The effect of the great wars on the North East was brought to every family. Either through direct loss of its members, hardship caused through loss of labour, or through the pressures which war brought to the very fabric of the society. This section clearly captures aspects of mans inhumanity to man and also provides with the reflective opportunities to review how the lessons of the past can be learned so that mankind can have a common goal of "we are our brothers keeper" and reminds us that "We are aa Jock Tampsons bairns the world ower".
- The land army. The role that women played on the land to secure food out put for survival.
- The prisoner of war camps. What it was like from a German prisoner's point of view to be held in a prison camp at Monymusk in Aberdeenshire.
- Depleted labour market and the implications in the rural economy. The need to dig for victory placed huge demands on agriculture and other industries starved of male labour.
- Memories of trench warfare of the Battle of the Somme. The real story of a soldier who experienced this system of warfare. The conditions the futility and the inevitability of the order to die with the words "Over the top".
- Memories of a German prisoner of war. Pre war in Germany. Hitler as a democratically elected savior, his plan for war, the Hitler youth movement and then the dictator.
- The historic castles of Grampian. Castle country and its architectural history and the story of the estate and its occupants.
- The Dragoon Highlanders of the 16 Cent. See how these men fought their battles for supremacy and how that heritage is maintained.
- Building the Burma Road. The story of a Gordon Highlander who was captured by the Japanese. The inhumanity of war.