There are very few people left who can remember the end of World War One first hand. But ninety years on many peoples' lives are still affected by the war which was meant to 'end all wars'.
This series of Video Nation films take a personal look at some of the ways people have been touched by the Great War.
06 Nov 2008 LOVE LETTERS Angela Clare
2.30 mins
Angela's heart was touched by a couples' love letters exchanged during the
First World War which she came across at work.
04 Nov 2008 WALKING THROUGH HISTORY Ashley and Ste
1.13 mins
Ashley and Ste had an emotional experience when they went on a school trip to the World War One killing fields of northern France.
06 Nov 2008 REMEMBERING
A HERO Jaimal Singh Johol
2.46 mins
Jaimal's Grandfather, Mansa was one of many Sikh and Hindu soldiers who
fought for Britain in the First World War.
04 Nov 2008 RAPPEL Jamie Winchester and Gareth Leaman
3.01 mins
Two young rappers have come together to tell the story of young Billy, a teenager conscripted in 1916 to go and fight in WW1.
06 Nov 2008 MY RIVER Llandogo Primary School
4.16 mins
Young children from a Monmouthshire primary school remember their relatives who fought in WW1 and celebrate change.
04 Nov 2008 JUST
SIX Winnie Sevier
2.24 mins
Winnie was just six when World War One broke out 90 years ago, but at
a hundred her memories of the time are still very vivid.
03 Nov 2008 MEMORIES FROM WAZIRISTAN Tim for CJ Lane
2.50 mins
Tim brings to life a little known WWI campaign involving the British forces in Afghanistan through the letters of his great granddad.
03 Nov 2008 JOURNEY
OF DISCOVERY Duane Phillips
3.03 mins
Duane is compiling a book which tells the story of his great grandfather
who was lost in action in 1918.
03 Nov 2008 HAWKSHAW HEROES Jonathan Ali
3.30 mins
When Jonathan found out that forty men in his village alone were lost to
the Great War, he decided to bring their memories back to life.
04 Nov 2008 EVERY GRAVE'S GOT A STORY Ian Winter
2.59 mins
As a Falkland veteran Ian is well aware of the horrors of war and he reflects on what life must have been like for soldiers in the trenches.
08 Jan 2007 OUR
JIMMY John Battye
2.38 mins
John didn't realise how difficult it would be to find out about his Great
Uncle who died in the trenches in 1917.
04 Nov 2008 WALTER'S POPPY FACTORY Walter Keer
3.11 mins
Walter is a war veteran just like his father before him. But he feels
that todayÂ’s veterans are a lot better taken care of then in his
parentÂ’s generation.
06 Nov 2008 SONGS
FOR THE FALLEN Jonathan
2.56 mins
Jonathan's visit to the First World War battlefields inspired him to write
a piece of music for his GCSEs.
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