Somme

The Battle of the Somme
Soldiers refill the ammunition limbers with 18 pounder shells during the bombardment.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
Firing a 4.7-inch gun at the German positions .
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
A 9.2-inch Howitzer bombards the Germans before the infantry attack.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers fix bayonets and move into position prior to the attack on Beaumont-Hamel 1 July.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
The explosion of the mine under the Hawthorn Redoubt near Beaumont Hamel on 1 July.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
The staged ‘over the top’ sequence , thought to have been filmed at a trench mortar school. The soldiers are not carrying enough equipment to be part of the attacking force, and the cameraman would have been far too exposed to danger to film from that point of view.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
Soldiers of the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment move along the slope near the mine crater on Hawthorn Ridge on 1 July. This is thought to be genuine footage filmed by Geoffrey Malins soon after the detonation of the mine.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)

The Battle of the Somme
Two companies and a Stokes Mortar team from 1st Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers form up for the assault in a sunken lane opposite Hawthorn Ridge. Twenty minutes after this film was shot they attacked under heavy machine gun fire and only 50 of them reached the low bank beyond the lane.
(IWM Film & Video Archive IWM 192)