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Unveiling the Australian Memorial on the Somme and the Return to Buckingham Palace

Date released

25 Jul 1938

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

477

NoS ID

057990

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Never Shall Their Glory Fade

Date released

25 Oct 1928

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1549

NoS ID

087197

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Major General G Fielding unveils memorial on the spot where 7,000 Guardsmen fell in one tragic month during epic fighting on the Somme in 1916 - the simple wooden cross erected by their comrades immediately...

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Their Names Cut Deep and Clear!

Date released

4 Aug 1932

Series name

Pathe Super Gazette

Issue no

32/62

NoS ID

090053

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

The Prince of Wales unveils the last of the British War Memorials, containing names of over 73,000 who fell on the Somme and ‘have no known grave’.

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Beating Our Tanks into Ploughshares

Date released

8 Mar 1920

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

445-2

NoS ID

127579

Story no

2 / 6

[SUBTITLE]: "Giant strength of veteran of the Somme used to clear ground for agricultural purposes."

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The Prince Unveils Thiepval Memorial

Date released

2 Aug 1932

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

131A

NoS ID

000964

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince Unveils the Memorial of Somme Victims. DESCRIPTION: French President assists HRH in revering memory of 737,000 missing who fell on the Somme. SHOTLIST: Shot of the top of the...

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The Prince Unveils Thiepval Memorial

Date released

4 Aug 1932

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

165A

NoS ID

003750

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince Unveils the Memorial of Somme Victims. DESCRIPTION: French President assists HRH in revering memory of 737,000 missing who fell on the Somme. SHOTLIST: Shot of the top of the...

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Battles of the Somme and Ancre, The (1916 Video)

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 73, 63 min., 1999 sale: £16.99 (inclusive)

2: Official World War 1 film of the Western Front. Actual shots of men in the trenches, with images of rain and mud predominating. Includes footage of the first-ever use of tanks in battle. Piano...

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Battle of the Somme (1916 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 132 minutes), £19.56

Battle of the Somme is a pioneering battlefield documentary that was seen by huge audiences in the UK when it was released in August 1916, barely a month after the events it depicted. Cinema-goers hailed it...

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Worse Than the Somme or Jutland

Date released

24 May 1920

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

456-2

NoS ID

127679

Story no

2 / 4

[SUBTITLE]: "Sir Douglas Haig and Admiral Jellicoe overwhelmed by admiring Cambridge undergrads." Admiral Jellicoe and Field Marshal Haig at Cambridge.

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Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the Tanks, The (1916 Video)

Producer

Geoffrey H Malins

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 minutes), £9.99

Official World War 1 film of the Western Front. Actual shots of men in the trenches. No heroics, slow-moving, mundane in style and yet greatly interesting on account of the reality of the situations and the...

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