BBC Timewatch - The Last Day of World War One (4/4)

BBC Timewatch - The Last Day of World War One
The treaty that ended the First World War was signed just after 5am on 11 November, 1918. But those involved decided that the fighting would stop at 11am to allow news of the Armistice to spread to all the troops.

In an affecting documentary, Michael Palin looks at the lives claimed during those last remaining hours when the war was technically over but when, in pockets of conflict throughout France, the killing sporadically continued.

The last British soldier to die, George Edwin Ellison from Leeds, was killed just 90 minutes before Armistice was declared. The last US soldier fell at 10.59am.

Palin speaks to historians about these few, final, bloody hours, and touchingly takes Ellison's granddaughters to visit their grandfather's grave in a war cemetery, where they lay flowers. They note that it is the first time any family member has visited this immensely sad spot.

Playlist for whole episode: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?action_edit=1&list=PL3093866A29A643AE
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxeiTo6ab0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o-AONkREC4
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlcoW1oFEG8
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGBl57xWNgs

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