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WWWI Media Files. This website, firstworldwar.com, contains archive recordings - audio and video - of politicians, royalty, commanders, battles, songs and speeches from the wartime era.
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WWWI Media Files This website, firstworldwar.com, contains archive recordings - audio and video - of politicians, royalty, commanders, battles, songs and speeches from the wartime era. Included are the best known wartime songs, such as It's A Long Way To Tipperary and Pack Up Your Troubles; among video footage is film of Archduke Franz Ferdinand arriving at the town hall in Sarajevo; his assassination shortly after he re-emerged from his reception there on 28 June 1914 plunged much of the world into war the following month. 1914 – sample: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" by John McCormack 1915 – sample: "Till the Boys Come Home" by Stanley Kirkby 1916 – sample: "Pack Up Your Troubles" by Murray Johnson 1917 – sample: "Keep the Home Fires Burning" by John McCormack 1918 – sample: "Over There" by Enrico Caruso