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The Story Of The Battle Of The Somme

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Uploaded by on Jan 9, 2011

Documentary narrated by Leo Mckern to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Battle Of The Somme. Shown in 1976. This is a public domain video available at The Moving Image Archive and uploaded by http://www.WW1Photos.com

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  • RIP WW I guy's and thank you all for your sacrifices. Excellent piece of narration by Mr. Leo Mckem. This was a very moving video and brought tears in my eyes. May God bless all of those brave souls. Amen.

  • Lions lead by Donkeys, no better words have ever be written that describes the carnage of the First World War.

  • ww1 so pointless, biggest kids on the block i guess. sooner or later they are gonna fight.

  • BRILLIANT..THANKYOU SO MUCH X.

  • BRILLIANT..THANKYOU SO MUCH X.

  • A brilliant post.....Thanks for sharing!

  • "Dead men...can advance no further"....

  • one of the many statements in this great documentary is two years in the making. ten minutes in the destroying comes from the best book ever about the battle of the somme covenant with death by john harris a must read for anybody interested in the great war

  • I saw this when it was repeated in 1986 and left a profound memory on me. i have read so much and seen so much since but this is a fine tribute and greatest first world war documentry.

  • the greatest documentary about the somme battle ever many thanks to all concerned in finally putting it on you tube my old version on vhs is wearing out i watch it at least once a year my great uncle fought on the somme at beaucourt 13-18 november and was k.i.a at gavrelle 28 -4-1917and has no known grave

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