Lego WW1 - The Battle of the Somme - stopmotion
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On July 1st, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme began.
The British sent thousands of soldiers over the tops of the trenches to
take the German positions on the opposite side.
The Germans, however, knew the attack was coming and were very
well prepared. The advancing British were quickly cut down by
rifles, machine guns, and artillery. Although some of the British were
able to break through the German lines, the majority were unsuccessful.
Altogether, the British suffered 57,000 casualties making it the bloodiest day in their history to this day. The Battle of the Somme would go on for another four months and claim the lives of thousands more.
animated by Jordan Durrenberger
music from AudioNetwork
sounds from Freesound.org and Pond5.com
Inspired by the 'Battle of the Somme scene' from War Horse. - บันเทิง
The tune played by the Piper as the men went over the top is "Battle of the Somme" was written by Pipe Major Willie Lawrie of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He wrote the song during the battle (as was tradition with Scottish pipers, and has been done as recently as the Falklands War with "Crags of Tumbledown") and it immediately became a hit with Scottish and Irish pipers. Lawrie was tragically killed during the Battle of the Somme, but his tune lives on as a memorial to the 420,000 British and Irish soldiers and 200,000 French soldiers who were wounded or killed in the bloody fields of France from July to November of 1916.
This gives so much more depth to the video! Thanks, underrated!
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Wiat that’s the piper who got shot?
I think the tune is Roster O the North
What about the german soldiers?
Little details like the Lewis Gun’s pan magazine actually rotating as its firing are what make these videos amazing
I’ve read many of the letters that men who served on the Western Front sent home to their families. There is nothing more heartbreaking than reading the words of men who know they are going to die, never to meet their loved ones in this world again. Even now, more than 100 years later, we should remember to give these brave men the reverence they are due for the sacrifices they made.
Rest In piece, they died for us
all of them are someone's fathers and sons... it breaks my heart
The fact that the bagpipe even deflates after being shot through and disappears under the bagpiper at 2:12 just goes to show the level of detail in these videos.
Interesting fact: J R R Tolkien was in the Battle of the Somme as well. Many of his friends passed away in this battle.
Rest in Peace
Does that explain the you shall not pass from the Verdun battle
The fires of the battlefield inspired Smaug, the dragon from the Hobbit.
so sad sorry
J.R.R Tolkien used many inspirations from his expirience from his wartime for his books.
For example he saw a medic ridding on the battlefield, you can find him as the White-Rider (Gandalf the white) in the books, or he saw Dragons, Balrogs or Orcs in his enemies and the huge fires.
He lost 2 of his 3 very good friends on the front.
I´m glad he survived and had the chance to write this fantastic books.
(I´m a great fan of him, and nearly read any of his books)
The dead marshes is a direct reference to this battle. The dead soldiers would be laying face up in a mortar crater in maybe a foot or 2 of water, much like the dead elves in the marshes. WW1 traumatized Tolkien in a very deep way, he hated war and death after that. It's why the battles in the book are so short.
I love that they used to play instruments while charging into battle. That's a huge morale boost.
1:07. Fun fact: the reason why the scots brought bagpipes to the fight was to encourage the troops, but also to confuse and scare the enemy, as it usually would be hard to hear where it was coming from.
I think it would be pretty hard to hear in general aswel.
Ok
I didn’t know that
@@topsecretbricks1727 me too
Oh so that’s why that machine gunner killed him too
I love these stories and this is absolutely amazing
Hi
すごいっすね
So nice!
1.2 million dead, for six miles of advance. Absolutely horrific and I salute all those young men who were made to do this
They had 1.2 million soldiers there?
@@Sergeantlumi yeah 1.2 million casualties, including German, French and British soldiers
@@Ilovehumanevolutioncasualties are not the same as dead. 100,000 British deaths at the somme
I heard that there was no other special way to break through the trench line at that time. No advanced bombers, tanks or communication methods but only sending young soldiers right ahead to machine guns...
But I still doubt that 1.2 million deaths have same worth as just 6 miles of advance...
Hi. From WP:
'More than three million men fought in the battle, of whom more than one million were either wounded or killed, making it one of the deadliest battles in all of human history.'
When I played with Legos as a kid, this is what I thought what was happening. But really there was a rainbow of bricks, and a stick for a gun.
We had the same childhood
Lol
Arjun the Kid, I forgot about the sound effects lol
I'm coming for you! FSB
same
NO, BAGPIPE GUY!
There is
1:07
No it’s cause he died. He was killed in the heat of battle. Yet another dead man…
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Rip bagpipe guy
Wow this is really cool! I love stop motion, and have some experience, what do you suggest for special effects?
Pues te recomiendo que uses efectos especiales 🌟
well from the things i notice in his videos, it would be the “practical effects” that tie it together “aka using lego bricks for the explosions and what not, also just trying to perfect that sound design
@@BRUHS1H43J xdd
@@BRUHS1H43J 1:08
Soldiers: die by 10s of thousands.
Generals: send in more.
Soldiers: did you not see what just happened?
Generals: DID I STUTTER
Those are WW1 tactics in a Nutshell
Soldados: *mueren por los dies mil*
Generales: Manden más
Soldados: no vieron los que acaba de pasar?
Generales: HAZ lo que te decimos
*REMEMBER TO WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!*
Agent A just like the simulations
Nobody gonna call out how he had time to type "thousands" but not enough for "tens"
This animation really impressed me. It captures the grittiness of war better than some movies. Well done!
thanks!
@@JDBrickProductions when is the hunt of Bismarck gonna be released it's been weeks!
@@JDBrickProductions Btw can you tell what the music from Omaha beach that you uploaded is the name of that music? that went danan dun dun, DNANAN DUN DUN.
What the Parents see: aww look he’s playing with his legos!
What he sees: 1:43
Amazing
Yes
Yup
Y un mi mamá. .😄🌝🥵🥵😉🤪👍😁😀🌝😄😆😆😄😄😄
@@rolyrogerraymundosolano8388 what??
“I have a brilliant idea, why dont we cavalry charge the enemy?”
“Outstanding work sire”
Sir*
DoggiePlayz sire is another word for sir
Yesssssssssss sirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@@pmoon4848 Even if your officer were a Lord, Duke etc you would never call them sire. It's a royal phrase, not one for an officer.
even in lego I can see this as one of the most horrific events in world history
Definitely. I think somehow having it in Lego actually made it more poignant. Horrifying.
War is like putting animals against each other it ends in death sadness and unnecessary bloodshed
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The More You Know.
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If Legos fight what makes you think there will be peace
3:55 greatest battle in history
@Santiago Ponce Sanchez stupid they are captains or officers.
@@j.andrei.. captain obvious :/
also the bloodiest
@@panicbombz4192 They could also be lieutenants, lieutenants are the most junior officer.
@@panicbombz4192 But yeah I assume they are captains because they are slightly older.
2:12 rest in peace bagpipe man.
He was like a father to me
I loved him like a son
Ah i see a man of culture as well
Ronnz Zeumer me to man me to …
Lol
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The face thou looks like he was kicked in the nuts
when anyone else died: I fine
when bagpipe man die:i cri
Sahdniss
Noht hapie
Sodness
Yeah,its normal
Ja l😆😆😆😆😆🌝🥵
Respect to the bagpiper he never stopped playing music until he died true Chad right there
Government: Work at home
Soldier: *START PLAYING LEGO*
Just got home from seeing 1917. I really liked the movie. Seeing this was really cool too. Your sets, minifigs, animation style, and just everything about this is amazing. Keep it up man! God bless!
Dude amazing comment
And your TH-cam channel is awesome
@@jessturn why thank you! 😁
God bless ya mate.
In 1917 the camera never changes
I love to look back at history and to be thankful for what everyone has ever done for us
One of the bloodiest battles in history. May all of them rest in peace.
Also a new very good Stop Motion by you!
Regards from Germany.
[No legos were harmed during the making of this historical battle]
Rest in peace Bagpipe Man 😢
@Youssef Ben Amor he will be remembered
Sure noon...
Ok
But characters were killed
ARE YOU SURE THIS IS STOP MOTION?!? THE WHOLE THING IS SO SMOOTH, HOW!?!?!
Did I search for this? No. Am I glad it was recommended? Yes.
Wow this is WAY better than the rise of skywalker.
Really?
Dude, there are 4 year olds who could make a film/stop motion that is better than The Rise Of Skywalker
david and martine albon Ahahaha!!
You guys are so right ahahahah
True
Literary anything is better the ROS, I can rant for hours about that movie
The pipes at the end. They put a tear in me eye lad.
This is a masterpiece! Really smooth animation and one of the best WW1 sets I have ever seen
Brickmove you are one of my favourite lego youtubers!
Hi brickmove wann kommt eigentlich das nächste video auf deinem Kanal?
@@friedrich2.615 Meine Deutsch ist klein
@@friedrich2.615 ich verstehen klein ihre Deutsch
@@blitzcrieg101 I have asked when brickmovie up loud a new video
Bagpipe man: *dies*
Mount and blade fans: *now this is a avenger level threat*
Still play it
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I still here the bagpipes in my dreams
No!😭
Same
Killing a guy who plays an instrument should be a war crime
Yeah
Agreed
Sending him to charge without anything should be a war crime
Agreed.
No one cared...they just shot.
The youtube algorithm has united us once again
Yes indeed
Wut u mean
Tu
Mirayo
no I subscribed to this channel
WW3: There's no way war would start because of one guy.
WW1: Hmmm
Hmmmmmmmmm
Indeed
WW1:Shell Shock
Vietnam:Vietnam flashbacks
WW3:GEN Z STRESS DISORDER
Of an Austrian guy
Yea true ww1 started because the austrian crownprince and he wife got killed
It absolutely captures the hell and absolute insanity of the trenches, the amount of detail and production is amazing!! Great work!
So amazing, I felt it! The solo fights was so precision. Great job! One thing I think could be done better is the color of the sky. But I know it’s detail. Awesome work!
This is amazing really great job
one of the best battle of the somme stopmotions out there
thanks!
Bodhi van Putten agreed
@@JDBrickProductions Whats your next video going to be about?
Yeas!
JD Brick Productions t
I've watched this like fifty times now and i'm not sick of it
Same
1:06 This Scottish bagpiper reminded me another animation by LCM brick show. Anyway, very cool as usual!
The idea is taken from the movie "War Horse", a WW1 movie, with a scene of the battle of somme, where there is a bagpiper playing a very similar piece.
@@ΓιώργοςΜαστρογιάννης-σ1χ probably beceuse it happend in real life
@@RasEli03 Yeah, It did.
Yeah, that's exactly waht I thought, the idea from LCM brick show. And I still don't know who is better with the Somme battle.
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2:53 This part is really cool, the video is one of the best stopmotions I have ever seen! Well Done!
What this video gets right that the movies don’t, is the fact that the Brits went over the top with full kit. Well done!
This is one of the best quality lego animations I've ever seen. It really brings back childhood memories. I am so glad you were in my recommended. Please never give up your dreams, you are amazing at this!
Girls with Lego:
"Im going to make the best house ever"
Boys with Lego:
Not today.
@@matiasbuller5231 true
Machism
@@TheKingwotb mangina and liberal millennial
@@gabenewell1691 old day: war, murder, conservative, good
now day: construction, kindness, liberal, bad
"Somme is the Bloodiest Battle ever!"
Brick Studios: Say that to lego.
When your first wave had suffered 60,000 casualties
General: *SeNd iN aOnAtHer wAvE*
The last advance
One final chance
It now shall be
No guts, no glory!
Another one another one
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However even after the battle the outcome made Germany's chances of attacking or being on the offensive
There was nothing they could do. Against such a strong and prepared opposing force, you had to send men to their deaths hoping a few units could take down key sectors.
The tune that Piper is playing, is called "Battle of the Somme"...I love it when someone goes to the lengths of researching these things..................i love this and all of your works!!..Bravo!
Noone u think knows how long this took him the way the blocks come up are amazing
Churchill:
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight on the interlocking plastic bricks..."
Jao Lin that’s ww2
@@jj100280 Really? I thought I made it up.
WW2 meme reference
Umm...
1. Churchill was prime minister during WW2
2. During WW1, he was first admiral of the British navy
3. Why am I explaining this?
@@TerrierMartello Dunno, cause I believe we knew that.
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Respect from Ukraine
Respect from Britain
Respect from Gotham City
Respect from Poland.
Another great lego animation
Nice video!
Next please :
Battle of Verdun.
The battle of Verdun lasted 303 days, that‘s going to be a long video!
Kuba W here's johnny
Yeah, and add the Sabaton song to go along with it, too!
Timinator Descending to darkness, 303 days below the sun
@@eidechsentyp1236 FIELDS OF VERDUN
AND THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN
My Brother: This will be the end of legos
Me: Then it will be the noblest ending in history
Roasted
Dude this was so good I had to drop a sub nice work :)
This is the best World War I stopmotions out there. Truly amazing 👍
Love how smooth the animations are and how you used special effects instead of paractical effects!
WOW! The pan magazine on the Lewis gun rotates to feed rounds into the gun just like the real thing. The details like mud on the boots and uniforms are amazing. The sounds of the machine guns are spot on.
This was actually a really smooth animation.
Very good! One the best World War stop motions out there, and another one of them made by you. The lighting is great, it's very smooth, the sounds were on spot! Great job!
HypernOva Dragon on spot. Spot on. On point
Cullen Sullivan Typos are very easy on mobile devices.
thanks!
Heyyy I have seen you somewhere hehe
Vezez_TH-cam Yeah, I know you...
My great grandpa fought in this battle… thank you
this is the most amazing stop motion i have ever seen.
Sick stop motion! The only thing I’d do differently is have A few less frames for them walking, to make them look like they’re running, because they kind of seem to lack a sense of urgency, Which you’d expect if running into machine gun fire. Otherwise this is better than any LEGO battle I’ve ever seen.
Edit: OK after doing some research I heard that the British generals told them they would be able to walk, but still, I’d expect a break in Formation and an increase in speed when machine guns open fire.
The true tragedy was the generals claiming they could walk to the opposite side at ease because all enemy troops and trenches would be obliterated. During the days of bombardment the patrols reported germans singing in their trenches while under fire, as well as the barbed wire intact. During the way up the ranks, these reports changed to the enemy being eradicated allready, so might as well start walking... the generals did not want negative reports, so they got none. Same thing with the 'war is over before christmas' lie. Generals knew that with modern technology (trains and factories most of all) big alliances and conscription of all able bodies it would be a war of attrition. No way you can sell that, so they came up with lies that sounded nice.
If any question why we died,
It was because our fathers lied.
(Forgot who wrote it. Sorry) edit: Rudyard Kipling, responsible for thousands of British volunteers with his early pro-war poems.
sjonnie playfull Gotcha. It was their own Chosen ignorance that led to their downfall.
@@solvemproblerstudios5889 sorry to say, but those generals never truly fell. Worst they got was some mumbling ministers complaining about the death toll. Kinda like mum berating a child after setting the house on fire 'mummy is not happy with you, bad boy!' But maybe their shattered dream of walking into Berlin was terrible as it gets to them.
sjonnie playfull Well of course, I was just speaking with a lesson. But a better version would be, “Your Ignorance harms others”
@@solvemproblerstudios5889 sorry if i sounded a bit harsh. My anger was directed at those generals, not at you.
Has anyone here seen this amazing video so many times that you’ve memorized what happens
2:20 ah two broken legs nice
@Santiago Ponce Sanchez the Lego figures legs are put on back wards to make them look like they are kneeling on their legs, so as a joke i said ah two broken legs
My Mum when I was a kid: Awww so cute he is playing with the lego family
What I was acctually doing:
Epic !!! 0:42 lol that German was in deep pain
Why is someone suffering funny?
What so funny bruh
This amazing brickfilm reminds me from watching 1917.I hope you will make another lego WW1 films with rain effect and mud that's gonna be great! :)
Wow this is actually one of the greatest stop motion Lego battles ever.
this is definitely the best Lego Stopmotion film i have seen.
This is some of the best animation I have ever seen. Great work! We are always looking forward to your movies!
This is an amazing animation i love the minifigures and the builds (huge canons) its just AMAZING
This video sooooo addictive...... it's like my thousandth time watching it!! Really well made!!
Awesome video!
All the scenes looks so great and so smooth, and I loved the gunshots effects and the scenarios.
Nice job, I love your videos;)
thanks!
I don't know how many times I have seen this but it's got to be over 10
Same
That 1v1 between those 2 officers was epic! Nice stop motion skills.
IT'S THE GREATEST ANIMATION, WHEN I EVER SEE!
This is terrific. I don’t understand the people who hate it.
The bagpipe bro was cooking with his insane music
Wow that's great!
This is by far the best ww1 LEGO film, also man watch out for those channels who make videos of this video, you earned all the credit
Amazing. Thankyou for creating this, its a great tribute :0)
Very well done. Even in Lego that was pretty intense
Generals telling their men to slowly walk across no man’s land to conserve energy:
Ah yes, truely the scope of my militaristic genius knows no bounds.
i'd like to respectfully correct you, it wasn't to conserve energy. the battle of the somme had begun days before the boys went over the top. british generals wanted to concentrate heavy artillery fire on the german lines to weaken them before the attack, it was one of the biggest barrage the world has seen, at the time, spanning for many days. on the 1st, the generals had told the men that when they would walk over the fields, not a single german would be opposing them. the generals made a poor judgment... having heavy equipment, the walking british would be cut down like corn by enemy machine gun fire and artillery, for the german lines consisted of deeply dug trenches that could more or less support such heavy artillery barrages as the british one.
TLDR: command was overconfident and not being hit by your own artillery is an added benefit, also when the field consists of mostly mud you can’t run at full speed
Plus there were several artillery shells that failed to exploded.
They fired over 1 million shells at the Germans
holy hell the time and effort put into this
Well Done Man!!!
That was the greatest WW1 animation I’ve ever seen. Really hope we can see Verdun.
You want it, you got it!
m.th-cam.com/video/qo-58zeyETQ/w-d-xo.html
This is one of the most accurate LEGO animation I’ve ever seen
RIP to the brave men that died fighting the good fight I only wish that they’re in the big country club in the sky happy and drinking Pepsi
You know that in the war there arent no good or bad team....
Well there was no good guy or bad guy it was just full on war everybody fought for there country so if you think about it the Germans are just fighting for there country as well they are considered brave men in Germany while we make them look like idiots who just fought so there is no good guy or bad guy just war
@@guilhermesilva5140
What about WW2? I think we can all agree Nazis are bad.
@KAOS NATION He said "the war", I would assume he's talking about WW1, in which there wasn't really any "good guy" side, everyone was just killing each other over old imperial hatred. Half of the leaders of the major powers involved were cousins.
Well what about the innocent german and jews that got killed yes the allys saved them but what about the houses of the germans and their properties that were passed generation to generation and got destroyed by bombs and other the families that got traumatized by the fact that they could get killed any moment due to a bomb what about the people that got separated due to the berlin wall that was created by the "good guys" in order to take control of more turf resources and eventually political influence between the masses, i dont support any kind of nazi or antissemitism parties but even in these human atrocities even the good in a certain way can be bad "the good guys" were responsible to laucn the first nuke and kill thousands of innocent. Its quite ironic that the fact people say stuff like the good and the bad side even if they werent there at that time to make sure who was bad or wrong of course we all know that hitler was a maniac but dont forget that the other only joined the war to stop him to conquer the world (Even if it was impossible since germany at that time got killed by the Versailles document).
This is sad 50,000 to 80,000 people died the first day
Yup so old but other soldiers are having a war in 2020
@@adrianmarroquin5422 USSSR VS GERMANY
Spongebob Squarepants yes,I do play bagpipes in class
wait,I didn’t write this
Some Buffalo With Internet Access ???
That was wonderful. Thankyou to ever made this.
WW1-Generals be like: “This little maneuver is gonna cost us 200,000 men!“
Great animation btw and RIP to all those civilians and young soldiers who lost their lives on both sides ✝️
Cucumber Well the median age of the soldiers was 24 and most countries regulations set the maximum age of service out to around 40 years, that’s why I wrote “young”. But you’re right, there surely were exceptions being much older, so RIP to them, too ✝️
:(
Not really accurate, WW1 generals aren't the idiotic cariactures as is so often portrayed...
@Cucumber rip ar for virgins it's F for chads
Screw the Jerry
Glad to see people still care about the sacrifice's that other's made all those year's ago for both ww1 & ww2
This is so well done
Great video, but the British should have Lee Enfields not Springfields
@@kegstafpv5134 fuck off
It’s Lego
@@kegstafpv5134 stfu idiot
*WhAtS tHe dIfFeReNcE?*
machine gunn he’s not insulting him he’s giving constructive criticism
Teacher: "Class get ready to use Pencil and Paper, we are going on a Field Trip to see the History of Somme"
Girls: "Ew, Why go there it's so boring and it has no internet"
Boys: 0:00
You are the person who inspired me to make stopmotions
This is brutal and all. But have you heard about the man that fell in the river at lego city?
I know he was rescued, bi ut he was later turned into police for questioning as to why he fell in the first place.
HEY!
he joined the british army and he died 5 seconds later after he go out of the trench
🤫shhhh we don’t talk about that
*_Hey! A man has fallen into the trench in Lego Somme! BUILD THE TANK_*
*do a calvary charge and destroy the Nazi scum with your all new mark 4 tank!*
Lego is not responsible for anyone having PTSD after the build
"Truly spectacular. And thank you for the effort."
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