The Choral
A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.
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"For such a stellar collection of talent this was pretty disappointing. It felt like a slightly weak episode of Downton Abbey. If a gentle tale, well acted, in lovely scenery is what you're after on a Sunday evening at home, this is perfect. But what potential spurned. A truly great cast that could have got its teeth into something very significant. The subject matter was there, it could have explored any number of angles. But it just pottered along. With no real tension or jeopardy. No rise and fall of emotion. Just...nice. The possible tensions were everywhere. War, nationality, sexua..."
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In one scene, a 17-year-old boy is handed a white feather by a woman in order to shame him into volunteering, despite being under-age. The practice of women handing white feathers to men of fighting age spread rapidly in 1914 and continued throughout the war, despite the introduction of conscription for all men between 18 and 40 in January 1916. The White Feather movement was notoriously over-zealous, and frequently handed white feathers out to under-age boys, soldiers home on leave, and men who had been discharged from the armed forces - often with serious injuries. Seaman George Samson famously received a feather when he was on his way to a reception held in his honour to receive the Victoria Cross as a reward for his bravery at Gallipoli.
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A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.