Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Filming the Battle of the Somme: A Then and Now Story

The filming of this documentary which is intended to present the visit of two descendants of Battle of the Somme veterans to the sites their relatives served (well told), contains another story within this framework. The battlefield experts and film experts also do a great job of  overlaying 1916 and 21st-century imagery.  Their treatment of the Hawthorne Mine Crater explosion (at about minute 40) is superb.  MH



3 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 30, 2021 at 11:55 AM

    Powerful account. Speaks to all who have lost a loved one in comnbat and have no body to bury.

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  2. Steve TomDecember 31, 2021 at 11:19 AM

    A fascinating documentary. Very moving. The memoir of Geoffrey Malins, the photographer who filmed the original battle footage, is available through Project Gutenberg and is also on Amazon.

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  3. William AndersonJanuary 2, 2022 at 9:57 AM

    Wonderful.

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