British Topical Committee for War Films Movies

A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.

An RFC mobile repair shop. A wrecked BE2, serial number 2059, has its wings removed by mechanics and is taken to the repair sheds where its fabric is stripped off. A French officer, being escorted round the shop, passes the fuselage of a Bristol Scout C type, serial number 4679. The mechanics march...

Official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme, which ran from 15th September to 18th November 1916.