Category Archives: World War I

Peter Jackson’s New Film, “They Shall Not Grow Old”



This podcast episode reviews the film director Peter Jackson’s new film about World War I, “They Shall Not Grow Old.”  Using new technologies and old-fashioned respect for the facts, Jackson has crafted a documentary that brings old newsreels vividly to live, converting what the film was able to capture into what the cameramen of 1918 actually saw through their lens.