QUEST - Dan Snow's Battle of the Somme (2014)
Dan Snow explores his great-grandfather's central role in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, one of the biggest disasters in British military history.
The Battle of Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks is a unique record of a terrible conflict the final battle of the Somme offensive. Filmed in the midst of battle on the front-line at great risk to the cameraman, this silent film caused a sensation on its release in 1917. Now, in this special documentary, Dan Snow tells the story of that battle, using the newly restored film to cast a fresh light on these dramatic events.
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