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- From: rickg@netcom.com (Rick Gordon)
- Subject: Re: the Great War
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.150131.650@netcom.com>
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- Organization: Netcom - SF Bay, Cal Northifornia
- References: <9211091320.AA29491@merlin.comlab.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:01:31 GMT
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- In article <9211091320.AA29491@merlin.comlab.ox.ac.uk> Gordon.Riddell writes:
- > [ ... ]
- >I couldn't think of one film relating to the Great War featuring the likes
- >of John Wayne or Kirk Douglas. Now this may be because there is little
- >interest in the USA in the Great War (even though they won it for us)
- >but I would bet it's more to do with weight of depressing material to
- >work with.
-
- "Paths of Glory", one of Stanley the K's best, starring K. Douglas.
-
- >!Peeve: listening to the exquisite accent of the commentator at the
- > Rememberance Parade on BBC Radio 4 as he desparately tried to
- > name as many regiments, associations, anniversaries etc as the
- > ex-service personnel marched past the Cenotaph!
-
- And the massed bands playing "The Vanished Army" at the appropriate
- moment.
-
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