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Remembrance

'For The Wounded' Courtesy of the BFI National Archive

There are very few people left who can remember the end of World War One first hand. But ninety years on many peoples' lives are still affected by the war which was meant to 'end all wars'.

This series of Video Nation films take a personal look at some of the ways people have been touched by the Great War.

More on Ninety Years of Remembrance

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	06 Nov 2008 LOVE LETTERS Angela Clare 2.30 mins Angela's heart was touched by a couples' love letters exchanged during the First World War which she came across at work.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 WALKING THROUGH HISTORY Ashley and Ste 1.13 mins Ashley and Ste had an emotional experience when they went on a school trip to the World War One killing fields of northern France.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	06 Nov 2008 REMEMBERING A HERO Jaimal Singh Johol 2.46 mins Jaimal's Grandfather, Mansa was one of many Sikh and Hindu soldiers who fought for Britain in the First World War.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 RAPPEL Jamie Winchester and Gareth Leaman 3.01 mins Two young rappers have come together to tell the story of young Billy, a teenager conscripted in 1916 to go and fight in WW1.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	06 Nov 2008 MY RIVER Llandogo Primary School 4.16 mins Young children from a Monmouthshire primary school remember their relatives who fought in WW1 and celebrate change.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 JUST SIX Winnie Sevier 2.24 mins Winnie was just six when World War One broke out 90 years ago, but at a hundred her memories of the time are still very vivid.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	06 Nov 2008 REMEMBERING MONTY Sam and Megan 2.19 mins Sam and Megan tell the story of a Kent soldier who lost his life in WWI.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 REMEMBERING ALBERT Lester Simpson 3.32 mins Folk musician Lester reflects on the human cost of The Great War.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	16 Nov 2008 LOOKING FOR ASHLEY Katy 2.08 mins Katy has been searching for one of her relatives who was killed in the Battle of the Somme.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 LIVERPOOL HEROES Bill Sergeant 2.46 mins Bill talks about the memorial for the men who were awarded the Victoria Cross in Liverpool.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	06 Nov 2008 I REMEMBER Allan Mott 2.38 mins Allan comprehends the experiences of The First World War through his grandfather's poems.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Dec 2007 FALLING LEAVES Richard Gill 2.58 mins Richard remembers his own family's connections with World War One on its 90th anniversary.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	03 Nov 2008 MEMORIES FROM WAZIRISTAN Tim for CJ Lane 2.50 mins Tim brings to life a little known WWI campaign involving the British forces in Afghanistan through the letters of his great granddad.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 PORTUGUESE FIREPLACE Richard Reeves 2.10 mins Richard goes in search of First World War remains in the heart of the New Forest.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	03 Nov 2008 JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY Duane Phillips 3.03 mins Duane is compiling a book which tells the story of his great grandfather who was lost in action in 1918.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 MONTY'S STRIPES Peter Daniel 3.05 mins With the power of the archives Peter has solved the mystery of Monty's lost stripes.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	03 Nov 2008 HAWKSHAW HEROES Jonathan Ali 3.30 mins When Jonathan found out that forty men in his village alone were lost to the Great War, he decided to bring their memories back to life.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 EVERY GRAVE'S GOT A STORY Ian Winter 2.59 mins As a Falkland veteran Ian is well aware of the horrors of war and he reflects on what life must have been like for soldiers in the trenches.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	08 Jan 2007 OUR JIMMY John Battye 2.38 mins John didn't realise how difficult it would be to find out about his Great Uncle who died in the trenches in 1917.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 WALTER'S POPPY FACTORY Walter Keer 3.11 mins Walter is a war veteran just like his father before him. But he feels that todays veterans are a lot better taken care of then in his parents generation.

WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	06 Nov 2008 SONGS FOR THE FALLEN Jonathan 2.56 mins Jonathan's visit to the First World War battlefields inspired him to write a piece of music for his GCSEs.	WATCH THIS VIDEO Find out more	04 Nov 2008 FIRST TANK Chris Copson 2.15 mins Chris imagines what life must have been like for the pioneers of tanks during The Great War.

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