The Battle of the Somme
Documentary (with some re-enacted footage) of the British army's participation in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I.
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"The war had been raging for almost two years when the British War Office sent two cameramen, one of them Geoffrey Malins, over to France's Western Front to document what the English department felt would be a major breakthough of the German lines during World War One. Malins and cameraman John McDowell shot reels of film of the preparatory stage of British Expeditionary Force gearing up for its big push around the Somme River. Malins was informed the battle would begin when the detonation of tons of dynamite was ignited underneath the German-held Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt. Malins, with limi..."
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According to official sources, 20 million tickets for this film were sold (in the UK) in the first 6 weeks. That would equal about half the population of Britain at the time (43 million). It has been said that this record was not broken until the release of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) more than 60 years later.
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Documentary (with some re-enacted footage) of the British army's participation in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I.