The Somme - From Defeat to Victory

original title:
The Somme - From Defeat to Victory
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 2006 (x)
original length:
58 min. , color
premiere:
2 July 2006
genre:
docu dram
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director:
Detlef Siebert
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keywords:
made-for-TV film , trench warfare , infantry , Battle of the Somme
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Stephen Badsey. "Battle of the Somme: British War Propaganda". In: Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Televion 3 (1983), 3, 99-113.

Nicolas Reeves. "The Power of Film Propaganda: Battle of the Somme (1916) and Its Contemporary Audience". In: Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Televion 1 (1997), 17, 5-28.

R. Smiters. "A wonderful idea of fighting": the question of fakes in `The Battle of the Somme´. In: Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Televion 2 (1993), 149-168.
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Homepage: http://www.open2.net/thesomme/index.html

Was nominated for the "BAFTA TV Award" in 2007.
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