BBC – The Man who Filmed the Somme (2016)
English | Documentary | Size: 566 MB
In the summer of 1916, the First World War’s bloodiest battle was fought around the River Somme in Northern France. It lasted 3 months and there were hundreds and thousands of casualties on both British and Commonwealth, and German sides.
For the first time ever, British cameramen were allowed to the Western Front to film its opening stages. The British Government believed the Somme Offensive would be the decisive assault and dispatched two cinematographers to film the soldiers on the eve of battle, John McDowell and Geoffrey Malins. Malins was attached to the 29th Division opposite Hawthorn Ridge, McDowell to the 7th Division near Mametz. On 10 July they returned to London with 8,000 feet of film. The edited footage that they came back with became a box office smash – and has been shaping our view of that bloody conflict ever since.
The completed documentary was first shown on 7 August 1916. Although some scenes were recreated after the start of the Battle, the action footage Malins captured remains a lasting record of an important historical event.
Robert Hall tells the story of Geoffrey Malins, in The Man Who Filmed the Somme.
Written & Presented by Robert Hall ; Producer: Adam Keelan ; BBC News Production
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