"Footnotes from the Fields" provides listeners with a fresh context to consider the painful remnants of World War I. Radio Netherlands Producer, Marijke van der Meer takes listeners on a voyage to WWI's western front. Van der Meer follows a group of Dutch and American students who tour the battlefield with their professor. Listeners will hear students' reactions to their surroundings mixed with the explanatory sounds of the professor's tour and of museum guides. Van der Meer's slow narration provides greater historical context and additional layers of information.
Review of RN Documentary: Footnotes from the Fields
Kerry Seed
Posted on November 08, 2004 at 07:27 PM
"Footnotes from the Fields" provides listeners with a fresh context to consider the painful remnants of World War I. Radio Netherlands Producer, Marijke van der Meer takes listeners on a voyage to WWI's western front. Van der Meer follows a group of Dutch and American students who tour the battlefield with their professor. Listeners will hear students' reactions to their surroundings mixed with the explanatory sounds of the professor's tour and of museum guides. Van der Meer's slow narration provides greater historical context and additional layers of information.