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Let's hope education about previous wars can have the same effect. War docos make me feel very fortunate and grateful and not at all complacent. A good war doco

by exodust 11y ago

Let's hope education about previous wars can have the same effect. War docos make me feel very fortunate and grateful and not at all complacent. A good war doco takes you to a dark place, some have left me shaking my head in disbelief and reflecting a lot. But anyway, how about that rack and pinion animation! Finally I get why it's so effective at safely pulling an old steam train up a steep slope. I honestly was foggy on how the continuous engine motion translated into alternating cycles of locking and linear motion. So simple though.

DanBC 11y ago
> Let's hope education about previous wars can have the same effect. War docos make me feel very fortunate and grateful and not at all complacent. A good war doco takes you to a dark place, some have left me shaking my head in disbelief and reflecting a lot. Not a war docu, but still eye opening. A 1969 documentary about a boy leaving his hair-dressing apprenticeship to join the British army. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jrhv0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jrhv0 > First transmitted in 1968, documentary following Martin May, an apprentice ladies hairdresser, who decides to join 'a man's world' - the Junior Leaders Regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps. The programme follows him as he begins his training with a group of recruits. This boy, Martin May, is only 15 when he joins. (I have no idea if BBC iPlayer programmes are viewable outside the UK. There's probably some method to do so).
- exodust 11y ago
  Thx for link. Yes anyone who gives in to geo-blocking these days is a bit behind the times!