Young Indiana Jones: Verdun, September 1916 Pt. 1

[bullpup33]

Is he flying Blue Star...where is Bud Fox?

[ProNorden]

Indiana Jones is probably the greatest heroic character in movies, maybe in all of fiction. The character is distillation/derivative and improvement of others.

And the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles are one of the (maybe 'the') best uses of a fictional hero.

'Hats off' to Lucas and Spielberg for having created this; Especially Lucas.

[Person005]

Verdun September 1916....first scene is a jet liner flying past.....methinks that someone made a mistake here.

[Jkminek]

@Person005 try watching more of the video...

[Person005]

@Jkminek I made the comment before I watched the rest of it. It's still very jarring. They should have held off until the flashback started.

[rikuziyi]

4.59 ..... action hero moment at its finest :D 

[craigthomasjohnson]

5:40 is wrong if he is heading north with dispatches from the south he shud pass verdunn on his right , as it is on his left surely comapred to the map he is wrong in the direction as well as the way he is driving?



[GamingLogics]

i hate this, its making me hate Indiana Jones !

[Davis4037]

my question, what happened to indi's eye?

[Deader87]

The music around 0:11 makes me feel all goofy and wanna move

[USMCM249gunner]

2:10 that is just terrible and awkward scripting right there

he starts sounding like an old guy with dementia

[bluejeckett]

I remember seeing these when I was a teenager and I thought they were cool, this particular episode was one of my favourites, was reeeeally annoying hence how thye overdubbed one of the generals voices in the DVD release though since I already knew he talked as he does on this.

[bluejeckett]

@AwesomeDude829 Awwww now I know theres episodes they didnt make about the original characters lol

[username12120]

Oh fuck! Nostalgia bomb! I loved watching this series when I was a kid.

[Smileyzeouf]

This is 1916, and Joffre is called "Monsieur le Maréchal". Joffre became Maréchal in 1918... Someone didn't do the researches properly.

[anarbiter357]

No harry ford ._.

[itiswhatitisbitch]

nice motorcycle tribute to steve mcqueen

[skidgud80]

There is no pt. 2

[crimsonrhodelia]

I've visited a lot of WWI battle sites, including Verdun, Fort Douaumont and the Somme. There are very few things in life that move me to tears, but those visits, and remembering them, are among them.

[HIURNAMEISTOMMY]

Love these shows ...

[belindagra]

He wasn't in the Belgian Army because of his age, he was in it because the USA wasn't in the war yet.

[anzac95]

He's serving in the Belgian army bc he was too young to join any of the other allied armies and the Belgians didn't care how old u were bc they needed troops.

[Maximal32nd]

If you aren't going to put the rest of it up, please just take this down. It's cruel to lure people in to watch only for them to discover this is it. That you've posted no more of the episode.

[carlytr23]

@Maximal32nd i agree with u why post it if your not going to post the how thing

[helikos1]

joffre and haig were the worst generals in history they considered men as fodder and didnt care about their lives and im to much of a follower of young indiana jones series and stuff but isnt he american so why is he classed as a belgian in the french army?

[raftailgunner]

That view of Haig wasn't taken until after his death and he was actually extremely supportive of soldier's charities and housing programs. Also both sides used the same tactics, it was the progression of technology going faster than the progression of military tactics that is to blame more than individuals, although saying that there were senior officers who did see men as fodder. I just think it is easy to target Haig as he was the top man.

[raftailgunner]

As for the reason for being Belgian. He joined the Belgian Army because they wouldn't ask questions about his age. He was in a courier unit attached to the French 2nd Army but not actually a member of the French Army

[Faxe90Swe]

This does not show up on the dvd-box! Anyway, what is the name of music playing the background?

[nkhodadady]

what kind of motorcycle is he riding?

[Vietcong01]

just a gues but maybe it´s a commando mk 3 or something

[parygo]

cette horreur a fait de nos grands pères qu'ils soient allemands ou français des animaux ...qui est sorti renforcé de cette gierre KRUPS CITROEN RENAUD etc ...etc...Je conseille à tous de visiter le site de Verdun ,la cote 304 et le mort homme ...

[amusedtodeath1]

Great episode but where's the rest of it?

[UdallIn72]

Question: could Petain have actually demanded Joffre's support like that?

...I thought the military organization was basically "Joffre says it, and it gets done... Ask questions and you're fired."

Did Petain actually have some ability within the hierarchy to resist Joffre's orders?

[Kampfer1445]

No, other than a threat to resign. Marshal Joffre was supreme authority, above even the President of France in military matters.

[Fridomfry]

UdallIn, you are right. Yet Petain was among the few generals who had the personal courage to object to Joffre's orders, and to suggest more realistic tactics. He had hampered his career already before 1914, by criticizing the official "all-out offensive" doctrine of the French top-brass. The war proved him right and Petain became popular among soldiers. Thus it became more difficult to let him resign.

[granskare]

I think you mean the 'llizard of wall street' :)

[nylonTS]

Thats a very moden Motor Bike

[Portis1Luv]

THis was a great show...too intelligent for network television apparently.....

[Moredread25]

France's old men slaughted the best of the Lost Generation.

[ArthurSavillesCrime]

Verdun was the last stand of Petain whose philosophy was that "firepower kills". It was the germans who lost most men at Verdun. Petain was "waiting for the tanks, and for the Americans". The bloodbath was at the somme.

[Mich2345]

No! The Alliis lost more men than we did. Somme, Paschendaele or Verdun: The Aliis had more men and lost more of them.

[UdallIn72]

True.

...Knowing this from the outset, though, I wonder why Falkehnhayn chose to pursue a deliberate policy of attrition?

He should have known he couldn't "win."

[Mich2345]

Well, I think Germany had in both Great Wars a problem with the leadership. In WWI it was Wilhelm II, who wanted to have victories (for example his son Crown Prince Wilhelm was Leader of the Fifth Army, he should get the title "Winner of Verdun") and the problems between Falkenhayn und Hindenburg. In WWII the problem was Hitler.

A victory against the Alliis in Verdun would had stabilised Falkenhayn und Wilhelm. This was the real reason for this battle.

[Redwing1926]

You mentioned the Somme...German casualties were higher, only just though.

[Darodh]

480 000 French killed

350 000 German killed

in in 10 months...

And it isn't a bloodbath for you ?

[13laciotat]

380 000 Français, Darodh. Mais vous avez raison sur le fond.

[tresckow]

i really liked that episode weres the rest?

[tresckow]

look at joffrs medals they shift chest side!

[joseph4501]

@Moredread25 france was the younger generation compared to the german soldiers

[jjvjcv3]

Try this title for the pt2. i beleive its it missing only a few minutes.

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Nothing else in the title.

[MCRrox1996]

2:37 STAILIN

[ComanderWall]

i saw that too

[PapagenoJuan]

I love watching these. I remember when they frist came out!! it was the best :)

[NAMELESSJOLLYROGER]

haha the flight atendent trying to tell Indiana Jones to "fasten" his seatbelt.

[CaptainVandorian]

altogether good series, nice for nSunday afternoon. However, and old Spielberg disease ( he was the producer), he doesn t care about detail much, watch the motorbike in the beginning, it s a historical bike, but when he s chasing down the road, it has mysteriously transformed into a cross-bike....same can be seen in Indiana Jones films with Harrison Ford, but apart from that, I thoroughly enjoyed the series...ah, and of course, the hair cut was great!!!!

[Otheym]

PUTAIN MAIS C'EST JEAN ROUGERIE !

[JPS19000]

Il y aussi Francis Lalanne qui joue "l'officier au téléphone", j'en suis sûr ! lol

Joffre, c'est Bernard Fresson.

Il y a aussi Jean-Claude Bouillon...

Mais pour Lalanne, excellent ! lol lol

[slytown]

This series was the shit. Thanks for posting.

[EuropeanAlder]

yes, the Germans are warriors

[scotttheohioan]

I am "really old Indy", do you know the problem with you whippersnappers today?

[turboMachete]

Young Indiana Hairdryer Fag Jones Douchebag!!

[lexxious]

any news about other part of this episode?

[Yuri244]

very good motorcycle

[SMGJohn]

WTF indiana jones

[Norguy77]

2:37 kind of looks like stalin ..

[MOS0311]

funny how he changes the subject right over to WW1

[pottypirate]

that and how all the frenchmen speak impeccible english

[laconte77]

Part 2 please ASAP

[pacificguitarist]

Do you not have part 2?

[Fridomfry]

At Verdun, one of Nivelle's subordinates was Mangin. The two men got along well, sharing the same offensive temper yet knowing actual combat realities. Together they organized the decisive blows which reconquered Douaumont and most of the ground at Verdun and put an end to the 8-months battle. When the politicians decided to replace Joffre while keeping his plan for a strategic offensive, Nivelle seemed to be the right choice to the French and the British, as he was more optimistic than Pétain.

[UdallIn72]

As I recall, Nivelle pretty much completely disowned Mangin after the former's 1917 offensive collapsed.

"Threw him under the bus," as they say.

[Fridomfry]

In the 1917 offensive, Mangin (6th Army) was subordinate to Micheler who was subordinate to Nivelle was responsible for the whole plan (coordinated offensive on Chemin des Dames + Somme). Their views were supported by Briand's cabinet and the British.

Only Pétain, the pessimist, expressed reservations. The facts proved him right. He was supported by Ribot & Painlevé's shadow cabinet, who came to power during the offensive and disowned both Nivelle & Mangin. Mangin was soon back in command.

[bill666gates]

where's part 2?

[franstar69]

that hair...just...lol.....

[br1991]

That is some anachronistic hair on young Indiana.

[Fridomfry]

No, Jo Stalin was not in the French command yet... Private I.Jones had a special permission from GHQ to keep his hair, in order to attract all the lice of the front.

Serous, this is a Great video! It shows exactly the debate which opposed Petain to the high command since 1910. Petain was generally right. Here, he was wrong: The Nivelle-Mangin attack was a decisive success. French artillery overwhelmed the Germans. Mangin's divisions took Douaumont. It put an end to the German hopes on Verdun.

[UdallIn72]

You sound like you know what you're talking about.

What do you think of this: Robert Nivelle (whose mother was from England), spoke English without an accent, but here he sounds like Inspector Clouseau.

What gives?

I guess the director's using the "just a stupid accent" trope in lieu of subtitles.

I suppose I shouldn't complain; it's extraordinarily rare to see these one-time titans--Joffre, Nivelle, Petain, Mangin--put on screen at all.

[Fridomfry]

Well, that's Hollywood... zey need to make characters more typical, like making French speak like Clouzeau. Lets rejoice that they did not equip Joffre with a béret and a baguette...

I didn't know Nivelle's mother was British. It was also the case for general Franchet d'Esperey, who spoke fluent English.

Thanks to YouTube, I discover this extraordinary movie. Moreover, the parallel between WW1 generals and nowadays hotshot financial wizards who disregard the common Joe is very, very clever.

[UdallIn72]

My source on Nivelle's ancestry, by the way, is Leon Wolff's "Passchendaele."

That man's definitely something of an enigma--there's not an awful lot written about him (in English, at any rate). He came in and out of the historical spotlight in, what, four months?

It's astonishing to me that a guy who briefly wielded nearly godlike power is today so obscure--even among people with an interest in history.

[Fridomfry]

Colonel Nivelle reached local glory in Sept. 1914, at the head of his artillery regiment. During the Marne battle, he repulsed a German attack by "charging" with his batteries and opening fire almost at point blank. Thus, very much like Pétain, he was an apolitical, pure and devoted military man who got promoted on his deeds in combat. His reputation grew until, in spring 1916, he received the bitter mission to command at Verdun - a much more visible position, where he achieved "success".

[majortom321]

2:30 .. why is joseph stalin in the french command?

[JSLegoMaster]

OMG! thats Petain! Hes the french commander od verdun and was the leader of french vicy in ww2.

[custerdivision]

The "Joseph Staline look" is not Petain, it's General Nivelle who launched a costly attack at Verdun. Petain has the red hat and the blue outfit and Marechal Joffres has the black outfit.

[Serenity113]

Hmm. Now I wanna know how Indy got that eye patch.

[ShipHunter]

Is this available on DVD? I have in mind that I watched it as a child...

[Horsemaniac]

Yea, it is on the Volume 2... think it's disc 2...

[Horsemaniac]

Yea it is... VOlume 2, Disc 2...

[Wyrmshadow]

ROFL! Look at that hair! Ahhh the early 90's.

[Horsemaniac]

LOL! You have a point!!!

[elli782]

Where is the rest of it?

[EETFUK83]

thank you thank you something to tide us Chronicle fans till Oct

[kayak621]

Thank You SOOOOOOOO much! I love this episode. Keep em coming please!