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I'm Jenny, live with all the news you need to know this Sunday. | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
Thousands of athletes and officials from 71 nations and territories have | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
spent the past 12 days bringing the Commonwealth Games to life, and | :00:15. | :00:18. | |
The Lightning Bolt was back with a bang, helping to set a new Games | :00:19. | :00:25. | |
record, in the 4 by 100m relay final, before celebrating in style | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
And diving sensation, Tom Daley, held | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
on to his ten metre platform title, with this amazing performance. | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
It's the 20-year-old?s third commonwealth gold. | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Tomorrow marks 100 years since Britain declared war on | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Germany. Ricky's going to be bringing you a | :00:46. | :00:47. | |
frontline. Today, he's been finding out about some unusual recruits, | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
that did their bit for the war effort. | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
Around the world, millions of men were recruited to | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
As they travelled to the battlefields of Europe, | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
women at home took on their jobs in factories, | :01:11. | :01:12. | |
The British army deployed more than one million horses and mules | :01:13. | :01:23. | |
during the conflict, their hard work shouldn't be underestimated. | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
Many of them were used to move around artillery, general supplies, | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
Dogs played crucial roles in the First World War. | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
In fact, they came to be just as dependable as soldiers. | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
Many were used to deliver vital messages, find wounded soldiers | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
Some even helped to sniff out enemy spies. | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
Pigeons were also used as messengers. | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
They flew long distances quickly, delivering military orders to | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
And one of the most bizarre creatures who came to help | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
the soldiers, in the sometimes very dark trenches, were glow worms. | :02:04. | :02:06. | |
They'd collect them in jars in their thousands, | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
and then at night, when they'd glow, they were able to study maps | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
At night, their glow is visible, even from as far away as 20 yards. | :02:13. | :02:23. | |
Away from the frontline, even zoo animals were put to work. | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
The government wanted to show everyone was helping out. | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
This elephant, from Sheffield Zoo, was used to pull heavy loads, | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
instead of the British horses that were on the battlefields of Europe. | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
Millions of animals were relied upon by both | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
But like the men sent to fight, the price they paid was high. | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
8 million horses alone had died by the end of the war, as a result of | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
the extreme conditions at the front - exhaustion, injury and disease. | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
But the efforts of animals in WW1 were never forgotten. | :02:48. | :02:54. |