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Anyone else watch PBS's The Crimson Field?

11 years ago

I am binge watching it now. It is so good.

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sheilajoyce_gw

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

He liked to say somewhat poetically that he served on foreign soil and heard a shot fired. That about sums it up. He was in the US Navy and patrolled the Great Lakes. One night, patrolling the Canadian side of the Great Lakes, someone fell asleep on guard duty, dropped his gun, and it fired. He came away from the navy a cribbage player, and the family often gathered around the kitchen table late at night to play the game, which he reminded us was a great pastime in the navy.

The Crimson Field” title refers to the poppies pictured
in the title slide of the show as well as the blood of war. And the
poppies refer to the poem below written during WWI by a Canadian military doctor. I
remember my father reciting this poem at the dinner table from memory
every year when Veteran’s Day arrived and he bought his poppy that year,
which he proudly wore for the rest of the month.

The GreatWar 1914-1918
In Flanders Fields

by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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wantoretire_did
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Pam, is it on DVD or streaming? Assuming its Netflix…..
maire_cate
11 years ago
It's on PBS. Episode 6 airs this coming Sunday.

http://www.pbs.org/program/crimson-field/#series
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Rose Pekelnicky
11 years ago
I watched that last Sunday. Probably will watch it again.
pam_25f
Original Author
11 years ago
I watched it on computer from the PBS site.
User
11 years ago
I'm watching and it's very good. Watched ep. 1 & 2 so far.

DH is a war history buff and he's really into it.
chisue
11 years ago
We DVR this, "Poldark", and "Halifax". Yesterday we watched #4 of "Crimson Field". The nurse passed over for Matron reminds me of my late MIL -- a master manipulator. I've lost count of how many actors we've seen in other PBS programs pop up in this one. Good plot, acting, and some gorgeous camera work.
socks
11 years ago
I wonder why I haven't caught that one, Crimson Field! I'll have to check that out. TV seems so bad this summer. I am watching Poldark, though. I noticed Amazon has the books, but TV is enough.
sheilajoyce_gw
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I have been enjoying it. My father was in WWI, and every year on Veterans' Day, he would recite "In Flanders Field" for all of us at the dinner table, usually followed by a chorus of "My Buddy."
chisue
11 years ago
sheilajoyce -- Wow, somebody else whose father was in WWI! DH's father was, too. DH is still receiving $1.89/mo. from an insurance policy his father took out then. Beneficiary went from Mother to Wife to Son. Years ago we fought hard to get the policy to pay annually -- best we could do since the government refused to just stop cutting a check. I wonder how many other benefits go out that cost more to process than they are worth.

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