other sound.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

.Thank you.

[@danniellaboling3890]

Great info if I could hear it. The audio is all over the place on this one :(

[@ssokolow]

"The atomic bomb. Japan soon surrendered." I wish they'd stop spreading this myth (which the Japanese higher-ups encouraged) that it was the bombs that made them surrender. What actually happened (as we learned years later) was that Japan had been holding out for a better negotiating position and, when Russia surged into Manchuko just a couple of days before the bombs, they no longer had leverage and decided that it was better to surrender to the Americans, who would probably let them keep their emperor, than to the people who'd already killed *their* tsar. See, for example, Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States from 2012.

[@laurielyddy4890]

I can't even begin to imagine how much joy and pain there was an ending a year of living somewhere and leaving all these people you saw on a very regular basis

[@laguanlee]

Great series. The narrator was drown out by the loud music though.

[@rays8122]

Does Absolute History know how loud the background music is????

[@whiteonggoy7009]

I had a te20 ferguson on a side muck spreader and near harvest the governor sent me out with a pair of binoculars to search out and pull wild oats and thistle...maybe sprays not available. .

[@DH-.]

I read a lot of compliments about the audio. But I have no issues perhaps it's the individuals device issues

[@marywilde7378]

We should always be ready

[@marywilde7378]

I found a postcard from my aunt who served in the Red Cross in France after WWII The postcard said " Many hungry people. ".

[@kathyparker6199]

I really enjoyed the first 7 episodes. This one is really hard to hear. Someone decided the music should drowned out the talking. What a shame.

[@lindsaydickson47]

Truly the greatest generation

[@markbolton4142]

the best thing that Winston Churchill did was get the Americans to get into the war, because without them Britian would have lost.

[@FoxWolfWorld]

America had no business in the European war. We should have never gotten involved

[@emmarivron-mceachan5552]

ditto everyone else - I love Absolute History but your music is WAY TOO LOUD. It's distracting, and off-putting, which is a shame because the content is wonderful.

[@snazzypazzy]

Does anyone know what the piece of music is around the 27 minute mark? Thanks!

[@gregorymalchuk272]

I love this series but I'm FURIOUS that you won't fix your audio problem of the music playing loudly even while people are speaking.

[@fionafiona1146]

It's uploading decade old BBC content, there are no seperate sound tracks and after production fixes might be worse.

[@veramae4098]

@@fionafiona1146 They are fixing it and reuploading, but its going slowly.

[@_.Michael.Cordova._]

32:38 it's Ruth 😱