The video typically features a French or British soldier peeking over the top of a trench. In the "ww1.avi" version, the footage often cuts or glitches right as a shell explodes or a sniper fire is heard (if audio is added).

Most experts agree the footage is actually a snippet from a modern film or a high-budget reenactment (likely the 2006 film Joyeux Noël or a similar production) that was intentionally degraded to look like an authentic archival discovery. The Real Last Victims

Even if the video is a "creepypasta" style hoax, the tragedy it represents is very real. On the final day of the war, there were nearly .