1961: WW1 Veterans return to Ypres | Tonight | BBC Archive
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- Tonight's Alan Whicker travels with British World War One veterans on a pilgrimage to the Flanders Fields battlefields near Ypres. While there, they will meet with German veterans of the conflict.
Over 40 years have passed since they fought on these fields as enemies, how do they feel now?
Originally broadcast 10 November, 1961.
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It’s mad how these guys were fairly old in the 60’s, yet we only lost the last veteran in 2009. All of them are heroes.
Bless them, true heroes, none left now 😢
All fought and died for nothing with the state of the country today
When I first visited Ypres I could shake hands with a veteran, this made it living history and I’ve been gripped by it ever since.
My grandfather was wounded by shrapnel in 1915 and shot in the leg by a German three hours before the armistice. He was my hero as a small boy and in fact that generation all stood so tall that we, a much later generation, would have to lean backwards and crane our necks upwards to look them in the face. God Bless Them All. Those of us who remember them will never forget.
My great uncle was wounded in the face and captured by the Germans. He had surgery from a German doctor, after the war they kept in touch with each other.
Lovely seeing actual WW1 veterans singing pack up your troubles
My late father told me that when he began work, it was not uncommon for WW1 veterans to be lead away from their machines suffering from the after effects of mustard gas. They were relatively young men themselves but their health was broken. In many ways WW1 marked the end of an older era, and the introduction of killing on an industrial scale.
I’m so glad the BBC put these out for all to see, it’s archives are truly a treasure and not just of British history but of so many others
It's the dignity of these men that shines through. All passed away now, including Alan Whicker who treats these heroes with such respect.
Bloody hell. As a young lad in the 80s I used to ask the last of the ww1 men about there war . Its impossible to do so now. I miss those old lads.
Fine tribute to the humblest of gentlemen.
This shows us that we are all human beings who could be friends if we weren't forced to kill each other 😢
This footage and interview is of tremendous historical value.
When I was 8....." why does grandad walk with a limp daddy?".....he was born like it my dad said. Years later after my grandad had passed he told me the truth. My nan had told him and was also told never to mention it. It's how they were back then. RIP grandad xx
At the going down of the Sun and in the morning we will remember them.
I've just returned from Ypres today. It's an incredibly sobering experience, and just beggers belief how those men coped and carried on. And how many stayed. God bless them all.
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We can't imagine the horrors that those men went through but it's typical of that generation that comradeship was so important to them. And now there's no one left.
This is a fantastic piece of footage.