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The Battle of the Somme is a black-and-white silent film in five parts, with sequences divided by intertitles summarising the contents. The first part shows preparations for the battle; there are sequences of troops marching towards the front, French peasants at work in rear areas, the stockpiling of munitions, Major-General Beauvoir De Lisle addresses the 29th Division and some of the ...
Geoffrey Herbert Malins (born Arthur Herbert Malins; 18 November 1886 – 11 February 1940) was a British film director most famous for camera and editing work on the 1916 war film The Battle of the Somme, which combined documentary and propaganda, and reached an audience of over 20 million viewers.
The Somme is a 1927 British documentary film directed by M.A. Wetherell. It re-examined the 1916 Battle of the Somme during the First World War. Production The ...
Category: Documentary films about the Battle of the Somme. ... The Battle of the Somme (film) S. The Somme (film) The Somme – From Defeat to Victory; W. War As It ...
The Battle of Albert was the first two weeks of Anglo-French offensive operations in the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment began on 24 June and the Anglo-French infantry attacked on 1 July, on the south bank from Foucaucourt to the Somme and from the Somme north to Gommecourt, 2 mi (3.2 km) beyond Serre.
Documentary films about the Battle of the Somme (4 P) Pages in category "Films about the Battle of the Somme" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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The Battle of the Somme most commonly refers to the Anglo-French offensive in 1916 during World War I. The campaign was later divided into a series of battles. According to official nomenclature, two offensives in 1918 also use this name: the German offensive codenamed Operation Michael, known by the British as the First Battle of the Somme, 1918.