Men resting in a sunken road, staring at the camera. These are of the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers, occupying the sunken road half way across no man's land early in the morning of 1st July. This was the only significant achievement on 1st July in this part of the front.
Identifier
1829.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvsom18.mpgSubject
Allied Forces | Fighting Men | War at Sea | 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 3, Caption 32Repository 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.
