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title: 'The Battle of the Somme (1916)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Geoffrey H. Malins'
released: '1916-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-of-the-somme-1916'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006405/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Battle of the Somme (1916)

1916 · 74 min · Documentary · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Battle of the Somme, is a 1916 British documentary and propaganda war film, shot by two official cinematographers, Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell. The film depicts the British Expeditionary Force during the preliminaries and early days of the Battle of the Somme. The film premièred in London on 10 August 1916 and was released generally on 21 August. The film shows trench warfare, marching infantry, artillery firing on German positions, British troops waiting to attack on 1 July, the treatment of wounded British and German soldiers, British and German dead and captured German equipment and positions. A scene during which British troops crouch in a ditch then "go over the top" was staged for the camera behind the lines.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Geoffrey H. Malins](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-h-malins)
- **Editor:** [Charles Urban](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-urban)

## Cast

- [Beauvoir De Lisle](https://cinepixo.com/people/beauvoir-de-lisle)

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