"COWARD"

[@bendobbing9239]

These are the type of directors that deserve to be budgeted millions

[@malseang5130]

Ben Dobbing why they are not American if you know what I mean even though half of Hollywood actors are from UK or eu

[@machscga6238]

Ben Dobbing Micheal Bay

[@bobproductions1525]

Ben Dobbing Agreed

[@pauld1277]

If he had a big budget for this movie,main characters would be afro-american transgender lesbian and non-binary person indentifying as a brick

[@daniblabla709]

Paul D You're really taking "adding diversity to media" to the extreme. And if they played their diversity well and still had personalities past "I'm lesbian" they'd be fine.

[@grahamhusk183]

every now and then you find a little treasure in utube....... this is one of them.

[@clickbaitjr2624]

Graham Husk KZbin

[@ryovanderpool2216]

Bineto Mussolini utube

[@PlayBoiMur]

KZbin*

[@sardinejellybean2992]

shut tha fuk up u gramer natzi’s yalls r cancer

[@andicampbell3670]

Your pipes

[@richardhalfacre16]

my opinion...WW1 was by far the worst time period to be a soldier

[@Jlnchp]

U can't say that... All the wars are horrible, look at Stalingrad only, or Iwo Jima

[@TheDistractingGamer]

In WW2 you died a hero, no matter which side you were on. WW1 was by far the worst time to be a soldier.

[@J_Caban]

please god anything but that Vietnam was worse you came home to a country who hated you

[@Jlnchp]

Lol realy? Vietnam? It was worse for Vetnamiens, not US soldiers

[@thenewfrontier4658]

Mister AmaZing I'm Vietnamese but I don't live in Vietnam I was born in California and yeah

[@ChrisRedfieldsbloodline]

"My bad, dude." -British Government, 2006

[@nahidhasan-vy2zz]

What is the movie name?

[@fortisfogggg7032]

@@nahidhasan-vy2zz u dum?

[@TravelWithBradley]

So you'd have rather done nothing in 2006?

[@GrizzlyTank]

@@TravelWithBradley It's too little, too late An apology nearly a century later is pretty meaningless. At that point both victim and perpetrator have been long gone. It's like someone who never committed a crime apologizing to someone who was never a victim of a crime.

[@TravelWithBradley]

@@GrizzlyTank I disagree, but yeh, if true no reason to moan.

[@ancalites]

Damn, this looks better than most big-budget war movies.

[@SK-tr1wo]

ancalites warhorse

[@Zipotricks]

Well, it IS shorter than the average movie.

[@vneem3758]

ancalites no it fucking isn't these are some of the best . unbroken . saving private Ryan . hacksaw ridge and that's just of the top of my head the top 3 best ww2 films

[@MementoMori1775]

JeXX He said most you idiot

[@theXEN0KID]

JeXX you're an idiot, good sir

[@user-tr2sz3lq9l]

I wanted to learn more about World War One and instead I got super depressed

[@mbeighties8058]

+Maxwell Gaines So if it was just about WW1 and 12 million dead you would have been HAPPIER? Only kidding, WW1 is also my interest. There are good documentaries here and even better lectures. Good Luck learning its a Great subject.

[@user-tr2sz3lq9l]

+MB Eighties Agreed and thank you.

[@vaultboy3440]

+VaultBoy it's*

[@user-tr2sz3lq9l]

+VaultBoy Thank you so much for telling me that. I've been really interested in WWI lately and I've been trying to find videos. Also, I needed information for a history project on WWI. I appreciate it!!

[@mattsbc4321]

+Willy bob Another good one is verdun

[@RichardDrippins]

Isn't it sweet that the 306 soldiers executed for desertion were pardoned 88 years later? Happy ending.

[@StellarYankee]

That's England for ye

[@mrbazooka6635]

Rest in pieces

[@mrbazooka6635]

Shhh they wont understand

[@criticalcontraption874]

toocoolforu chill out😂

[@toocoolforu]

It's not a conspiracy, just inform yourself. I don't blame you though, it took me a long time to get red pilled.

[@kalmaranimations6274]

The fact that cinematography, lighting, sets and pacing is better than like 90% of movies released now is astonishing

[@containsthestrange3902]

How do people like you write comments like this and claim to be serious? You're a complete joke.

[@adamwilliams434]

My great grandfather was a British Major in the western front in the frontlines of the somme 4 years of Frontline Combat , He was shot and gassed and still Gave his Regiment Motivation his diary said this ''All my years I fought and bleed to see young men die of blind orders from Madmen who call themselves an Officer and a gentleman" Major James A, Williams ,Kings Royal Regiment 2nd Battalion

[@coopergreen7961]

Im sorry for you

[@rehuciici5166]

Adam Williams ist das isch guet and in

[@adamwilliams434]

Almost Every Officer In WW1 we're all Rich High Class men They rarely fought with there Regiments ''Any officer Who doesn't lead there soldiers in to battle are just sending them out to die''

[@DEFBONEZZ]

That's pretty cool, man. Although I have no family members who served in WW1, I do have my grandpa who commanded the landing craft flotilla in the Bay of Pigs invasion, and continued his naval career all the way through Vietnam. His Navy career ended in 1977 so he joined the CIA. The guy even had dinner with Noriega.

[@adamwilliams434]

John Wayne that's interesting

[@sacrificialnecrosis8435]

Finally, I can watch this without my classmates laughing at the accents and captions the whole time.

[@KoalaTContent]

When I was in school and we rarely got to watch something interested, the other classmates seemed to often complain or be a bother

[@haroldshepherd3613]

In England we laugh at American accents

[@sacrificialnecrosis8435]

@@haroldshepherd3613 I don't blame ya

[@inquisitorkrieger8171]

@@haroldshepherd3613 Noooo you don't. 😒

[@haroldshepherd3613]

Inquisitor Krieger atleast in my school

[@meatusbeatus5548]

A century ago today, the world rejoiced. A century ago today, the world stopped bleeding. A century ago today, the world mourned. A century ago today, fathers, brothers and sons would not return to their families. A century ago today, they laid in the fields, the farms and the country sides. A century ago today, 17 million would be slain for this resolution. Today we remember them, the brave and courageous who so selflessly gave themselves up. Lest we forget.

[@actuallybrandon978]

MeatusBeatus I can’t take you serious because of your name and profile pic I’m sorry 😂😂😂

[@actuallybrandon978]

But yet I like what you have said

[@meatusbeatus5548]

Lil Yeet yeet shhhhhh

[@FaceFeeder]

What gain did they so selflessly give themselves up for?

[@meatusbeatus5548]

Rasmus Hjelm an inch of blood soaked dirt.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Imagine having a horrendous nightmare and to only be woke up inside a trench, knee deep in mud somewhere in France. Ending was very moving.

[@tsti1es]

that's not as bad as having a horrendous nightmare and waking up in a french trench.

[@ilikecheese4518]

ugh i cant imagine, i feel bad for the people who have to wake up in france every day its truly horrifying

[@TruRequiem]

Waking up from one nightmare to another seems just like God playing a cruel trick on you

[@thomasisok]

This was not in France. It was in Belgium.

[@ExtantPerson]

@@ilikecheese4518 As a French person, it is truly horrible

[@TheLoopProductions]

My great grandfather, Austin Grimes, fought for the United States in WWI. He was stationed in France, only nineteen years old. He suffered from exposure to mustard gas, which left him with open sores and scars until he died in his 50's. He also saved an airman during WWI by pulling him from a burning plane. He returned home after the war to become an attorney and mayor of Little Falls, Minnesota, where he was born. He was also good friends with famous pilot Charles Lindbergh, also from Little Falls. My family still has my great-grandfather's diary, chronicling his experiences in the war. I hope that it will someday be published. Thank you for reading this- I've always found his life story to be an amazing one and I'm glad that I could share it with you.

[@MarioConsi68]

The Loop Productions Nice story, bro! ;P My great grandfather fought in WW2 as an italian Africa corps, and he (fortunatelly) died of old age... :'(

[@sartainja]

Great story. Thanks for sharing it. I hope future generations of your family will remember and carry on the story.

[@MarioConsi68]

yup!

[@saturdaysunday5289]

The Loop Productions If you got that published i'd read it.

[@papaxota4725]

The Loop Productions My grandfather fought for the Germans on 1944 and died . Did he was an hero ?

[@brockethockey3555]

I’m learning about WWI in school. My teacher was telling my class about this film. Then I found it and after watching it, I was blown away. I now know how harsh, difficult, and scary it was. I can’t imagine how scary it was. I’m so glad I found this. Incredible film, great job. Thank you veterans, thank you.

[@theblazingpegasus9151]

studied history most of my life and out of every conflict since the middle ages ive read aboiut ww1 is def the absolute worst in every way and it just got worse and worse as more tech showed up on the battlefields that noone knew how to properly impliment into combat doctrines cause they were so knew like tanks

[@extendocats8533]

@@theblazingpegasus9151 yeeaahhhh nah. WW1 was bad but it wasn't the worst. It wasn't the worst in death toll, percent of troops that died or atrocities. It was definitely among the worst but not the worst.

[@theblazingpegasus9151]

@@extendocats8533 i think its the worst in experiences tho im talking about what the average soldier went through each day the awful and sometime meaningless ways you could die. hell one wrong slip and u may fall in the mud and fucking drown literally dying for no reason but a simple mistake that why i think it was the worst obviously in terms of those things

[@furrybeater9138]

@Ferret Master24 I totally agree

[@kebabkebab6312]

Brocket Hockey same

[@syteanric]

"I felt the same then as I feel now, that the leaders in the offices should have been the ones given the guns and made to fight it out themselves rather than organising mass murder" Harry Patch - the last ever British WW1 soldier

[@PinoliCanoli]

It sounds like a line from a System Of A Down song: “Why don’t presidents fight the war, why do they always send the poor?”

[@haydensmith8558]

​@@PinoliCanoli politicians hide themselves away, they only started the war. Why should they go out to fight? They leave that all to the poor.

[@samomileos]

"we fought against europeans and conquered the whole world, just to lose our country 100 years later" a british today in london

[@Duarki]

@@samomileos so well said. Won a few wars and battles. Lost the fight for having your own country. So ridiculous

[@graciesmom62]

My Grandfather was a wagoner in the Army during WW1...81st 319th infantry, known as the Blue Mountain soldiers as they were all from PA, OH, and WVa in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He came back a violent alcoholic, who tortured my grandmother, my father and his siblings physically and mentally. After watching a few documentaries, I saw what he went through with “shell shock”..no wonder he drank. No one in my family has put this together; they prefer to make him a villain and a drunk instead of acknowledging what was really going on with him. This has changed how I feel about a man I barely knew..he was born in 1889, and I was born in 1962. I only had him in my life for 6 years, and I don’t remember a lot about him, but I remember that he kept his bayonet under his bed, and there was a picture of him in his doughboy uniform.

[@shellc6743]

US troops were there for mere months ...

[@theangrycanuck8331]

@@shellc6743 that doesn't change what they went through

[@thewatcheronthewall8532]

@@theangrycanuck8331 well said, the fact US troops were only there at the end does not mean they didn’t suffer the horror of war.

[@33Dakes]

@@shellc6743 yes and they still experienced the hell of war

[@fortis6258]

"Over There "by George M. Cohen was the song those "doughboys" sang to fight in lands they had no stake in. People were different back then, there was certain stations in society/ culture. Even today effects of WW1 changed the landscape of France and Germany. Different times and people back then..look up Victorian Age society. Titanic only sank two years prior to start of the Great War. WW1 was basically a bunch of Empires slugging it out. Patton actually yelled at a soilder he found to be "slacking," that had shell shock, trauma on the Italian or North African front. Even as we speak, Ukrainian and Russian soliders are duking it out from.leftover sh*t and using WW2 era weapons too..

[@alexdemoya2119]

"Living it up in some farm house!" Silly soldier, living is above your rank.

[@shaundavenport9855]

Alex de Moya The upper classes of Britain lost an entire generation of young men.Most were officers and were always the first to go over the top,leading their men.

[@MaximKretsch]

Shaun Davenport All classes in all involved societies lost a generation of young men.

[@shaundavenport9855]

Maxim Kretsch what on Earth could you know about military history,you're about 7yrs old!!Stick to face painting. P.s I am only joking.Warped sense of humour.:-)

[@vanlendl1]

@@shaundavenport9855 The british upper class made this war.

[@shaundavenport9855]

@@vanlendl1 Now that is true!

[@MinersLoveGames]

This is cinema-quality right here. Simply outstanding.

[@jakesmith5737]

ginger's are destroying this country

[@wlpxx7]

*guy gets shot and dies* *moves leg off of chair*

[@andrewj7585]

wlpxx7 He was still alive though, that's why the officer shot him with the pistol.

[@timverheijen2622]

Dead bodies often move due to muscles still relaxing and it's perfectly plausible the leg was slowly moving off the chair and then dropped down

[@wlpxx7]

you can clearly see him lift up his leg and put it down slowly

[@guy0544]

"The war to end all wars." -"It ended nothing."

[@PutesValdovas]

Totally not a Bf1 line

[@tip397]

And we learned nothing either.

[@PutesValdovas]

@@tip397 we did create tanks and improved war tactics.

[@smurf_mammma2401]

Learned it from battlefield

[@ferox9217]

best battlefield game no doubt about it

[@johnwilletts3984]

There is another very surprising aspect to WW1. In 1914 my grandfather joined the 5th Battalion York and Lancs Regiment in Rotherham Yorkshire. The Battalion was Territorial, so part time/ weekend soldiers. Until 1915 when they were sent to France. They were demobbed in 1919 and the survivors returned to marry and start families. Then in the 1920s something amazing happened - they rejoined the Battalion. You would think that they would have had enough of soldiering, but this was their hobby! Our local museum in Rotherham has a collection of photographs of them out on exercise in the nearby Peak District, all with big smiles and enjoying themselves. When WW2 started many went back to France as senior NCOs to do it all again. But by this time Grandad James Duke had lost his sight. He had been awarded the Military Medal for saving life during a gas attack and this may have contributed to his later blindness. So his contribution to WW2 was in using his blind skills to help people find their way during the blackout and blitz in the nearby city of Sheffield. I remember a jolly kind man full of jokes.

[@sunnyztmoney]

Sounds like bullshit. Omg we need to get the civilians out of this warzone oh i know lets use the guy who will trip over a fucking doorjam to lead them out of the city

[@flabby2142]

@@Hotzi359 huh

[@Real-Ruby-Red]

I'm from Rotherham. You grandad sounds like a honorable man.

[@homiehomerson2705]

Great fake story

[@vinny142]

" You would think that they would have had enough of soldiering, but this was their hobby! " I would call it therapy. They probably suffered horrible nightmares ever since they returned. " I remember a jolly kind man full of jokes." You cannot begin to imagine how good that man was at hiding his grief, pretending to be happy and jolly and every time he closed his eyes he'd see his buddies get blown apart by enemy fire, over and over.

[@judahcallahan]

This video deserves sooo many awards. Best acting, best effects, best filming, best directing, best story. This is honestly the best short film on WWI I've ever seen, and it may not seem like much, but all i can offer are these complements. Seriously amazing work!!

[@charlesgreen7140]

I agree

[@Nicholas-pl2dv]

Judah Callahan I agree

[@chandler5624]

Your absolutely right!

[@AbyssClan]

Yep

[@overlord2451]

for half the time he's out of the trench, he's is just sitting there though. In reality, if he even popped out into the open for more then 5 seconds, a German sniper would of shot him.

[@SoulDevil92]

"In 2006, eighty-eight years after the First World War Armistice, the British Government agreed to pardon all 306 soldiers executed for these battlefield offences." I can still hear those soldiers in their graves: "Fuck youuuuuu!!!!"

[@Moofenic]

SoulDevil92 Yep

[@creepercraftgaming8334]

SoulDevil92 😐😐😐😐 the last part wasn't funny

[@creepercraftgaming8334]

can we just get over it.

[@Hurtfulthrone4]

creeper craft gaming 200 people disagree with you

[@creepercraftgaming8334]

Right this is bloody youtube. What do YOU expect. of course there aren't gonna be some people with no bloody humour. So grow up and get over it !!

[@haroldshepherd3613]

Imagine being the first one going up the ladder, just standing there for a couple minutes waiting for the whistle.

[@MrJamieFRESH]

Yeah fuck going first

[@걍심심한애]

Fuck

[@Chickenbobb-g3q]

I love how this is more accurate than most hollywood films nowadays feels nice to watch 10/10

[@GiDD504]

I cannot even begin to imagine what war must have been like in the trenches. I can’t think of a harder position to put a soldier in for any amount of time. Always scared. Always on edge. Always ready to die. God bless the men who served in ww1. True warriors.

[@derruckkehrer7383]

I only honor those fallen for the Central Powers :-) They fought for something much more honorable, and were much more heroic in the face of insurmountable odds, and of course they were the ones to be demonized and ridiculed into oblivion.

[@GiDD504]

Der Rückkehrer found the Nazi.

[@derruckkehrer7383]

@@GiDD504 Hmm. Case in point.

[@GiDD504]

Der Rückkehrer hows that working out for you.

[@jameseverett4976]

I would have sent the suffragettes to the trenches: "here's your equality, ladies".

[@splatproductions99]

"You didn't run away from the enemy, so you're a coward." Logic.

[@noobencesar]

+Popo Sandybanks Was thinking the same thing, how can you be desserting if you kinda stay on the battlefield while the other ''desserts'' hahaha

[@paradox11111111]

+Popo Sandybanks He was a "coward" because he didn't immediately follow orders to get the machine gun.

[@hannibalkills1214]

Surrendering to an enemy is a cowardice act to do.

[@airsoftrecon4864]

the would be standing their ground in the trenches not surrendering

[@noobencesar]

***** Back then shell shock didn't exist

[@gamingismyPORN]

Crazy to think he went through all that just to be quartered and shot by his own people

[@xylonus]

the other went through all that too, but since they fight and managed to kill, while he didnt. and also letting the other soldier died, he got into trouble by being viewed a coward. his friend was not going to be executed because he was literally weak, while he wasnt, only shock, but still. tbh execution didnt worth any of it whatsoever in the past or even now.

[@charleswilliams1062]

That is a good definition for insanity

[@qualitylawncare819]

That's not what "quartered" means.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@charleswilliams1062 The true cowards were the upper class cunts who led WW I, which was started largely due to a personal vendetta and cost millions of people their lives. and permanently damaged millions more.

[@philippebien5429]

Not surprising at all... We see footages of N Korean soldiers upholding the tyranny that goes with that country by shooting anyone willing to to get out.. You can than come to America and see how co-workers interact among each other.. Fighting, ready to tell/snitch and get someone fired over some low to medium drama. The workers that complain about other’s missing work are on par to these men that will shoot their comrades who fought side by side for at least 2-3 battles.

[@TheBenJohnston]

I’m English, but I was very pleasantly surprised to see Irish-born soldiers represented here. It makes a refreshing change and honours their sacrifice. Thank you.

[@Myztek26]

His cousin had to be his executioner. That's... there are no words for how awful that is.

[@smallies7154]

have to keep the micks in line old chap

[@DonCapillo]

+MACK D Yea sure, let's mentaly scar our loved ones for life. Worst fucking idea ever.

[@DonCapillo]

Wtf are you even talking about? If we are talking about war then honor lies in fighting and dying besides your fellow man on the battlefield, not getting executed by loved ones.

[@DonCapillo]

I don't know why you are getting so defensive about this, but you should really try to relax. Still there is no reason for it to be either a loved one nor "a young child". And for your information, I did server for a year in the royal guard.

[@albertcraig8821]

Mack D that's some dirty chest hair

[@marcbotser5110]

I live in Flanders fields, i am grateful every day for their sacrifice. I salute every soldier who gave his live.

[@lckoolg622]

An honourable statement by you Sir

[@questionreality6003]

And they there above, they smile down at you and they thank you for saying that.

[@matthewaleman4401]

Sacrifice for what? You sir have an extremely poor grasp of history if you think any righteous cause started this conflict

[@mrplainview9040]

They died for nothing. Nothing at all looking back.

[@luckysixteen9361]

@@mrplainview9040 dumb thing to say considering the outcome of the war could have been different meaning the world today may be extremely different. They died protecting their homelands dude, that isn't for nothing.

[@lloyd9710]

My great great grandad fought here and unfortunately was killed in action A war where lions were led by donkeys

[@georgevigne8976]

If you think they were donkeys you don’t know enough about it. Seriously research it and you’ll see it was lions leading lions. Maybe at the beginning they weren’t good because no war had ever been fought this way but by they end they were the best they had ever been. Also generals had a higher chance of dying than officers. Please learn history and don’t disrespect all of them. Every single person who fought deserve equal respect it doesn’t matter about rank. Anyway generals frequently went over the top of their own freewill (seems brave to me). They were all lions on all sides and people like you who get told one thing then believe it are a problem. They were some of the bravest men ever, far more than you or I. All of them. Treat them as they deserve. Because I guarantee you couldn’t do it. Lions the lot of them.

[@butterchickenmasala2433]

@@georgevigne8976 I think he meant the kings and politicians by "donkeys" and not generals. And it would be true if he did mean the politicians.

[@georgevigne8976]

Mian _3 ye that would be more true but still none of them knew what to do because it had never happened before, but ye they weren’t the best though some were alright

[@billysinge8977]

My great great uncles fought in the trenches and all were mown down. I’ve still got their medals now. Lions led by donkeys indeed.

[@janemoon8879]

@@georgevigne8976 well said

[@Crusty_Camper]

I was lucky in that my weekend job , aged 15, was in a geriatric ward full of veterans of WW1. Increasing age had made them infirm, mostly from the effects of gas. They included one man who told me he had lied about his age so he could sign up. I asked him, "So did you say you were older than you really were?" "No, Boy ! " was his reply, " I was too old!" They were a very special generation, so kind and friendly to the crass teenager that I was. I was lucky to have known them.

[@retro1937]

Lucky you

[@Yamezzzz]

As someone from Northern Ireland, I couldn't believe I hadn't heard about this, the war can't be understood by people who weren't there to experience it, so all we can do is respect them. Big respect to all British soldiers who fought during the war, and to my great grandfather, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

[@real_Zuramaru]

Alex St meh trying too hard

[@troysmall5482]

JamesTavRule What don't we understand about WW1 that a person who experienced that particular war does? One example? Sure, we are not going to feel the emotional toll it took on soldiers but plenty of people have; and/or understand PTSD.

[@stormywindmill]

JamesTavRule . Is it true what I heard in a pub the other night yer great Grandpa died screaming from Syphilis ?

[@mattytwist6978]

The war to end all wars ended nothing but the lives of innocent people

[@Bruh-bp6nn]

Matty Twist and guilty ones too. AKA the German army.

[@RedStarRogue]

If the actor playing the lead character looks familiar to you, it's because he played a marine in HBO's The Pacific.

[@stevyjobs8436]

Tyson L Thank you, was killing myself trying to figure out who he's is.

[@marki9360]

The pacific was great show/mini series

[@DakotaofRaptors]

I know, on episode 9 rn

[@Zippo4-4]

Burgie i think he’s called. 7th Marines, mortar team

[@andrehiebert2589]

yup. R.V. Bergin

[@fish7598]

I think the one thing about this that stood out to me was the artillery barrage. My understanding is that, typically they would go on for hours, days, or even weeks at a time. While the one that takes place is shocking and terrifying, what I find even more disturbing is that the shelling would then continue with no break for what must have felt like years. There wasn't a sudden shock and then silence and a chance to gather yourself, it was just endless noise and fear and death. No respite....

[@bushwhackerinc.4668]

Right, you’re only respite during a shelling is knowing it’ll be over soon. But when it lasts for days….

[@EricCole69]

Yeah a million in one day at one point

[@Mrtotot]

Eugene Sledge in his memoir from the Pacific theater of war talks about artillery a multitude of times. He states that after each shelling no matter how brief, he felt "limp, exhausted and wrung out".

[@ashleyhendy2788]

I remember watching this video years ago in high school, I am shocked and glade that this has almost 10m views and people use this as reference when discussing such topics. good job you nailed it like the romans.

[@yeoldeyoungin9745]

As a combat vet with a serious head injury from a VBIED that medically retired me, this ripped my heart out.

[@jeremymcandrew8068]

Was in the USMC for four years. Never saw combat thankfully. I do not know what it's like to suffer from an injury like that. WW1 must have been a terrible time to be a soldier. Get shot by the enemy by machine gun fire, or get shot by your own friends...

[@sunnyztmoney]

Being a soldier nowadays is just getting your bell rung one time with no internal injuries then you get to scam taxpayers for the rest of your life, good job

[@floridasoldat]

Hope you’re doing well, man. And thanks for your service

[@jobuswayne9354]

Wher and when did this attack happen

[@stupidpeoplecallmesmart4603]

If you pause the video in the opening credits, your mouse will fit perfectly into the bottom of the K's in the text.

[@1MeowMix]

that there is something only a stoner would see and I should know because I saw it too

[@TheMilw414]

no you didn’t.

[@breezy5878]

0:46

[@alponching002]

Nic(k) Moran 0:46 hahahaha

[@Daerc_]

stupidpeoplecallmesmart I'm on mobile

[@mikeheap7978]

When you see the images of shell shock victims from WWI that gives you an inkling of what the horrors of that war were. A disgtaceful war with no winners only loosers, the reparations from the Versai treaty led directly to WWII so add those deaths to the 50million in WWI to get the full cost.

[@skinnykarlos710]

They didn't call it "shell shock" until WWII. In the great war, it was LMF or lack of moral fibre. Get that, eh, Lack of Moral Fibre for not functioning like an automaton.

[@skinnykarlos710]

They didn't call it "shell shock" until WWII. In the great war, it was LMF or lack of moral fibre. Get that, eh, Lack of Moral Fibre for not functioning like an automaton.

[@veronicadaugherty3760]

“Shell shock” was used in ww1

[@skinnykarlos710]

@@veronicadaugherty3760 Sorry, Ronnie. It wasn't. It was LMF or AHD.

[@teegs2188]

@@skinnykarlos710 The term itself first appeared in the medical journal The Lancet in Feb. 1915, some six months after the “Great War” began. Capt. Charles Myers of the Royal Army Medical Corps documented soldiers who experienced a range of severe symptoms-including anxiety, nightmares, tremor, and impaired sight and hearing-after being exposed to exploding shells on the battlefield. It appeared that the symptoms resulted from a kind of severe concussion to the nervous system (hence the name). At the time the field of psychology regarding shell shock was still in its infancy , so depending on which medical journal used from that time it had various names "shell shock" , "war neurosis" , "combat stress" - quite a few variations at the time actually. It was actually the officers that coined the term "LMF" on the battlefield , in order to instill brutal disciplinary tactics , as displayed in this short film. not doctors. Hope this helped.

[@davidroddham6114]

thank you so much for continuous support of our film. I really appreciate this. D

[@StephenMurphyDOP]

"Coward" the WW1 film I shot is now online in full, in1080p, on KZbin "COWARD"

[@LutzDerLurch]

What the Film lacks in Length, it makes good in Quality. Well done, and thank you very much for sharing it.

[@austinprouse3350]

A damn good movie, props to making a masterpiece.

[@Gtm478]

That was incredibly well made. Looks like it has a ton of views too, so people are taking notice. I don't know that I've ever seen such a high ratio of likes to dislikes (well over 30:1).

[@adamlebuffe7542]

fantastic short clip

[@mustoxxdd6851]

Gtm013000

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Only 88 years to pardon men for suffering from battle fatigue/shell shock. Far Too Little Far Too Late. It should have been done 88 years ago *not* 88 years later.

[@shotsfired4814]

@Kyle Whitehead odd, they must of had no clue that humans didn't like getting shot at or stabbed or blown up. Weird. I'm surprised countries didn't have conscripted or drafted soliders.... O wait, they did. It's instinctual for humans to want to be comfortable and avoid danger.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

@Kyle Whitehead Any one who has dealt with someone suffering from shell-shock/battle fatigue can tell that there's something wrong with the person suffering. & yes they did know about the problem they just wouldn't admit that it existed. The self serving asses that made up the military upper echelon (whom were mainly glorified desk jockeys) back then. Didn't want to admit that it existed or was a problem. Because it would have affected support from the civilian population. For the war if they knew what was going on.

[@noahhess4955]

This was the first war the machine gun and artillery shell had been used; nobody knew what to expect as far as damage to those who died or lived

[@Enamelz]

Ofcrse brother..... But my teacher used to say " Rules are made for fools" ...nd those officers proved it......they were cowards not those soldiers...they sacrificed a lot than expected

[@noahhess4955]

Shots Fired there were millions and millions of people getting shot at, stabbed or blown up; they chose to run away. You’re quick to be the voice for those who ran away, but what about all their “friends” they abandoned to die without their help?

[@AbstractDivergent]

My uncle had shell shock. Unfortunately he lived in a small town and committed suicide.

[@buddyollie7400]

BR549 Sorry to hear that bud...I hope he finds peace.

[@sunnigear1886]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[@deadtomorrow789]

BR549 did he die?

[@canaaniteblues371]

славянин He literally said he committed suicide, of course he died.

[@deadtomorrow789]

mycatisafascist thanks

[@richardcurtis2469]

Well I'm damned. The best half an hour of acting. Drama. And emotion .And not to mention special effects I have seen for a long time. A very well done

[@RubioNegroZaravia]

The average WWI video commentator: >Watches a KZbin movie about the Great War while laying in bed with laptop >Is now an expert on war and how horrible it is >Claims to have a better tactical and strategic vision than the generals, junior officers, and men involved in the fighting >Does not actually offer any alternatives >Bravest act ever personally performed: swearing at someone on KZbin

[@AppleBiscuits]

The generals of the time weren't stupid by a long shot. They just didn't keep up with technology. 20/20 foresight is impossible, 20/20 hindsight is easy.

[@nevercomment73]

Sure most would compared to the majority of my fathers countries. Sorry but of the English commanders my great-grandfather fought and died for had equal amount of capability as internet talkers aside from actually being in charge

[@pol1250]

+RubioNegroZaravia Sadly but quite true that most of the people laying in bed while watching KZbin have more tactical and strategic knowledge than these upper class privileged generals and officers had !!!

[@davidworsley7969]

+RubioNegroZaravia Very true-just look at some of the comments below! Usual tripe about stupid generals,averse to new technology etc ad nauseum.

[@Terbyn]

David Worsley Yes, WW1 was a fantastic endeavour and a job well done. They don't call it the ”great” war for nothing now do they? Wouldn't have my 20th century history any other way, nope.

[@JTManuel]

damn! imagine what director david roddham and his team could do with michael bay's budget. incredible. this is what youtube should be used for. this and educational videos. wow! just...wow!

[@Kris-bf6fr]

Yeah that would be all well and good but you have 10-14 yr olds that just want "YEAAH LETS FUCK SHIT UP EXPLOSION EXPLOSION AND MOORRE EXPLOSION SHOOT UP THE PLACE FUCKING COOL GUY WITH SUNGLASSES AND 2 GIRLS N BOTH SIDES CARRYING 4 TOMMY GUNS AND A RPG WALKING DOWN THE ROAD FUCKS SHIT UUUUUPPPP YEAAAAAAH. So yeah, get what I mean?

[@PutesValdovas]

I am 14, but I'm not that dumb.

[@combobulous7044]

b0sch lol

[@rookield8077]

I don't really agree with anything that you said. KZbin is made for content, not mini movies or educational videos only. And what you said about some people being like "Destroy everything yeah!" And like that, It's simply just adrenaline. People play wargames and horror games and movies to have adrenaline, simply that.

[@ryanheznts4540]

Well matey, fuck educational videos, we have this!

[@StephenMurphyDOP]

"COWARD" the WW1 short film from director David Roddham is on youtube!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Nice job Stephen, the photography (not that I know anything about these things) is really effective. I found this short film deeply moving, being a Northern Irishman man particularly so. I remember as a boyscout attending the rememberance day Sunday services at the war memorial in Bangor Co. Down and seeing veterans from both the world wars. Of course they were just old men to me, I was too young to see them as young men, and I really never took on board the brevity of the occasion nor the horrors they must have lived through. The idea of so called 'deserters' being shot is particularly horrific, broken men who gave their all for nothing. A complete and senseless tragedy. Thanks, Anthony.

[@kieranl5249]

+Anthony Monaghan Tiocfaidh ár lá!!!

[@JTManuel]

thank you very much for posting this.

[@tyfighter28dw49]

You are not a coward if you don't want to die

[@tideriser4567]

Stephen Murphy or Steven Spielberg...because this movie is just as incredible as Saving Private Ryan!! 5 stars if I could!!!

[@ray.shoesmith]

Shoutout to the Australian Government who refused to allow Australian soldiers in WW1 be subjected to British capital punishment for 'cowardice'

[@tdoran616]

Many Australians fought in WW1

[@saiahr5463]

yep

[@shindo200]

Never again! Next time we fight as brothers. Best wishes from Germany.

[@Dan-kr9bm]

shindo200 How about not fighting at all?

[@funnyhoodvinecompilations5302]

+Dan Bessermann not possible

[@howyoudo6666]

Dan Bessermann You say, living in a country where people are sacrificing their lives for you to be "comfortable", you say on a system of connections that has transformed war to be even more efficient at killing, you say as you stuff your face with more food then some towns unfortunate enough to not be under the same flag as you, get in a week, you say, as so many god damned people are suffering because none among them are willing to do this "evil" concept called fighting, your an ignorant peace-born who in the end will just keep the cycle going. also its one thing to present a problem and a solution, but you just presented a problem assuming others will fix it for you, disgusting.

[@amoniousbt1110]

how you do 666 you talk of peace as if you hate it? why do you bother fighting for it. warmonger

[@funnyhoodvinecompilations5302]

There is no such thing as peace on earth

[@Bill-rr5el]

I thought this was some meme shit but it was some deep shit

[@bensalter5701]

Lollapool Awesome I thought so too haha

[@fellascallmethedrink]

Lollapool Awesome lol,me too. Judging by the title I did,"COWARD". But this was a pretty splendid WW1 film.

[@damjannatalijamitic855]

Lollapool Awesome I know, right

[@Contouria]

Lollapool Awesome - True true, Also 300th like

[@shootingstartscalmmusicmak1762]

Lollapool Awesome this is not funny

[@Glasswalk]

It left me speechless. The way it looks. How it's accurate. How it is. Perfect. Great Job. Great f*cking job.

[@_phoenix_2869]

Corrupted Ark i know

[@johnarmstrong3782]

Corrupted ARC it's a great film. Unfortunately however it does not portray the completely arbitrary way in which death sentences were confirmed by Haig. Shootings were carried out 'for sake of example' at a regular rate which Haig considered necessary to preserve discipline by fear.

[@simon8126]

Apparently, he also had four young soldiers shot for cowardice, knowing full well that the war would end in a few days time, that is senseless brutality for you.

[@oliverwiggins9821]

Simon Worrall in his mind it was probably principle

[@themaximum9474]

Yeah it is so accurate, reminds me of my time in WW1, you too?

[@MoarCargoNG]

I don't recall a film in recent memory that has portrayed the absolute hell that the men went thru in WWI with such visceral detail. All war is hell, but from what we have learned by survivors and stories regarding WW1, this one was exceptionally brutal. Godspeed to those who fought in this war, and for all the sacrifices they laid down for us to be here today.

[@internetnerd73]

Journey's end is the most realistic and visceral portrayal of WW1 and how it ruined men's minds.

[@ConversationNation]

I think real patriotism isn't just being proud of your country, but being proud of the countries who fought with you, as well as against you. Mutual respect does wonders, and believe it or not, not all the Nazis or even the Japanese were truly bad.

[@datguy197]

+Baron Mike Mangini you seem like a bright individual

[@-_Nuke_-]

Baron Mike Mangini you definately are fucking stupid

[@chalik100]

I agree with you. For example. I'm from Czech Republic. So we were under Astro-Hungary in WW1. Nobody from CZE wanted to fight in that war but they can't choose. So my grand grand father fought in that war in Italy for Astro-Hungary and Germany. He had no choice. At least he came but with one leg only.

[@sirtobusfist6065]

A lot of the Nazis were forced to join actually Baron

[@stonedstupid4707]

I know, just saying I hate the Japanese, even the culture.

[@kylepeoples6080]

this short film was made 3 years ago and its better quality than most of the movies we have now.

[@bananaboy482]

+kyle peoples very true

[@kamikazestryker]

i would love to see a full movie from this, it was well made

[@bananaboy482]

Krayzie Stryker same

[@skad4]

3 years isn't that big of a time gap...

[@ThatOneCoconut]

+Friendly Can I have some detail?

[@benwatson2577]

“War doesn’t end fighting, it’s awakens a bigger fight in the future”

[@julz3tt3]

Yup a 20 yr armistice.... Then bam 1939 happens

[@AremStefaniaK]

Sounds promising!

[@leonrobinson2053]

Exceptional film depicting an accurate view of battle and trauma. I feel for the soldier shot and for the commanders passing judgement. Neither understood what was really going on in combat, otherwise they'd never have allowed men to be stuck in trenches for so long a period of time. The war might be over but the pain is still felt today, lest we forget the sacrifices those men made for us. Well done

[@angrydrawings3910]

Ww1 wasn't and still isn't your standard war. It wasn't a time for heroes, nor villains, it wasn't black and white. It was grey and grey. It was just a scary and brutal war. Someone could easily make a horror game out of ww1 without even using human beings other than the player himself.

[@jonolas1626]

"Battlefield 1"

[@tomchatwood7846]

cringgggeeeeeee that game was dogshit and completely misrepresented the brutality of WW1

[@jonolas1626]

Firat of all, you probably have not played it so you can say nothing about it. Now, I remember some moments online that were absolutely breathtaking, and i ended sweating after them, pretty accurate. And the campaign could had been much better, but there were some moments that were absolutely magic in it, too.

[@rasmuskvthomsen4133]

Verdun

[@jonolas1626]

Rasmus KV Thomsen Nah, Battlefield was more immersive, epic and dramatic in my opinion

[@adamg7984]

This was so good. Very real feeling too. The little touch of the heavy clumps of dirt landing on and disrupting the soldiers is something I haven't seen properly portrayed in a war film. You can usually tell It's light prop material. And that 1 tiny detail of artillery shells throwing rocks and dirt onto you makes me realize just how much a soldier in WW1 had to worry about and fear.

[@floridasoldat]

Strange, that’s a detail I noticed as well. Truly, very well filmed

[@floridasoldat]

Strange, that’s a detail I noticed as well. Truly, very well filmed

[@ilikeemericas]

Bro that shit was good. Plus that's easily one of the more realistic looking WWI battlefields I've scene in cinema.

[@UWfalcin]

Look up ”A very long engagement - over the top” Also insanely well done and also portays the unbelievable blodiness of the warfare.

[@sweeeetteeeeth]

seriously, it absolutely looks like hell on earth, which is probably about as true to the experience as you can get.

[@reubenbaker936]

Seen*

[@julz3tt3]

Amazing mini film. So well made and acted ❤️🙏

[@_aragornyesyes_7171]

1917 is now a thing

[@TheJames802]

Everything about this was perfect. It actually looked more realistic than some of the other more well known WW1 movies. Very well done

[@plato9070]

I realize that they tried to compress a battle into a few minutes, but in 1917 that officer would not have called that attack off. He would instead be ordered to send brigade after brigade after brigade of boys right into the machine gun fire.

[@demonofelru3214]

The trench part took place at Ypres 1917.

[@bpdbhp1632]

Yup this was 1917

[@plato9070]

@@demonofelru3214 I first thought you meant that the trench part of WW1 took place at ypres 1917, which would have been pretty funny, but I suspect you rather mean that the trench part of this movie was set in ypres 1917. But in ypres 1917 the officers would have been even more agressive and casualty complacent than they were in 1915.

[@demonofelru3214]

@@plato9070 yes correct.

[@meddem7060]

Soldiers are by far the most idiotic people in our society. They are brainless and insecure enough, to execute orders like to go on a field and shot each other, orders that could not be more inhumane and meaningless. Then they act, as if they were oh so brave, and this is all such a tragedy... Do you know why the evil people have so much power? Because brainless idiots like theese soldiers empower them. If they order them to eat their own excrements, they would do it, and even be proud of it.

[@dominothagreat1343]

This movie, however short it is, is amazing. It's beautifully put together, well scripted, and the actors do an amazing job.

[@cherryslat5702]

agreed

[@saleh-sa7155]

5 years later, how is life

[@wendymacpheebeckett5847]

Canada had 23 shot for desertion and they too received a pardon. One was just 19 years old and had enlisted under age at 17! My grandfather suffered "shell shock" after being buried alive in the Battle of the Somme but fortunately he was not returned to active combat or who knows how things might have turned out. So glad someone made such a poignant short film on this. I agree with others it would make a great full length movie. Well done...

[@KahinAhmed72]

Your grandfather was buried alive?! How did he survive?

[@AmericanFreedomEnjoyer]

Came here very cynical of a less than 30 minute short film about WW1. I left absolutely blown away by it. Wow, never ever judge a book, or in this case film by its cover. Simply put, BRAVO!!!

[@coopergoss350]

Finally something bringing about the brutally of WWI. And it is such an amazing film too. The acting is 50× better than any show directed to kids under 10, and I can't imagine how much time too make this, the sets were amazing from the village to the trenches. Props and scrip were unimaginable and well planned out. I give this 11 out of 10.

[@xxshevilxx]

The foley work was incredible too. It all worked together to not only be accurate, but immersive.

[@Skoomz]

"The acting is 50x better than any show directed to kids under 10." Yeah, no shit.

[@kaiservilhelm8371]

This is going on my favorite movie list. Why can't we have more original ideas like this? But no, we have to have live-action Cinderella 18 times, and live-action lion king, and 28 more movies off of books. Thank you, Stephen Murphy, for creating this beautiful film.

[@kkhagerty6315]

My great great grandfather served in WW1, my great grandpa in WW2, and my grandpa in Korea. Nothing but respect for these lads and all who fought beside them 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ExtantPerson]

I thank them for their service

[@elliottb8704]

One of the best depictions of the Great War I’ve seen. Amazing work by everyone involved. Absolutely loved it!

[@brendanmohan9831]

Thank you for pardoning those young men your grandfathers murdered. But it doesn't do them any damn good, they've still been turned to soil for no good reason. May their poor, short lived and hellbent souls rest in peace. You are not forgotten.

[@MrAjr111]

foriegn people seem to have a stereotype that all the english were stiff upper lipped pipe smoking officers trying to make a name for themselves, but thats not true, i am quite positive all the sappers and privates of the lower classes and poorer general public were in fact treated the same as any other by the ruling upper class officers from 'good' stock.

[@brendanmohan9831]

It may be exaggerated fact of history sure, but things were different back then. I'm not going to go so far as to say the officers were treated like lords and privates as serfs, but in most historical accounts it's depicted as pretty brutal.

[@kablooey-iy3fk]

Who exactly are you addressing?

[@brendanmohan9831]

This video ends with a scene saying the men were pardoned, so I guess my answer is whoever pardoned the men.

[@kablooey-iy3fk]

Brendan M It was decided by ministers in the house of commons that the those soldiers should be pardoned. Why would you thank those ministers for the pardoning and then call their grandfathers murderers? For all you know some of their grandfathers might have been the ones who were executed for cowardice. They might have been pardoning their own grandparents.

[@mikej1779]

“In 2006 the British Government pardoned the victims” Yeah, almost a hundred years late, but thanks for that. I’m not a huge fan of the American or British military. It’s kind of beyond me why they waited so long, since shell shock was very well acknowledged by the end of the war. Incredible film.

[@leighness1988]

Shell shock was acknowledged but not accepted. Ww2 general Patton got in big trouble for slapping a man battling with PTSD in a hospital and calling him a coward. It wasn't until after Vietnam that governments started to take it seriously.

[@LCDqBqA]

PTSD wasn't even recognized until the 1980s...

[@Razzy1312]

It was a different era where cowardice was seen as akin to treachery and warfare was considered a noble and glorious endeavor.

[@anselme9636]

Massive respect to all WWI soldiers, French, British or German, it does not matter. Surely was a horrible war for everyone on the trenches. Horrific war, may they rest in peace.

[@danielerridge1214]

Probably the best depiction of ww1 trench conditions I have seen. The director should make a full length film.

[@noobn_]

“The meaning of life is death And the meaning of death is life” -unknown

[@dcoing1907]

yo Daddy In order for one to die one must live yin and yang

[@uncleflagzz]

Something told me that once

[@kendavison5]

Sounds like an Alan watts quote

[@JoshIdstein]

This film had a profound effect on me. Don't know quite what yet, but it was amazing. Apart from the fact that it is probably the best world war one movie I've ever seen, it's also beautifully shot. Will definetely recommend this to friends, family and random passerbys, in a shouting manner.

[@11psychoclown]

Wow, KZbin actually recommended something good. And "good" is not even the right word, it's freaking amazing!

[@davidfrancis6491]

So much story in 28mins amazing work from everyone involved and the acting was amazing

[@markalexander6517]

My grand uncle fought with the Gordon Highlanders as a young man, and died in 1916 in the trenches of the Somme. I can’t imagine the brutality these boys and men experienced.

[@33Dakes]

The battle of the Somme was in 1916. Please do not lie!

[@markalexander6517]

@@33Dakes 24 June 1916, 06:30, 1/5 Gordon’s. Interred at Flatiron Copse.

[@33Dakes]

@@markalexander6517 much better

[@rcyadav9746]

I fear from war in

[@samomileos]

the british who fought in france, lost their own country only 100 years later

[@walhalladome5227]

Not to underestimate any other war before and after WWI, but the carnage that was WWI, it's long lasting implications are the most harrowing of all time. Understanding WWI has life changing and lasting effects on one's view on life and death!

[@bossman6496]

Any war will do that to you my friend, lived and first hand experience of the horrors of war shares it's terror, grief, pain equally

[@themanwithallthewrongopini3551]

BOSS MAN ww1 was a big change in the kind of warfare they fought though. People began to realize war was no longer standing, shooting, and charging. The use of machine guns, tanks, planes, and submarines would be used to a great extent in future wars and would forever change the way wars would be fought

[@worndown8280]

You can thank European generals watching the siege of Petersburg during the American civil war for that. Lee's defensive positions that he created to protect the Confederate capital were then adapted by Europeans and cause the horrific meat grinder that was trench warfare in WWI. Lee thought no one would be insane enough to try to go through it. But the Union was. Took them close to 10 months of starving and constantly shelling the positions. And 1/3 of Grants army.

[@SA-5247]

It changed the way humans look at religion as well.

[@yume5338]

Everything WW1 brought to the world, WW2 brought back tenfold.

[@thunderpuppy6719]

My grandfather fought in WWI. He absolutely would not speak of it. Most of what I know about his service I found out after he died. I still have his dog tags.

[@AR15andGOD]

What a coward. I would speak of it all day and night if asked. People like your grandfather are a BIG reason why so many young idiots receive the shock of a lifetime when going to the front. Sorry for your loss.

[@akhil._.drawss3975]

Can u send me a picture of it please, am extremely intrested in history , almost a maniac , I would love to see ur grandpa's dogtags and it'll help me learn more about these events , I would be extremely thankful if u can send me a picture of it , I would love to hear about him and all the details u know about him. Do you use any social media where u can send me the picture ?

[@jeongna]

Oh, that's very cool! Feel horrible for your gg though. Lots of veterans refused to speak anything of their service in ww1 (unsure about ww2, but i believe it was similar)

[@realsydney7327]

Good script, good acting, good photography, good directing. They should make more short stories, they are good at it.

[@shanemcdowell4852]

I would love to see this as a full feature film. I would definitely add it to my war movie and documentary collection. Great work on it all.

[@javien6476]

Shane Mcdowell you got any recommendations

[@chelamcguire]

We took 306 soldiers lives for so-called 'cowardice', whereas the Germans took, I believe, 8 lives. During the First World War, my late grandfather was asked to be part of a firing squad to shoot/kill a fellow soldier. My grandfather refused. He told me that it was the only time that he did not carry out an order. Such a touching short film. It reduced me to tears. Exceptionally well made and terribly powerful.

[@anthonyeaton5153]

The 306 were not shot for cowardice. 18 were shot for that offence and 37 of the 306 were shot for murder for which they would have been hanged if civilian. Remember more than 3000 were sentenced but reprieved. A number that were shot had previously been reprieved .

[@stephenreynolds6239]

The toffs are happy to kill for not doing your job

[@Elcap-wt2dm]

And here is another number..... German officers shot more than 24.000 german soldiers in Ww2 for cowardness. The soldiers didn't want to fight until the end. They had no choice. So sad....

[@watch7966]

@@Elcap-wt2dm Lol. 24,000.

[@jack360boss]

I cried at the end because so many people survived the war and served well and then got executed because of shell shock wich they can't controll

[@jamesdavidson9327]

Jack360 Boss They were executed because they deserted. They knew the price so they payed for it. Of course this was a long time ago. Even Washington had hundreds of men executed for desertion

[@kaibaskywalker2725]

NoNameJustGame not deserting , they had shell shock , people thought they were just scared but we know that is not the case

[@jamesdavidson9327]

Maldito Alcaraz Yes. It isnt the case.

[@atomicwaffle5787]

NoNameJustGame this is not desertion this is a case of PTSD but at the time it was called shell shock

[@jamesdavidson9327]

Sean Fox Yes they did. But they weren't executed because of that. He was executed for deserting in the line of duty.

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

Keep coming back to watch time and time again...so well done! I want a 130 minutes version of this.

[@fasx56]

The emotion and intensity that was created in this film to bring out the truth about those suffering shell shock and the sheer hell the men went through was so skillfully written and directed and acted is worthy of the highest praise.

[@ilikeemericas]

"Medicinal brandy, " I'm going to use that the next time someone says I shouldn't drink so much,"

[@remarinracoon5309]

Excellent

[@HamHatter]

So rather than appreciate this film and the tragic story it tells, people are, of course, just blindly throwing their limited political/historic/geographic knowledge back and fourth as if they speak for the world. Painful to read these comments.

[@TKUltra971]

teedubbleyoo Welcome to KZbin comments. Everyone is an expert of whatever field / subject they are BS'ing about.

[@visualizeetc]

Yea pretty much the internet is a land full of people that randomly type there beliefs fully thinking they're right when really it just causes more people to write their beliefs in effort to prove the last person wrong

[@gemino4910]

Thank you.

[@Bugman541]

teedubbleyoo An excellent point well made.

[@aneural]

And you are the smart one correct? Smartass get outta here this is Murica we do what we wan't

[@OtipemisiwakObservation]

One of the most excellent displays of film I've seen. I was moved.

[@korriganelf8687]

French soldiers were also executed in particular after the offensives of the Chemin des Dames, General Nivel was responsible for these executions by his relentlessness and his incompetence to command.

[@smirks1463]

why did they kill him in the end?

[@korriganelf8687]

@@smirks1463 because there were so many deaths in the attacks that some soldiers refused to attack, most taken at random executed for example, some soldiers from regions or French colonies did not know and understand the French.

[@smirks1463]

@@korriganelf8687 Thank you sir

[@DukeofLorraine]

@@smirks1463 You should check on Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick, it’s a fictionalized account of what happened but it’s great.

[@smirks1463]

@@DukeofLorraine good lookin out homie 👍🏼

[@lisahubbard9246]

As a Veteran this is something that just makes me sick-line the stupid Generals up and fire away. I could not drink enough of anything to kill a fellow soldier. The fact that it took so many years to pardon those affected by war trauma says something as well.

[@stuartbibby4415]

No cowards in this war, how can you judge someone who as done three years fighting trence war then become what most men would severally shell shocked, i vaguely remember my granddad telling me about great granddad, who was committed to a asylum after returning from france, against all my families wishes, he would have got treatment for what is now nown as psd he past away at winnwick asylum in 1927, god bless all who suffered,

[@supertrashgamergirl2690]

Better yet, set a shell off 3 feet in front of them so they can gain some insight and empathy for their troops conditions lol.

[@girlforprayer]

Couldn't drink enough? 🍺

[@michaelrichards9150]

@@stuartbibby4415 Damn, I'm sorry for that, My gpa came home from Korea and Vietnam and war rends the soul, dude is so kind but the war took a ton from him. I fear that we are coming to a time now when those who remember the horrors of war are outnumbered by the romanticizers, be safe friend

[@coldgie9179]

*refuses to retreat *is a coward

[@trinamcdonald9956]

Coldgie it's disobedience. Even now it will get you court marshaled

[@xlibshua]

Coldgie well thats utterly shit

[@Degenevesting]

This is brilliantly done from the first minute. I work in film, or formerly did until I got sick of the politicking. I’d love to create and work on a small production like this, filmed with excellent skill and produced with passion. Keep going!

[@nominis4523]

Ok this is the most quality KZbin video I've ever seen. It looks like a film with a million dollar budget.

[@arielbens9025]

They really executed him for having a concussion-

[@plartoota4584]

ariel ben s ww1 high command for ya. They were evil and should have been executed for war crimes afterwards.

[@arielbens9025]

Syohei Harr ong

[@TheFunkhouser]

Yes sadly :(((

[@arielbens9025]

@Matthew Schurke ong man they should’ve just stayed tf quiet.

[@Crusader930]

In WW1 British men were even killed just for retreating when they were supposed to be out in No Mans Land

[@garsm2290]

Very good, humane and moving. Thanks for posting. One of the best explanations of Easter 1916 and indeed the 1917 Russian Revolution I've seen ..

[@Raegan1616]

The BEST 28 minutes I have spent in a very long time. Very well done and explains so much of what was wrong. I have so much respect for those who fought in WW1. The way I feel, as I learn about this horrible war is like I was there. It is so close to my heart. I have so much respect for all but the Germans.I am an American and try to learn as much as I can about this war. I must go to The Somme and the surrounding region. Thank you for showing this!

[@Mikeanglo]

You thought WW2 was nasty combat...I think I'd rather do that than WWI trench warfare. I mean, you've got hundreds of guys literally drowning in the mud, wasting energy constantly digging in between getting shot at, ALWAYS being wet and practically rotting away from it, navigating a maze of dead men and enemies, and being ordered to CHARGE directly into machine gun fire when you aren't huddling in a trench.

[@zamkill1461]

Not to mention the bloody mustard gas

[@Mikeanglo]

Camericans Oh yeah. How could I forget all the experimentation with industrialized chemical warfare....

[@kennylyons9042]

Did you know you were more likely to die from just being in a trench than dieing by a soldier.One infection and you are screwed.

[@EmoTheNoob]

yep trench foot

[@makaiklump5213]

War never changes, the initial drive for a war is if there is something to gain, whether its money, material, or power and influence And in reality there is only loss for the people stuck within the conflict whether you are a soldier, civilian or worker, and the only gain there is goes to the machine with no human compassion and has nothing to lose except for the machine itself

[@tanniekim4581]

the way i literally jumped out of my chair on the first gunshot i have never gotten so scared in my life

[@mikehillsgrove1612]

Soldiers heart, shell shock, battle fatigue, PTSD, all the same phenomena that screws up soldiers forever.

[@JacquesMeoff]

Very moving and excellent portrayal of what is sadly true of so many cases .... Brave men who did their duty and more, yet were given a label they never deserved and consigned to be an ill memory for decades. They deserved so much more 😢