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Jul 1, 2024 · Today is the 108th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Here is a "Roads Classic" with 30 of my favorite articles on the great struggle that I've published over the years. It's an expanded version from the 1 July 2021 presentation. Just click on the title to access the article.
6 days ago · Find out how and where to watch "The Somme" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
Jun 30, 2024 · The top ten British productions adjusted for inflation are all international co-productions, and—with the exception of Mamma Mia and Beauty and the Beast—are all Star Wars, James Bond and Harry Potter films. If the criterion is restricted to solely British-produced films, The King's Speech is the most successful British production.
Jul 2, 2024 · A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures became commercially practical.
Jul 1, 2024 · First Battle of the Somme (July 1–November 13, 1916), costly and largely unsuccessful Allied offensive on the Western Front during World War I. The horrific bloodshed on the first day of the battle became a metaphor for futile and indiscriminate slaughter.
Jul 2, 2024 · The Somme was to be the first mass offensive mounted by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the first battle to involve a large number of New Army divisions, many composed of Pals battalions that had formed after Kitchener's call for volunteers in August 1914. [4] .
5 days ago · After a week of heavy bombardment from British artillery, on the morning of July 1, 1916 over 100,000 British troops charged the enemy lines, in what would become the bloodiest day in the history...
