The poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king's call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honor himself.

NARRATOR: Jack Cornwell. Hero of Jutland. Jack was born in 1900. As a young boy, he joined the scouts and was proud of his badges. His first job was as a delivery boy. But when World War One began ...