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

A first-person account by a wartime cinematographer recounts filming front-line operations and major engagements during the conflict. The narrator describes preparing and camouflaging cameras, capturing infantry assaults, trench life, night attacks, bombardments and aerial views, and improvising under fire while enduring gas, shelling and close escapes. Episodes among allied units and in ruined towns illustrate logistical challenges, technical methods for obtaining footage, and encounters with wounded soldiers. The narrative combines practical detail about making films in combat with vivid reportage of battlefield devastation and the personal risks involved in recording war.