I saw this on A&E years ago and purchased it on VHS for use in my Social Studies classroom. This DVD purchase was simply to update the product onto newer medium. I've shown this movie to students for years now, and every year it's a "hit." World War I does not get much "copy" in today's high school textbooks, and the majority of my students begin this unit not even knowing when the war started or why. Especially relevant are the scenes depicting the ethnic diversity of the front-line soldiers (NY immigrants meet Midwest farmboys). Whether you are a teacher or not, I highly recommend this film as a "window" in which to appreciate a forgotten battle, with forgotten men, in what is becoming a forgotten war.