The Somme

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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: On The Somme (1914); Village of Deniecourt in ruins. France.; British Pathé

: Victory On The Somme (1916); French gun battery on the Somme.; British Pathé

: Munitions Transport AKA The Wonderful Lines (1916); Munitions transport in France, near the Somme.; British Pathé

: A Picture That Will Be Historic (1916); French soldiers march past Chateau Vaux in France, 1916.; British Pathé

: Willing Captives (1916); German prisoners captured since start of the Battle of the Somme work on French land.; British Pathé

: German Prisoners At Somme (1916); German prisoners surrender on the Somme front.; British Pathé

: They'll Spend Xmas In Safety (1916); German prisoners who surrendered during the Battle of the Somme.; British Pathé

: They Surrender In Droves (1916); The most imposing picture yet taken of German prisoners captured on the Somme.; British Pathé

: British Tommies On The Somme (1916); British soldiers in trench warfare, including some genuine footage from the Battle of the Somme.; British Pathé

: Poincare & Joffre At St. Quentin AKA Poincare Inspecting Field Guns (1915); French President Poincare visits St. Quentin, HQ of the Somme during WW1.; British Pathé

: Poincare Grants Honours To Troops At Somme (1916); France's President Raymond Poincare visits troops on the Somme. France.; British Pathé

: Xmas Boxes For The Kaiser (1916); Huge shells lined up; with some workers walking between rows.; British Pathé

: Where The British And French Lines Join (1917); Tommies take over a section of the French line on the Somme.; British Pathé

: Wooden Guns (1917); French troops capture wooden guns on the Somme.; British Pathé

: Queen Honours Somme Heroes (1966); Queen honours Somme heroes & Memorial service in Thiepval.; British Pathé

: Time To Remember - The Better 'ole 1916 - Reel 4 (1916); Scenes from 1916 - From the Eastern, Western and Home fronts.; British Pathé

: British Tommies In France (1914); Footage of British soldiers in trenches in France.; British Pathé