Headline
The Somme Pictures: Another Crowded House Last Night
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1917-06-28
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Publication Year
1917
Page
5
Film Projector / Film(s)
Summary

The Victoria Theatre was again crowded to over flowing last night when the official films of the Battle of the Somme were shown for the second time. These pictures are beautifully clear, and they give a wonderfully realistic impression of what the actual fighting on the Western Front is like. They show war in all its horror and grimness, but they also reveal the cheery courage and irrepressible bravery of our gallant troops. Apart from the actual attacks and wounded, one of the most interesting aspects of film is the insight which it gives into the work of guns big and small, and the illustrations of the bombardments by huge Howitzers supply ample testimony to British superiority in this regard. Tonight, they are being screened for the last time.

Type
Venue(s)
Victoria Theatre (View more)
Address
71 Des Voeux Street, (junction of Des Voeux Road and Pottinger St.), Central