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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 0733961776263 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: A&E HOME VIDEO Languages: Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO MPN: D77626D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: A&E HOME VIDEO Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 30, 2007 Running Time: 50 minutes Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: WWI began in August 1914, and by December all thoughts of quick victory had faded. Fighting was most fierce in a thin strip of land called the Western Front. A system of trenches separated Allies from Germans, with the area in between known as No Man's Land. On Christmas Eve, an astonishing event began--up and down the Western Front, Allied and German soldiers met peacefully in No Man's Land. Actor Ioan Gruffud narrates a feature-length look at the fabled Christmas truce, filled with eyewitness accounts. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Touch the Heart!Briefly, on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day of 1914 during the First World War, enemy soldiers called off the war for two days and refused to shoot at each other. On Christmas Eve they listened to each other sing Christmas Carols in their dismal trenches and joined in singing together, the British singing in English and the Germans in German and appaulding each others efforts. When dawn broke on Christmas morning, in at least one case, a lone German soldier took his life in his hands and dared to ... Read More Rating: - Christmas TruceThis dvd should be required for all history students in high school. The underlying idea is what the 60's generation of protestors said all along. "What if they gave a war and no one came?" It is up to our future students to change things. thank you. |
