imnotreallyapenguin t1_iwp265u wrote
Reply to comment by Whittling-and-Tea in TIL: WW1 Armistice Day was Nov 11th, fighting was to cease at 11:00 AM. An American solider charged a German machine gun nest with 16 mins left, and died at 10:59 AM. The last soldier to die in WWI. by wats6831
Highly recommend the 1930's version instead.
tremynci t1_iwp8u40 wrote
I watched that the year the Library of Congress finished restoring it. Just amazing: it was, I believe, the first film to win both Best Picture and Best Director. The boots scene is haunting.
TheKidNerd t1_iwphiht wrote
The boots scene?
Happy_alt_1 t1_iwpk563 wrote
The most gripping scene from that entire movie, so well executed but oh man... I have watched this movie (1930) with history class back in 2012/2013 and I still vividly remember the boots scene because it is so beautifully done, displaying a haunting set of events. Here is a description, which I would urge you to not read if you want to see the movie.
>!>!At some point in the story, one of the classmates (don't remember his name, let's call him A) has become wounded and his leg(s?) needed to be amputated. Some of A's classmate/friends are standing around him and they see A still got his new pair of boots that were send from home. One of the friends (B) basically says that the wounded A should give the boots to him because A doesn't have a need for them anymore. Some arguing ensues after which the classmates except one of them (let's call him C) leaves where A tells C that he should give B, A's boots. At which point A dies.!<!<
>!>!What ensues is the most griping sequence of scenes from this movie. B gets the shoes and dies from any of the horrors of the 1st world war, say a bullet in the trenches. The shoes get passed to D, who dies of say gas. The shoes get passed to E, who dies of say a gatling gun. The shoes get passed to F who dies of say a shell. So basically you have a sequence of deaths of the classmates followed through the perspective of the boots, showing the horrible ways people could die in the trenches!<!<
Edit: Spoilertags
NumberVsAmount t1_iwpuz4i wrote
“These boots were made for dying, and that’s just what you’ll do”
TheKidNerd t1_iwpkaxk wrote
Damn, those boots really don’t wanna be worn do they
Happy_alt_1 t1_iwplda9 wrote
There certainly was a little hesitance from their side
andthendirksaid t1_iwq6shf wrote
What made it fucked is how quickly soldiers if snyone goes through boots. Meanwhile those boots went through half a platoon.
tremynci t1_iwpnszo wrote
Thank you, neighbor: you nailed it.
Happy_alt_1 t1_iwqbysi wrote
Thank you sir!
worthrone11160606 t1_iwr98by wrote
I read the book and I remember that scene stood out to me.
master_a_skywalker69 t1_iwradxo wrote
The brotherhood of the traveling boots
Chickentrap t1_iwphqvl wrote
A scene with boots I believe
ballrus_walsack t1_iwq9zns wrote
From Dora the Explorer?
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