Tag: Focus on film: first world war VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ‘Plum Pudding’ mortar bombsThursday 16 August 2012This sequence opens with a title commenting on the supply operation to make the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: Battle PoliceThursday 16 August 2012The film clip starts with Tommies making their way across No Man’s Land and...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: ammunition dumpsThursday 16 August 2012This clip gives us a detailed view of preparations for the attack at the...VideoThe Battle of the Somme: the impact of modern weaponsThursday 16 August 2012The clip starts with some pretty harrowing footage of a German trench devastated by...VideoWomen Making MunitionsFriday 10 August 2012The film goes straight in to show women using heavy engineering machinery such as...VideoNational Service – Women’s Land ArmyFriday 10 August 2012This short clip consists of a romantic scene in which a noble woman runs...VideoWomen’s Army in FranceFriday 10 August 2012This clip comes from a compilation film of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in...VideoDublin After The Easter RisingFriday 10 August 2012The film opens with titles locating scenes of the fighting in Dublin at Easter...VideoUS soldiers in a camp in FranceThursday 2 August 2012This short clip shows a large number of US troops eating their rations. They...VideoInspecting Captured German DefencesThursday 2 August 2012In this short sequence we see Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig inspecting the wrecked...VideoFor the Empire – Part 2Thursday 2 August 2012This clip takes us first through a sequence of ruined cities in Belgium and...VideoFor the Empire – Part 1Thursday 2 August 2012At the start of this clip Britannia (representing Britain) points out ‘What others are... 1 2 »
