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Arrrrgh, just lost my complete post, went to get a snippet of info from absolutehakespear.com and came back and my whole post has disappeared. Grrrrrrr.

Yes, the video is worth it,one of the best.

Keep in mind the English having broken the siege of Harfleur
then proceeded to countermarch with the French for several days in bad weather. Cold, hungery, the English had to make
a terrible decision, Fight or quit the field.

Harfleur is where this line from Shakespeare comes from...
"Once more unto the breach, dear
friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
......."

For a good examination of the battle you might read
john Keegan's "The Face of Battle".

The French paid the price of their vain glory.
While the bodies were probably not piled "as high as a man"
certainly they were two or even three deep in places so that the attackers had to CLIMB OVER THE DEAD just to attack!

The attack on the baggage train enraged the English because the french killed the English pages and men in waiting.