A very large mine exploding. This is the detonation at 7.20am on 1st July of 40,000 lbs of ammonal laid by 252 Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, under the German position at Haworth Redoubt before Beaumont Hamel, filmed from 'Jacob's ladder' immediately opposite.
Identifier
1824.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvsom13.mpgSubject
Allied Forces | Battle | Trench | Western FrontCreator
War OfficeDate
1st July 1916Date Created
01/07/1916Spatial
Beaumont Hamel, FranceSource
VHS copy of original filmMedium
VHS copy of original filmType
FootageContributor
Everett SharpRights
The Imperial War MuseumCollection ID
The Battle of the Somme, Part 2, Caption 29Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video ArchiveRepository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UKPublisher
The First World War Poetry Digital ArchiveProducer
Jury, W. F.
