Perpetual change

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"Life to me is nothing but a series of farewells".

This atmosheric documentary was filmed in the Rhonda Valley in South Wales. In this clip two veterans from World War One discuss the nature of the world in their old age.

From: Once There Was a Time
First broadcast : 1 March, 1961

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