The Battle of the Somme—the movie

Within weeks of the famously bloody first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, audiences in the UK were crowding into cinemas to see the reality of combat for themselves.The feature-length film The Battle of the Somme,shot by official cinematographers Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell, opened in August 1916. It showed the ... Read more

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