Over There

A collection of privately made photographs of Americans during World War 1 set to the song "Over There" as recorded from a 1917 78RPM record.

[@megalodon7916]

My great, great, great uncle was amongst the men who heard this song and answered the call. Rest in peace, brave soldiers of ages past. You served with honor, and made your country proud.

[@iamuriah]

hard to believe it's been exactly 100 years since the start of this terrible war and only 4 years ago the last survivor of the trenches passed away, as a 15 year old it gives me a weird feeling it makes me feel both young and old at the same time , man i still can't believe it but when you actually realize everyone in this video is gone now it really impacts you..my great grandfather was alive during the war ( too young to enlist but he did fight in the second world war) and he told me of the lines of people rushing to go "Over There" and then coming back a couple months later with their smiles turned to frowns ( i'm an American By the way) anyways he was 8 then ( born in 1910) and from what he told me it was the same with him when he went over there in WW2 going over there happy and ready to fight and then coming back with the terrible memories of what you bared witness to..man am i glad all my family members that have served gave me the full bloody details of what they seen in their respective wars, it's sad that everyone my age wants to join the army becuase of call of duty...I hate to say it but they will learn the truth of it, sorry for rambling just wanted to share my thoughts.

[@aefguy]

Thanks for sharing ...You really hit the nail on the head. War is a horrible - rarely necessary - and totally unglamorous thing. My intent years ago when I put this up (the production quality makes me cringe now) was not to glorify war but the people who sacrificed themselves for what they believed to be a worthy cause. My interest in the Great War goes back to a time when I was younger than you. I served but was fortunate not to have experienced anything worse than the routines and trivial deprivations of army life. Not to sound like a salesman but I co-edited a book in 2012 titled "Hell's Observer" ...the transcription of a 600 page hand-written diary from a WW1 soldier who experienced the western front and wrote about it in a way that any thinking person would relate to. For me, it was never about the generals and campaigns as much as the common soldier's thoughts and observations. Those words are real and gut-wrenching when you have the capacity to relate to another person's situation ...a trait that every decent human has in them.

[@iamuriah]

aefguy thanks for the reply I"ll have to look up that book sometime :) anyway i agree with you 100% anyone who was served earns my full respect and their experiences need to be immortalized for future generations to here about, anyway back to WW1 , I just can't imagine the feeling of hearing the whistle blow then having to rush over the top it gives me chills just thinking about it...

[@alecro2112]

Holy crap your right, everyone in these pictures are dead

[@Railhog2102]

WW1 did set in motion a lot of the events and politics that would define our world today but as we all know it led to a bigger much more broader war 20 years later.

[@jovan66102]

My grandfather was a Gunner, Royal Field Artillery and my uncle was a Private, AEF. Lest We Forget! We Will Remember Them! Remembrance Day, 2012.

[@sirmatt101]

Just remebered this song and i wanted to hear it. Oh and R.I.P. for all those soldiers who fight for our freedom. God pless America.

[@tezzer57]

"Over There"... In memory of Frank Buckles, the last U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110, the "last man standing" among U.S. troops who were called "The Doughboys.

[@aefguy]

They taught the "greatest generation" how to be great. Here's to PFC Wilson and the others he served with ...may their unselfish sacrifices always be remembered.

[@aefguy]

Yeah - It's a great tune with catchy lyrics. It made many a young man head over to the recruiter for what they thought would be a great adventure ...and for some it was. I would like to spend a week or so back in 1918 if I could but not in the front line trenches of France. Cheers!

[@jamescr101]

Playing this with battlefield sound effects sound effects in the background is eerie as hell

[@aefguy]

@mara235 That's something I have not really thought about - my son is enroute to Iraq as of yesterday. He was called back in off the Army's IRR. All politics aside, we owe guys like our sons and those Americans that went before our sincerest gratitude - God bless them all.

[@rtrThanos]

I heard this song in the background of a WW1 documentary, and just had to hear the whole thing. WW1 simply boggles my mind, and I'm always astounded that millions of people literally charged into their own deaths...usually knowing they would die. Only a German would give this awesome piece of history a thumbs down.

[@Grandn00b]

Yeah, I really think all Germans are still angry about a war that was a 100 years ago.

[@madeinheaven1955]

George M Cohen AND James Cagney brought me here

[@killertiger909]

I heard this is History yesterday. After that all you could here in the halls, lockers, bathrooms, etc... is "over there, over there..." My history teacher told us he showed this to his son when his son was in seventh grade and now he's in college, but whenever he says "over there" the he starts singing it.

[@aefguy]

Yes, they deserve our eternal gratitude which sometimes means just keeping their memory alive. Thanks!

[@mara235]

That's what is now referred to in the US - as Iraq and Afghanistan - Over there. My son was deployed to Iraq and we always said he was serving ''over there''

[@Vikeman23]

A quick reminder of a time that will never be back....The greatest times in our country's short history.

[@jacksquat2878]

Very good video. I became interested in WW1 when I was 10 years old. As I got older my interest shifted to WWll with shows like Combat! However I I heard this song on an episode of the tv show Mad Men about an older man who fought in the Great War. It's renewed my interest in WWl. And yes war is horrible. Thanks for posting.

[@gniawd]

My History teacher keeps playing this over and over and its stuck in my head -_- Mr. Shepherd FTW

[@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980]

may all who die in war be remembered

[@42Sparky13]

My great grandpa Pfc. Wilson, served in that war. R.I.P. Pfc. Sanford E. Wilson

[@CyraxxsTapDancingScalpBedBugs]

I love how they incorporated the US Marine Corps Semper Fidelis March throughout!

[@aefguy]

Thanks, good luck and may it pass quickly for you.

[@katbabyz]

This song is so catchy Loved as soon I heard it in History dis week

[@lukyboy2435]

I agree. WWI is a very important topic to really know to truely understand global impacts and consequences (WWII, which is a direct result from WWI, and the Cold War, which is a more indirect result). I find the problem with today's History courses are that 20th (and even 21st to an extent) are skimmed over because they're so recent.

[@galaxykittycat8453]

God bless those men who died for America , capitalism , and our American eagle

[@cheea5]

My sister memorized this for history about a year or so ago and then recently I heard it play in a video we were watching in English and I freaked out and found it again... I always find weird music because of English... The last one was "I'm a Naughty Girl"...

[@shawtyyy1231]

This is like a great song haha . We listened to it in general music class (: Very catchy

[@cheesebuger13]

It's funny my history teacher told me to look at this song as a historical document and i like it

[@Gydinglight12]

By the fall of '18 a lot of guys getting ready to Go Over There didn't make it because they died by thousands of the flu in camps in the US like Funston and Devons. But the flu also killed thousands of civilians too.

[@thomasstillman4805]

Even more important that they saved our Republic.

[@aefguy]

This version was recorded by Arthur Fields in 1917 and came off of a 78rpm record. If you can't find a copy, I can help.

[@rem51]

My grandfather always told the story how he was on a street corner in NYC and there was a parade marching by with a band playing this song and he got swept up by it and next thing he knew he had enlisted and was in France.

[@aefguy]

He was not alone - this song was a powerful recruiting tool in 1917. As the casualty reports started coming in, it fell out of favor and became somewhat of an embarrassment from naive times but it came back out again in WW2 ...a testament to a great tune and powerful lyrics even if hubris. Here's to your Grandfather and the others that answered that call.

[@rem51]

aefguy Upon his return, he became a NYC policeman...go figure, an Irish cop in NYC in the 1920s.

[@mara235]

@aefguy Thank you for your kind thoughts. My hope that your son stays safe and can come back to you soon.

[@donmoseslerman]

now thats music! stands the test of time.

[@wolfieplays3965]

I hope to one day to get to see one of the trenches that are still there today. I’m actually curious if any ghost stories have arised over time since this big conflict. Like someone hearing a fuck ton of guns going off in the middle of the night or hearing shrieks of men as they get torn to pieces. If anyone has any please share. I would love to hear a good tale about how the past affects the present at the trenches.

[@Kawmanuwa]

I will remember those brave men of gave so much and gave up so much.

[@aznluvr7]

I'm going in 6 days to the sandbox, good song, makes me smile! I'm going to the show Hun I'm a son of a gun haha.

[@Briselance]

@Massiekurwannabe He's still alive ?! God, speak with him as much as you can and keep a trace of his stories. Such a testimony is far beyond what is valuable.

[@BlissMadness]

igaf about age. yeah im young but i love history and this song!! :D

[@Briselance]

@Massiekurwannabe I'm sorry about that. May god bless him and his brothers in arms. You have all of his histories written down ? Did he wrote a book and published it ?

[@42Sparky13]

Danke sie.

[@CJ87317]

Tremendous video - thanks for posting. May I ask where you found that last image? It's almost as if the more famous one from the end of WWII copied it!

[@ncw01ify]

Also, even though they had a strategic right to attack American merchant ships, it still gave America a reason to enter the war, so I really doesn't matter if they had a strategic right or not. They attacked, America defended.

[@Valdric1000]

Hello believe it or not, I'm 19, and I love this song :D

[@Goofle11]

Imagine if someone used this tune in an advert...

[@MissGoldenDreams13]

@karma780: I'll never hear this song the same way ever again after this season's finale of "Boardwalk Empire".

[@pjuarezjr2000]

Amen!

[@tak3551]

Playing mw3.... sudden urge to hear this.

[@TheDecimater1000]

was this made by the british or the americans in ww1?

[@gboo1918]

i cant believe that was 100 years ago

[@Alex09Marin]

i like this song and it has a tune thats funny

[@tarstakars]

@aefguy i actually have an original 78 record of this song by AL Jolson which is in very good playable condition unfortunately the only thing i have to play it on right now is a Victrola .

[@PirateNamedJoyce]

Epic

[@aefguy]

If there is such a thing as an "Ally" as France was to the US, I hope that they would come to our aid if a foreign invader occupied a third of our country. The Germans would have never left if they had not been forced militarily and the US came when they were most needed.

[@horsenat12]

Over there... 0ver there, send the word, send the word over there. THE YANKS ARE COMINGG :D

[@Countdown70s]

I think that the attacks by drones in Pakistan are usually on the militants themselves, theyre more directly involved than ships from a neutral country carrying military material. It may be a fair argument that Germany had a strategic right to attack those merchant ships, ie unrestricted submarine warfare , but I dont think that it resembles the situation in countries like Pakistan. Lets face it now, sections of Pakistans population are just as hostile to US as Talliban, in fact, CONT

[@Doubleantone]

Tommy get your gun. Like we all should have a gun. And we should.

[@tonybennett7774]

*johnny

[@KingAndy1992]

This shit go hard.

[@Txthrashking]

im 16 nd love it

[@cafeolay2]

Ugh the verse "Over there" gets stuck in my head.

[@agemerald7673]

cool!

[@yuenglingUSA]

who sings this. i cant find it on lime wire lol

[@Countdown70s]

Im not sure I really get your analogy of the Drones now, to the Germans then sinking US ships..

[@slawthed]

@wakkaboom1987 Please tell me you had mr. Dancher

[@titanicpiano14]

Check Out My Rendition of Over There on piano!

[@TysonRex37]

That wasn't the only reason America got in to WW1, what pushed us over the edge was the Zimmerman Telegram sent to Mexico telling the country that if Mexico supported the Allies they would get part of America's land.

[@Mitro11]

MR. COEN YES SIR.

[@kouhaku-tuukawa-channel]

さあ！ 隊伍を組め！ 動員命令は下ったのだ、ジョニーよ銃を取り進め！

[@ownedbyc]

@yuenglingUSA too bad limewire is closed down :(

[@ColeRobinson93]

GO COMPARE GO GOMPARE!

[@xXSgtWolfXx]

I love this song. It's so awesome. I love our troops. I'll be enlisting in 2 years. Going Army. HOOAH!

[@OsCassador]

@aefguy yes sir indeed! who cares about the politics, the reasons. those boys deserve all we people can give. they've seen things we can't imagine, anyone who downs a servicemen or women should be mushroom stamped effective right now!

[@brandynsutherland8850]

Daniel Esser I can name a ton of people Wyo disrespected a servicemen

[@DimensionsofChange]

Over where?

[@agiraffeinanecktie9469]

Over there---------->

[@DimensionsofChange]

A Giraffe In a Necktie My printer?

[@agiraffeinanecktie9469]

Benjamin Crookston Yes. I'll be sending you a fax with the coordinates of peg leg Pete's treasure, bring a shovel.

[@DimensionsofChange]

A Giraffe In a Necktie What's a fax?

[@agiraffeinanecktie9469]

Benjamin Crookston Oh silly child.

[@hasanhamdan9085]

who is johnny?

[@NeoPolitona]

+Hasan Hamdan A guy who got his gun.

[@megalodon7916]

Johnny was a very common name which was used to represent and address every anonymous man listening to the song. The listener is "Johnny" being called to arms.

[@tommot1211]

This song will never be played at the Obama White House. You can make book on that.

[@doctorpsycho1960]

@Massiekurwannabe It's seductive, isn't it?

[@theb3rn7]

The war never should have happened in the first place, but US entry was justified. Germany was indiscriminately attacking US ships. If anything, the US was the only innocent nation in this war.

[@dumbhead3328]

Madmen anyone?

[@aefguy]

email address?

[@cerickNY]

51 seconds: thug life?

[@yoige933]

im givin a speech on this lol oh god

[@SouthwestRanger]

This is one War we should have NEVER gotten involved in.....

[@aefguy]

War is a terrible ugly thing if that is what you mean. But the reasons that drew the US into WW1 were compelling and real. What if today a nation/group sunk our merchant/commercial ships and that same group invaded and occupied 1/4 of a country without provocation ...a country who shared our history and values? ...I hope we would come to their aid and that we would have the conviction to boldly defend ourselves like we did in 1917-18. And if the post-war victory terms had been handled differently, Nazi-ism would not have had a reason to happen.

[@franshaverkamp6044]

door deze liederen hebben de geallieerden de oorlog gewonnen

[@sc0ttyb0dy123]

If Mexico joined the "Central Powers"*** \/

[@MrSheen357]

@Valdric1000 IM 16 >:D

[@soso-zz9qf]

Donald Trump made a fucked up version of this...

[@user-yz7xw5vb2w]

Nathan Ouedraogo yep

[@certified_spooky_boi8947]

OK TGHE ONLY RESON IM WATCHING THIS IS BECAUSE MY TEACHER MADE ME

[@Sonny_V]

Your Teacher is pretty smart, you are just too young to realize it. Hopefully you will listen and learn.

[@certified_spooky_boi8947]

im in 5th grade

[@agiraffeinanecktie9469]

Your teacher knows good music.

[@NeoPolitona]

+Mlpstopmotin MidNight Sky On one hand, you seem to dislike old ass music, learning, and you seem to be too young for KZbin ((Even now)) On the other hand , you like Madoka Magica...

[@italia689]

Iraq would not exist had it not been for this stupid conflict.

[@StarshotSCV]

Propaganda during a war!?!? crazy talk....

[@HajinMM]

what is this cancer

[@TitoTitoTitoTito]

Hajin MM Uncultured commie bastard

[@mcmxli-by1tj]

great song, stupid war!

[@pjuarezjr2000]

Amen!

[@Alex09Marin]

i like this song and it has a tune thats funny

[@pjuarezjr2000]

Amen!