This original footage shows the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, waiting in the Sunken Lane at Beaumont-Hamel on 1 July 1916 — the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Within just 20–30 minutes, these men would advance into machine gun fire, and most would never return. The silent faces captured here are some of the most haunting images of the First World War, filmed by Geoffrey Malins for the official war documentary The Battle of the Somme. ⚰️ Nearly 20,000 British soldiers died on this s
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