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How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. — John Shaqi

How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.Malins, Geoffrey H.

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How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.

Name: How I Filmed the War: A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.
Author: Malins, Geoffrey H.

Malins, Geoffrey H.

Malins, Geoffrey H.; Motion pictures; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British

Possibilities--Food for Famished Villagers--Meeting the
    Mayoress of Bovincourt--Who Presides at a Wonderful
    Impromptu Ceremony--A Scrap Outside Vraignes--A Church
    Full of Refugees--A True Pal--A Meal with the Mayor of
    Bierne                                                     275


CHAPTER XXIX

BEFORE ST. QUENTIN

The "Hindenburg" Line--A Diabolical Piece of
    Vandalism--Brigadier H.Q. in a Cellar--A Fight in
    Mid-air--Waiting for the Taking of St.
    Quentin--_L'Envoi_                                   292




ILLUSTRATIONS


FILMING THE PRELIMINARY BOMBARDMENT OF THE "BIG PUSH,"
    JULY 1ST, 1916                                  _Frontispiece_

                                                      TO FACE PAGE

WITH A GROUP OF BELGIAN OFFICERS AT FURNES, BELGIUM, 1914       12

ON SKIS IN THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS JUST BEFORE THE FRENCH
    ATTACK, FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1915                            12

USING MY AEROSCOPE IN BELGIUM, 1914-15                          22

HOW I CARRIED MY FILM IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR IN
    BELGIUM AND THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS                            40

THE STATE OF THE TRENCHES IN WHICH WE LIVED AND SLEPT (?)
    FOR WEEKS ON END DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND WINTER
    OF WAR                                                      52

OUR DUG-OUTS IN THE FRONT LINE AT PICANTIN IN WHICH WE
    LIVED, FOUGHT, AND MANY DIED DURING 1914-15, BEFORE
    THE DAYS OF TIN HATS                                        52

CHOOSING A POSITION FOR MY CAMERA IN THE FRONT LINE TRENCH
    AT PICANTIN. WITH THE GUARDS. WINTER, 1915-16               56

THE PRINCE OF WALES TRYING TO LOCATE MY "CAMOUFLAGED
    CAMERA"                                                     62

THE PRINCE OF WALES LEAVING A TEMPORARY CHURCH AT LA
    GORGUE, XMAS DAY, 1915                                      62

ON THE WAY TO THE "MENIN GATE" WITH AN ARTILLERY OFFICER
    TO FILM OUR GUNS IN ACTION                                  76

TAKING SCENES IN DEVASTATED YPRES, MAY, 1916                    80

IN YPRES, WITH "BABY" BROOKS, THE OFFICIAL STILL
    PHOTOGRAPHER, MAY, 1916                                     84

WITH MY AEROSCOPE CAMERA AFTER FILMING THE BATTLE OF
    ST. ELOI                                                    90

IN THE MAIN STREET OF CONTALMAISON THE DAY OF ITS CAPTURE       96

LAUNCHING A SMOKE BARRAGE AT THE BATTLE OF ST. ELOI             96

IN THE TRENCHES AT THE FAMOUS AND DEADLY "HOHENZOLLERN
    REDOUBT," AFTER A GERMAN ATTACK                            109

IN A SHELL-HOLE IN "NO MAN'S LAND" FILMING OUR HEAVY
    BOMBARDMENT OF THE GERMAN LINES                            122

GEOFFREY H. MALINS, O.B.E., OFFICIAL KINEMATOGRAPHER
    TO THE WAR OFFICE                                          132

BOMBARDING THE GERMAN TRENCHES AT THE OPENING BATTLE
    OF THE GREAT SOMME FIGHT, JULY 1ST, 1916                   138

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