Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Gas Raid

Exceptionally good depiction of a gas attack from the First World War from the series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Watch this clip all the way to the end as there is a first class and totally chilling evocation of flame throwers in action backed up by German cavalry in gas protection looking like the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A jaw dropping finale to a fine sequence really capturing the hellish nature of trench warfare in the 14-18 war. This clip is a German dub but you get the idea - meine mask ist kaputt...