Geoffrey Malins, the official British cinematographer who filmed the Battle of the Somme, describes hauling a camera through the trenches from 1914 onward. He films the Belgians at Ramscapelle, the North African Goumiers at Lombartzyde and the snows of the Vosges, then Christmas at the front, Neuve Chapelle, the Prince of Wales, Ypres, Arras and St. Eloi.
A rare first-hand account of how the war’s most famous film images were made. Download the free EPUB.