Italian war veteran discovers YouTube for the first time finds himself in a recording from 1942
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The Italian veteran of 93 years-old Francesco Brambilla never forget the first time I discovered YouTube, where in his first search on the web, was found in an anonymous video shot the day before the departure of his regiment to the Russian front in 1942 during World War II.
The son of Francesco, Fausto Brambilla, was the one who approached his father to search when he wanted me to see how, on that screen, "just write a name of what you want to look and she'll find it," says Fausto in a story published yesterday the Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera.
"Since my father has abandoned him strength and lives in the confined space of his home, traveling to the depths of their memories, especially 'those years'.
"The years of the war, the front of the long imprisonment in Russia", he said. Therefore, given the sober Google screen with the promised chance of finding what you want, Fausto tells how his father was direct with him :"Try Sforzesca my regiment during the war."
The most striking result was a video from 1942, under the title Caserma Passalacqua, a shot images anonymously you can see in black and white, hundreds of soldiers dressed for battle and saying goodbye to their families.
"Daddy, that's you , exactly like that picture you've shown me so many times," said Fausto relates that by watching the images.
There, he explains, his father appears sitting, waiting for the departure of his division to the Russian front, a fucking point of no return for millions of That Could return this Italian.
The Russian Campaign , one of the most important form the World War II , received Italy shipping over 230,000 soldiers , of which 114,000 were killed.
"Look at us there. 'we are those who sent them to die. I am the only one in my town that came home alive"
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[B]Not the best translation in the world but it is something[/B]
Really quite touching but...
[QUOTE=Elcard100;42959254]There, he explains, his father appears sitting, waiting for the departure of his division to the Russian front, [B]a fucking point of no return[/B] for millions of That Could return this Italian.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Zenreon117;42959325]Really quite touching but...
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I'd say that's a pretty fucking good translation.
It's amazing to think we're at the point that we can just look up these seminal moments from history and uncover tons of amazing resources like this.
Here's perhaps a better translation from [URL="http://www.leggo.it/NEWS/ITALIA/francesco_brambilla_93_anni_video_guerra_youtube/notizie/366804.shtml"]another article[/URL]:
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NOVARA - The images are in black and white, the frames tremble lightly as in all footage which testifies to that distant time, rendering the movements of its protagonists somewhat unnatural. In a video of war reproduced on You Tube, the cinematic memory isn't the only one preserving those moments. A man, in fact, who recognized himself in this very footage. The man, Francesco Brambilla, is 93 years old and the footage 70 years the younger.
"My father - recounts his son in the [I]Corriere della Sera[/I] - recognized himself as he was 70 years ago in an anonymous video filmed in the barracks of Novara at the vigil of departure of his regiment for the Russian front. Only a few seconds of footage were needed to bring his memories to light again. Like seeing the world for the first time again, as he is one of few remaining men who have seen two lives: before and after the war, within and without horror, the real, the absolute, a la Conrad. A reel of approximately two minutes, found per chance in the infinity of the internet.
The son had brought his tablet with him while he kept his elderly father company. He explained in simple terms that anything could be found using the small, flat device. As a trial, the man recalled that which affected him perhaps most profoundly: his experience in the Russian campaign. The results of the search were plenty. Then, suddenly, the idea of restricting the search to the barracks at Novara - 5 films posted to youtube. The date was 1942.
At the fourth, a euphoric remark: "That's my unit. Those from Novara left from here. I recognize the courtyard, it was all surrounded by trees." The images moved quickly, in black and white, like in old [I]comiche[/I]; the music that accompanied it, however, slow and heavy.
THE FOOTAGE - In the footage one sees a platoon marching and black-uniformed officials in cheerful conversation. "There they are, them -- those who were sending us to die." Another shot of a group of officers, then a dolly shot of soldiers sitting in anticipation of their journey. "Dad, that's you."
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[editline]23rd November 2013[/editline]
I omitted some rhetorical things which don't translate well.
1:35-1:36 for anyone who is wondering.
This really melts my heart. Could you imagine finding yourself in a video recorded more than 50 years before? It's unique.
[QUOTE=SebiWarrior;42961432]This really melts my heart. Could you imagine finding yourself in a video recorded more than 50 years before? It's unique.[/QUOTE]
Before I was born? That would indeed be very bizarre.
[QUOTE=Desuh;42961521]Before I was born? That would indeed be very bizarre.[/QUOTE]
l2timetravel fgt
Fake, he's just trying to get attention
The Italians had it pretty rough on the eastern front. They basically ended up getting encircled a bunch of times and almost annihilated at Stalingrad in the middle of the winter.
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