CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Maps

Foreword

Chapter One

Introduction and Methodology

Chapter Two

The Background to The Battle of the Somme

Chapter Three

Ciné Film and Cameras: the Technical Background

Chapter Four

Malins between 25 and 29 June 1916

Chapter Five

McDowell before 1 July 1916

Chapter Six

Malins on 30 June 1916

Chapter Seven

Malins on 1 July 1916

Chapter Eight

McDowell on 1 July 1916 and After

Chapter Nine

Malins after 1 July 1916

Chapter Ten

The Fake Footage

Chapter Eleven

The Editing and Release of the Film

Appendix Tabulation of Shots in The Battle of the Somme

Notes

Bibliography

Index

 

The Publishers have included several historically important wartime photographs that cannot be reproduced to our usual high standards. It was felt that they were of sufficient interest to the reader to be included.