Documentary, War, History
On July 1st, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment took part in a massive First World War offensive on the Somme, led by the British. At Beaumont Hamel the regiment was nearly wiped out, as only 110 of 780 soldiers survived the day. To commemorate its 100th anniversary, Brian McKenna’s documentary film tells the story of this epic tragedy. Using a technique that brings new meaning to reenactment, McKenna recruits descendants of soldiers who fought this battle, offering them a unique opportunity to relive the experience of their ancestors in trenches built specifically for the film.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Anton
The Other Side
U 9 Weddigen
Drei Tage auf Leben und Tod - aus dem Logbuch der U.C.1
The History of Sound
Blizzard of Souls
The Last Day of World War One
National Theatre Live: Good
Gallipoli
Joyeux Noel
All Quiet on the Western Front
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
Pack Up Your Troubles
Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace
Samuel Wilder King: Fighting For Statehood
John Henry Balch: Congressional Medal of Honor
Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
My French Amore
Passchendaele
Nobody Can Stop the Revolution
SIMILAR MOVIES
Anton
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 2021
Ukraine, 1919. The friendship of two boys, Anton and Jacob, one Christian, the other Jewish, manages to survive the prejudices and hatred that dominate the minds of adults in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution.The Other Side
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1931
The First World War. The young, English Lieutenant Raleigh is sent to the company of a disillusioned Captain Stanhope. Stanhope is secretly engaged to Raleigh's sister and is intent on protecting his image of an exemplary officer. An attack on the German lines, in which Raleigh also takes part, has turned into a bloody fiasco. Now Raleigh, too, knows the horrors of war, which have already taken their toll on Stanhope.U 9 Weddigen
IMDB 5 | May , 1927
a silent war movie by Heinz PaulDrei Tage auf Leben und Tod - aus dem Logbuch der U.C.1
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1929
a silent war movie by Heinz PaulThe History of Sound
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.Blizzard of Souls
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 2019
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.The Last Day of World War One
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2008
Telling the stories of the last soldiers to die in the Great War.National Theatre Live: Good
IMDB 8.5 | Apr , 2023
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.Gallipoli
IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 1981
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.Joyeux Noel
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2005
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…All Quiet on the Western Front
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1979
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.Der brave Soldat Schwejk
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1960
Pack Up Your Troubles
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1939
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2018
The story of WWI Pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery, a triple confirmed WWI ace, mechanic and world traveler. Explores the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, a formation of volunteer pilots serving in France on behalf of the United States whose service marked the early origins of the U.S. Air Force.Samuel Wilder King: Fighting For Statehood
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2018
Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood tells the story of Samuel Wilder King's service in WWI and WWII, including his efforts to minimized the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii, as well as his post-war efforts that led to the territory becoming the 50th State of the Union.John Henry Balch: Congressional Medal of Honor
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2018
The life of WWI U.S. Navy Pharmacist Mate and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, John Henry Balch, with a focus on his assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, during the infamous Battle of Belleau Wood.Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2018
Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.My French Amore
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
A black comedy about a man impersonating a spy in the midst of World War I.Passchendaele
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2008
Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battleNobody Can Stop the Revolution
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1976
Combining collage animation and live action, this short depicts the achievements of the Chilean people under the Allende government and the subsequent reversal of this progress following the military coup. The collages were created by East German media artist Lutz Dammbeck; the Chilean artists Juan Forch and Vivienne Barry did the animation.