They Shall Not Grow Old
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They Shall Not Grow Old is a World War I documentary film directed by Peter Jackson that uses restored and colorized archival footage to vividly depict the experiences of British soldiers on the Western Front.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| They Shall Not Grow Old canonical | 4 |
| "They Shall Not Grow Old" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369756 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Shall Not Grow Old Context triple: [WingNut Films, notableWork, They Shall Not Grow Old]
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A.
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour is a 2017 historical drama film depicting Winston Churchill’s early days as British Prime Minister during World War II, starring Gary Oldman in an Oscar-winning performance.
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B.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a 2017 war film directed by Christopher Nolan that depicts the World War II evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France.
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C.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a coastal town in northern France best known as the site of the World War II evacuation of Allied troops in 1940.
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D.
Lawrence of Arabia
"Lawrence of Arabia" is a 1962 epic historical drama film directed by David Lean that chronicles the World War I exploits of British officer T. E. Lawrence in the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
The Darkest Hour
The Darkest Hour is a 2011 science fiction thriller film about a group of young people in Moscow fighting to survive an invisible alien invasion that drains electrical energy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Shall Not Grow Old Target entity description: They Shall Not Grow Old is a World War I documentary film directed by Peter Jackson that uses restored and colorized archival footage to vividly depict the experiences of British soldiers on the Western Front.
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A.
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour is a 2017 historical drama film depicting Winston Churchill’s early days as British Prime Minister during World War II, starring Gary Oldman in an Oscar-winning performance.
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B.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a 2017 war film directed by Christopher Nolan that depicts the World War II evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France.
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C.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a coastal town in northern France best known as the site of the World War II evacuation of Allied troops in 1940.
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D.
Lawrence of Arabia
"Lawrence of Arabia" is a 1962 epic historical drama film directed by David Lean that chronicles the World War I exploits of British officer T. E. Lawrence in the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
The Darkest Hour
The Darkest Hour is a 2011 science fiction thriller film about a group of young people in Moscow fighting to survive an invisible alien invasion that drains electrical energy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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war film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | BBC ⓘ |
| basedOn | oral histories of World War I veterans ⓘ |
| colorProcess | digital colorization ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Imperial War Museums ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfProduction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| depicts |
combat on the Western Front
ⓘ
daily life of soldiers ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ |
| director | Peter Jackson ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
Warner Bros. UK ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
|
| editedBy | Jabez Olssen ⓘ |
| focusesOn | British soldiers ⓘ |
| format | feature-length film ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary film
ⓘ
war documentary ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Western Front in France and Belgium
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Front
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| intendedFor | commemoration of the centenary of World War I armistice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western Front
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ |
| musicBy |
David Donaldson
ⓘ
Janet Roddick ⓘ Steve Roche ⓘ |
| narrationBy | World War I veterans ⓘ |
| portraysFromPerspectiveOf | British Army soldiers ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2018-10-16 ⓘ |
| premiereEvent |
BFI London Film Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
London Film Festival
|
| producer | Peter Jackson ⓘ |
| productionCompany | WingNut Films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 99 minutes ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
BAFTA nominations
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critical acclaim for technical innovation ⓘ theatrical re-releases for Armistice centenary ⓘ |
| techniqueUsed |
audio reconstruction
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frame rate correction ⓘ lip-reading-based dialogue recreation ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1914–1918 ⓘ |
| titleInspiredBy | Laurence Binyon poem "For the Fallen" ⓘ |
| uses |
archival footage
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colorized footage ⓘ restored footage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: They Shall Not Grow Old Description of subject: They Shall Not Grow Old is a World War I documentary film directed by Peter Jackson that uses restored and colorized archival footage to vividly depict the experiences of British soldiers on the Western Front.
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