posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Panning shot over a crater in no man's land, with soldiers not in battle order walking over it. The crater is possibly that at 'Lochnagar', near La Boiselle.
History
Identifier
1826.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvsom15.mpg
Subject
Home Front | Landscape | Somme | Western Front
Creator
War Office
Date
Jul-16
Date Created
01/07/1916
Temporal Date
31/07/1916
Spatial
La Boisselle, France
Source
VHS copy of original film
Medium
VHS copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Everett Sharp
Rights
The Imperial War Museum
Collection ID
The Battle of the Somme, Part 2, Caption 29
Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK