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The Battle of the Somme

1916 · 74 min · GB

Directed by Geoffrey H. Malins

Geoffrey H. Malins, W. F. Jury, United Kingdom, 1916. The film depicts the British Expeditionary Force during the preliminaries and early days of the Battle of the Somme (1 July - 18 November 1916). The film premièred in London on 10 August 1916 and was released generally on 21 August. Silent, about 74 minutes. Commons holds a complete File: print. Foreign production; catalogued unverified because source-country term is not cleared.

Documentary · War

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1916 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Public Domain Source

Wikimedia Commons · FM-50; wikimedia File:Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme (1916).webm; 1h 12m 29s (4349 s)

Video: Geoffrey Malins · Credit: https://archive.org/details/kitcheners-great-army-in-the-battle-of-the-somme-1916 · Public domain · Source: File page

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Geoffrey H. Malins · Director

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