Clann a' Chogaidh Mhoir (Small Hands in a Big War)

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An 11-year-old girl gives an 18-year-old boy a white feather as a sign of cowardice.

Drama series telling the story of WWI as seen through the eyes of children. In this episode, a girl gives a boy a white feather as a sign of cowardice.

'Clann a' Chogaidh Mhòir' - Sreath do phrògraman mu'n a Chiad Chogadh tro shuìlean clann a bha beò aig àm.Tha nighean òg à Dùn Èidean Alison Brook a' toirt ite gheal gu balach ochd bliadhna deug a dh'aois, mar chomharra air gealtachd. Tha seo ga bhrosnachadh gus a dhol a dh'ionnsaigh a chogaidh. As dèidh dha a bhith air a chuir a null dhan Fhraing, tha Alison a' tachairt ri a sheanamhair dhall, a tha dìreach cailte as aonais an ogha aice. Nuair a tha naidheachd a bhàis a' tighinn, tha Alison a' faireachdainn cho fior chiontach is gu bheil i ga chleith bho a sheanmhair - ach tha an fhìrinn a' tighinn am bàrr.

An 11-year-old girl gives an 18-year-old boy a white feather as a sign of cowardice. This encourages him to volunteer for the army. After he is sent to France, she meets his blind grandmother, who is completely alone without her grandson. Sadly she learns that the boy was killed at the front. The girl feels guilty and keeps the terrible news from his grandmother - but the truth is revealed.

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Drama series telling the story of WWI through the eyes of children alive at the time

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