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

Author: Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

Editor: Low Warren

Release Date: October 19, 2009 [EBook #30285]

Language: English

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HOW I FILMED THE WAR

_When I was in France I made arrangements with my friend Mr.
Low Warren, at that time Editor of the_ Kinematograph
Weekly, _to arrange the manuscript I sent him for
publication in book form._

_The manuscript has in no way been altered in any material
respect, and is in the form in which I originally wrote it._

_GEOFFREY H. MALINS._

[Illustration: FILMING THE PRELIMINARY BOMBARDMENT OF THE BIG PUSH, JULY
1ST, 1916. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN A SHELL BURST
WITHIN SIX YARDS, SMASHING DOWN THE TRENCH WALLS AND HALF BURYING ME.
NOTE THE SANDBAG ON A WIRE IN FRONT OF MY CAMERA FOR "CAMOUFLAGE"]

HOW I FILMED

THE WAR

A RECORD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
EXPERIENCES OF THE MAN WHO
FILMED THE GREAT SOMME BATTLES
ETC.

BY

LIEUT. GEOFFREY H. MALINS, O.B.E.

EDITED BY

LOW WARREN

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
YORK STREET, ST. JAMES'S
LONDON, S.W. 1 MCMXX

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER I

A FEW WORDS OF INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II

WITH THE BELGIANS AT RAMSCAPELLE