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BATTLE OF THE SOMME [Main]
The 'big battle' structure of the film opens with the preparatory bombardment for the days before the attack, the Infantry marching to their final positions, the attack itself, the casualties, prisoners and consolidation of the next few days as the attacking troops are withdrawn for rest. The bombardment, shown in the opening reels, is by a variety of guns from a giant 15-inch howitzer to trench m…
Contributors
- Urban, Charles
- Malins, Geoffrey H
- British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
- EFG1914
- De Lisle, Henry de Beauvoir
- British Army, Royal Artillery, RGA & Siege Bty 15
- Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, [artillery]
- British Army, Div 7
- British Army, Welch Fusiliers, Royal, 1st Battalion
- British Army, Manchester Regiment, 22nd Battalion
- British Army, Manchester Regiment, 24th Battalion
- British Army, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion
- British Army, Devonshire Regiment
- …
- World War I
- World War I
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Contributors
- Urban, Charles
- Malins, Geoffrey H
- British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
- EFG1914
- De Lisle, Henry de Beauvoir
- British Army, Royal Artillery, RGA & Siege Bty 15
- Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, [artillery]
- British Army, Div 7
- British Army, Welch Fusiliers, Royal, 1st Battalion
- British Army, Manchester Regiment, 22nd Battalion
- British Army, Manchester Regiment, 24th Battalion
- British Army, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion
- British Army, Devonshire Regiment
- …
- World War I
- World War I
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1916
- 1916
Places
- Hawthorne Redoubt, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France
- Minden Post, Carnoy, Somme, France
- La Boisselle, Somme, France
- Fricourt, Somme, France
- Ovillers-la-Boisselle
- France
- Fricourt
- Mametz
- United Kingdom
- Carnoy
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
- United States of America
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_191
- IWM_191
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1916
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-03-31T08:55:19.026Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z