They Shall Not Grow Old

Using state-of-the-art technology to restore original archival footage that is more than a 100 years old, this documentary brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the men who were there. With materials from the BBC and Imperial War Museums’ archives, the voices of the men who fought recount the reality of war on the front line; their attitudes to the conflict; how they ate; slept and formed friendships, as well what their lives were like away from the trenches during periods of downtime.