Great War Stories 1 - Mark Briggs

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Great War Stories 1 - Mark Briggs

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This slot in TV3’s Great War Stories series looks at Kiwi conscientious objector Mark Briggs. In World War I imprisonment faced those who objected to doing their bit for King and country on moral grounds. In 1917 unionist Briggs and 13 others (including Archibald Baxter) were shipped to the front and made an example of via ‘Field Punishment No.1’, which saw the pacifists bound to a post in the open, then forced into the trenches. Archive material and art by Wellington's Bob Kerr depict the to...

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Video

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2014

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/great-war-stories-mark-briggs-conscientious-objector-2014

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first world war / great war / world war one / pacifist / pacifism / conscientious objection / baxter / flax / unionist / prison / field punishment / bob kerr / we will not cease / trench / torture / conscientious objectors / france / james allen / mark briggs / unions / nz on air / new zealand on air

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