I want to suggest that there are many reasons

我想说人们有很多理由来解释
why the remembrance of the First World War is carried on

为什么要在二十世纪
throughout the twentieth century in a defining way.

大张旗鼓地纪念一战
The first is technology.

首先是科技因素
It's an accident that the First World War happened at the very moment

一战恰好发生在
that the film industry became the centerpiece of mass entertainment.

电影行业成为大众娱乐的核心之时
Hence, this was the very first filmic war.

因此一战是第一场被拍摄成电影的战争
It was filmic in a fictional way.

而它的拍摄内容完全是虚构的
That is to say, the technology of the day

也就是说当时的科技
provided motion picture cameras for all major armies,

为军队提供了电影摄影机
and indeed they were used in all kinds of ways.

其实它们的用途比较广泛
The problem was they never filmed battle,

问题是人们从未用其拍摄过战场