Tales From The Trenches

Peter Jackson’s remarkable film brings World War One soldiers vividly to life

Every November we remember the soldiers who fought in the trenches of World War One. But how much do we really know about what life was like on the Western Front?

In a film to mark a century since the end of the conflict, The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has painstakingly restored hours of archive footage, and says he thinks the results will raise a few eyebrows.