84 World War I, Isle of Skye
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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In this episode we’re travelling over the sea to Skye, an island of ancient jagged crags and rare breath-taking beauty, which feels as though it’s washed in heaven’s tears.
When the first world war was declared, there was a seismic shift and everything changed forever. All of Britain felt it’s pain and devastation, but it hit the Highlands the hardest. A conflict of such magnitude, billions of spent bullets and millions dead, the sorrow and suffering it cause is impossible to comprehend. I’m in Portree, exploring its impact on one small community, trying to come to terms with the magnitude of the Great War.
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| 0:45.6 | You could say it's history and current affairs mixed up and the lessons maybe that we can and should learn from the past. |
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| 1:09.6 | of you there. Now it's time to head to the Highlands to catch a glimpse of the tragedy that struck as the world was changed forever in the next episode of my love letter to the British Isles. |
| 1:21.0 | Q the music. |
| 1:24.0 | I think about the great war, |
| 1:27.0 | the first world war in the way that I do because both of my |
| 1:35.8 | grandfathers were caught up in it. My dad's dad fought in France. He was wounded. We're not even |
| 1:40.6 | sure how many times he was wounded but at least twice. |
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