World War I in Colour
// February 14th, 2007 // 5 Comments » // Blog
This is the third entry i'm posting in a 24 hour period, which is likely to be a new record on this blog. The first was a bit of fun, the second was referring to someone else's opinions, so doesn't really count, but this is the one i've been wanting to write all day; so pay attention, please!
As i said a few days ago, i've never been much one for history. It always seemed a bit too dry, and the bloody bits were too horrific to contemplate for very long. However, now that i am older, and the world seems to keep making the same mistakes, again and again, i feel the need to look back in time, in order to discover the lessons that are being so easily forgotten, by so many. In addition, the introduction of various well-produced factual TV programmes has made it a lot easier to receive, as our US cousins say, a '101′ in World History; although i'm sure i'll need to keep an open mind with regards to their honesty. History is written by the victors, after all.
I caught one such programme last night. It was about the first World War, which i know embarrassingly little about. Now there must be dozens of similar documentaries on this topic, churned out over the years, but this one came with an exquisite twist: (more…)
