Footage from the Battle of the Somme. The collection features German prisoners, French troops in action, British Tommies going over the top and the destruction of the landscape caused by the fighting. There is also a film of Queen Elizabeth II honouring Somme veterans on the 50th anniversary of the battle.
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Village of Deniecourt in ruins. France.
British Pathé
French gun battery on the Somme.
British Pathé
Munitions transport in France, near the Somme.
British Pathé
French soldiers march past Chateau Vaux in France, 1916.
British Pathé
German prisoners captured since start of the Battle of the Somme work on French land.
British Pathé
German prisoners surrender on the Somme front.
British Pathé
German prisoners who surrendered during the Battle of the Somme.
British Pathé
The most imposing picture yet taken of German prisoners captured on the Somme.
British Pathé
British soldiers in trench warfare, including some genuine footage from the Battle of the Somme.
British Pathé
French President Poincare visits St. Quentin, HQ of the Somme during WW1.
British Pathé
France's President Raymond Poincare visits troops on the Somme. France.
British Pathé
Huge shells lined up; with some workers walking between rows.
British Pathé
Tommies take over a section of the French line on the Somme.
British Pathé
French troops capture wooden guns on the Somme.
British Pathé
Queen honours Somme heroes & Memorial service in Thiepval.
British Pathé
Scenes from 1916 - From the Eastern, Western and Home fronts.
British Pathé
Footage of British soldiers in trenches in France.
British Pathé