Publisher's Synopsis
TO PUT ONE'S HEAD ABOVE THE PARAPET OF A TRENCH, WITH THE GERMANS ONLY SEVENTY-FIVE YARDS AWAY, AND TO TAKE A KINEMATOGRAPH PICTURE OF A BOMBARDMENT, IS NOT ONE OF THE WISEST - OR SAFEST - THINGS TO DO! An official British photographer assigned to the Western Front during the First World War, Geoffrey Malins was a major contributor of footage to the 1916 documentary film THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Here, he tells of his experiences: filming No Man's Land from three thousand feet above in a biplane; using a camouflaged camera under heavy shell-fire; having his service cap plucked from his head by a bullet...
