The Somme(2005)
Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.
Movie: The Somme
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Narrator (voice)
Captain Charlie May
Greenhalgh
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
Andrews
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Bundy
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Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.
Release Date
2005-11-14
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5.7
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