Post Description

Source:dvb-recording from satellite

Duration:44 min 9 sec

Video:mpeg2, 1776 kbps, 704 x 576 px, 25 fps (pal)

Audio:mpeg2, 192 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo, english

Subtitles:dutch, separate srt-file

Filesize:644 MB

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Compression:best, rar

partsize:16,000,000 bytes

no. of parts:40, kristnasktago_1914.part01.rar - kristnasktago_1914.part40.rar

verification:par2, 99 blocks added for repair (10%)

Posted by:Nenio

Group:a.b.documentaries, a.b.misc

Date:2010-12-31

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Information: 
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day of 1914 during the First World War, enemy soldiers called off the war for two days and refused to shoot at each other. On Christmas Eve they listened to each other sing Christmas Carols in their dismal trenches and joined in singing together, the British singing in English and the Germans in German and appaulding each others efforts. When dawn broke on Christmas morning, in at least one case, a lone German soldier took his life in his hands and dared to stand up, leave his trench and walk out into "no man's land" toward the British trenches. No one shot him and soon other soldiers on both sides were leaving their trenches and heading into "no man's land" between the two armies. Out there British and German soldiers shook hands, talked together as best they could given the language barrier, showed each other pictures of their wives and children, and shared "eats and drink" with one another. The whole incident was beyond bizarre yet did take place at several places up and down the line of trenches. Later in the day, members of both armies collected the bodies of their fallen comrades and buried them the best they could. Still later, they played football (soccer) in "no man's land". In one case, the Germans scored six goals and won the game. 


Further release-notes:
After unrar you'll find two files: Christmas_truce_1914.mpg and .srt
You can author your own dvd combining it with other videos (my favorite app is DeVeDe) or watch it on your computer.
Used software: project x, gspot, winrar, quickpar, jbinup.