The Great War | "The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go" (Episode 19)

Episode 19 - 1917: "The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go" (Siegfried Sassoon)

The Western Front at the end of 1917. Experiences: artistic portrayals, sounds and smells of the war, aerial photographs. The discrepancy in perceptions between soldiers and civilians, psychological breakdowns, sense of belonging to the unit. Georges Clemenceau becomes French Prime Minister, the Battle of Cambrai ends in stalemate. Interviewees include Charles Carrington, Horace Birks and Henry Williamson.

IWM Interview with Horace Birks
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000864