The film contained many revolutionary technical innovations for its time (rear projection, miniature models about 18 inches in height, and trick photography, etc.All of the family members sacrificed their future plans during the war effort: Anne took a job as a shipyard factory welder, Jane postponed college to become a nurse""s aid in a military hospital, and everyone pitched in to raise money at an airplane hangar dance.It ended indelibly in its portrayal, with Christian symbolism, of the death of the ""good"" Sergeant in a crucifixion pose on his knees, when he was mortally wounded by Viet Cong soldiers as he emerged from the jungle...maybe (if you""re older), you remember...when suddenly the kissing isn""t a kid""s game anymore, suddenly it""s wide-eyed, scary and dangerous.Another stated: "Alone, unheard, unheeded, a young boy, a young girl, drowning in love."The film""s title is taken from English romantic William Wordsworth""s 1807Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Reflections of Early Childhood, some of which is quoted here:Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flowerWe will grieve not, but rather findStrength in what remains behind.After quickly swimming back to the dock and climbing halfway out, the killer shoved a spear-gun deep into his groin and lifted Paul into the air by his speared crotch - Paul howled when the spear was released(# 5 death).