> a world riding the wave of the industrial revolution
> all of the people filmed were affected in some way by the Second World War
I can't agree with you more. But what makes me more sad is that it all seems to be slowly repeating itself right now. I mean we're currently riding the first ripple of the digital revolution... and war, fascism, and social unrest is back once again in the west - just under a less recognizable form.
The words from this song might be familiar to you. What's scary is that the speech makes so much sense in a present day context: