Convention video database
Video: 1916
Created by: Zeneyepirate
Song Title: 1916
Song Artist: Motorhead
Footage Used:
Saving Private Ryan
Shown at:
2006: This is a quintessential war vid, referencing two completely different conflicts through the lyrics and the visuals. 2003: A portrait of war. (Note: graphic, realistic violence.) 2007: Using visuals from Saving Private Ryan, the vidder allows the song's narrator to represent all young soldiers and makes an evocative, powerful point about the futility of war.