A time when war overshadowed everything but hope

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Testament of Youth (1979)

A time when war overshadowed everything but hope

Status: Ended

Next Episode: No upcoming episodes

Number of Seasons: 1

Overview

A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her experiences as a nurse in London and Malta and at the front lines in France. It opens with 18-year-old Vera, the genteel daughter of a paper-mill owner, nurturing "hopes of escaping from provincial young ladyhood." Her plan is to attend Oxford.

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