Set in World War I, a troop of British soldiers stop to sing some songs..

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If you are looking for a gritty war movie with explosions and deep plots, please stay far away from this one. You will hate it within thirty seconds. But if you like looking at old footage and wondering what people in 1929 thought was 'entertainment,' it is actually kind of a trip. It is really just a filmed stage act...

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"If you are looking for a gritty war movie with explosions and deep plots, please stay far away from this one. You will hate it within thirty seconds. But if you like looking at old footage and wondering what people in 1929 thought was 'entertainment,' it is actually kind of a trip. It is really just a filmed stage act where soldiers pretend to be in a trench while singing their hearts out. The whole thing is about ten minutes long. It feels like a musical postcard sent from a version of WWI th..."


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