Project Description

Screening of the film The Battle of the Somme, with a copy provided by the FWW Centenary Partnership. It was complemented with an introduction explaining the historical context of the battle, the circunstances in which the battle was filmed and a little explanation about the filming team and their equipment. Four screenings took place from 2016 to 2019.
Promotional poster of the screening of The Battle of the Somme documentary, organised by the Bibliotecas Municipales de València (València Municipal Libraries)

Organisation

Organised by

Bibliotecas Municipales de València (Ayuntamiento de València)

Region

Outside UK

Location

46001

Event

Date

2016-06-19, 2019-02-26

Venue

València Public Librairies Exhibition Halls

Focus and Research

Resources used for research

Bibliography on the battle of the Somme. To talk about the filming, mainly the book Ghosts on the Somme: Filming the Battle - June-July 1916, by Alastair H. Fraser, Andrew Robertshaw & Steve Roberts. Documentaries about filming the First World War.

Project Evaluation