CONTENTS
I Reach the First Line Belgian TrenchesAnd become a Belgian Soldier for the Time BeingA Night AttackAn Adventure whilst Filming a Mitrailleuse OutpostAmong the Ruins of RamscapelleI Leave the Company and Lose my Way in the DarknessA Welcome Light and a Long SleepHow Little does the Public know of the Dangers and Difficulties a Film Operator has to Face
A Morning of SurprisesThe German Positions Bombarded from the SeaFilming the Goumiers in ActionHow these Tenacious Fighters Prepare for BattleGoumier Habits and CustomsI Take the Chief's Photograph for the First TimeAnd Afterwards take Food with HimAn Interesting and Fruitful Adventure Ends Satisfactorily
A Dangerous Adventure and What Came of ItA Race Across the Sand-dunesAnd a Spill in a Shell-holeThe Fate of a SpyA Battle in the DunesOf which I Secured Some Fine FilmsA Collision with an Obstructive Mule
In a Trench Coat and Cap I again Run the GauntletA Near SqueakLooking for TroubleI Nearly Find ItA Rough Ride and a Mud BathAn Affair of OutpostsI Get Used to CrawlingHot Work at the GunsI am Reported DeadBut Prove Very Much AliveAnd then Receive a ShockA Stern Chase
I Start for the VosgesAm Arrested on the Swiss FrontierAnd ReleasedBut Arrested AgainAnd then Allowed to Go My WayFilming in the Firing ZoneA Wonderful French Charge Over the Snow-clad HillsI Take Big RisksAnd Get a Magnificent Picture
I am Appointed an Official War Office KinematographerAnd Start for the Front Line TrenchesFilming the German Guns in ActionWith the CanadiansPicturesque Hut Settlement Among the Poplars"Hyde Park Corner"Shaving by Candlelight in Six Inches of WaterFilming in Full View of the German Lines, 75 yards awayA Big Risk, but a Realistic Picture
Leave-taking at Charing CrossA Fruitless Search for Food on Christmas EveHow Tommy Welcomed the Coming of the Festive Season"Peace On Earth, Good Will To Men" to the Boom of the Big GunsFilming the Guards' DivisionAnd the Prince of WalesComing from a Christmas ServiceThis Year and Next
Boxing DayBut No PantomimeLife in the TrenchesA Sniper at WorkSinking a Mine ShaftThe Cheery Influence of an Irish PadreA Cemetery Behind the LinesPathetic Inscriptions and Mementoes on Dead Heroes' GravesI Get Into a Pretty Warm CornerAnd Have Some Difficulty in Getting Out AgainBut All's Well that Ends Well
A Visit to the Old German TrenchesReveals a Scene of Horror that Defies DescriptionDodging the ShellsI Lose the Handle of My CameraAnd then Lose My ManThe Effect of Shell-fire on a NoviceIn the Village of Neuve ChapelleA Scene of DevastationThe Figure of the Lonely Christ
How I Made a "Hide-up"And Secured a Fine Picture of the Prince Inspecting some Gun-pitsHis Anxiety to Avoid the CameraAnd His Subsequent RemarksHow a German Block-house was Blown to SmithereensAnd the Way I Managed to Film it Under Fire
Greeted on Arrival in the Ruined City of Ypres by a Furious FusilladeI Film the Cloth Hall and Cathedral, and Have a Narrow EscapeA Once Beautiful Town Now Little More Than a Heap of RuinsArras a City of the DeadIts Cathedral DestroyedBut Cross and Crucifixes Unharmed
Filming Within Forty-five Yards of the German TrenchesWatching for "Minnies"Officers' Quarters"Something" Begins to HappenAn Early Morning BombardmentDevelops Into the Battle of St. EloiWhich I Film from Our First-Line TrenchAnd Obtain a Fine Picture
A Very Lively ExperienceChoosing a Position for the Camera Under FireI Get a Taste of GasWitness a Night Attack by the GermansSurprise an Officer by My Appearance in the TrenchesAnd Have One of the Narrowest EscapesBut Fortunately Get Out with Nothing Worse than a Couple of Bullets Through My Cap
The First Kinematograph Film Taken of the Western FrontAnd How I Took It Whilst Travelling Through the Air at Eighty Miles an HourUnder Shell-fireOver YpresA Thrilling ExperienceAnd a Narrow EscapeA Five Thousand Foot Dive Through Space
Chasing an "Enemy" Aeroplane at a Height of 13,500 FeetAnd What Came of ItA Dramatic Adventure in which the Pilot Played a Big PartI Get a Nasty ShockBut am ReassuredA Freezing ExperienceFilming the Earth as we Dived Almost PerpendicularlyA Picture that would Defy the Most Ardent Futurist to Paint
The Threshold of Tremendous HappeningsGeneral 's Speech to His Men on the Eve of BattleChoosing My Position for Filming the "Big Push"Under Shell-fireA Race of Shrieking DevilsFritz's Way of "Making Love"I Visit the "White City"And On the Way have Another Experience of Gas Shells
The General's Speech to the Fusiliers Before Going Into ActionFilming the 15-inch HowitzersA Miniature Earthquake"The Day" is PostponedKeeping Within "The Limits"A Surprise Meeting in the TrenchesA Reminder of Other DaysI Get Into a Tight CornerAnd Have An Unpleasantly Hot ExperienceI Interview a Trench MortarHave a Lively Quarter of an HourAnd Then Get Off
A Firework Display Heralds the Arrival of "The Day"How the Boys Spent Their Last Few Hours in the TrenchesRats as BedfellowsI Make an Early StartAnd Get Through a Mine-shaft into "No Man's Land"The Great Event Draws NearAnxious MomentsThe Men Fix BayonetsAnd Wait the Word of Command to "Go Over the Top"
A Mighty Convulsion Signalises the Commencement of OperationsThen Our Boys "Go Over the Top"A Fine Film Obtained whilst Shells Rained Around MeMy Apparatus is StruckBut, Thank Goodness, the Camera is SafeArrival of the Wounded"Am I in the Picture?" they ask
A Glorious Band of Wounded Heroes Stagger Into Line and Answer the CallI Visit a Stricken Friend in a Dug-outOn the Way to La Boisselle I Get Lost in the TrenchesAnd Whilst Filming Unexpectedly Come Upon the German LineI Have a Narrow Squeak of Being CrumpedBut Get Away SafelyAnd later Commandeer a Couple of German Prisoners to Act as Porters
The Process Described in DetailDeveloping the NegativeIts Projection on the ScreenCuttingTitlingJoiningPrinting the PositiveBuilding Up the StoryIt is Submitted to the Military Censors at General HeadquartersAnd After Being Cut and Approved by ThemIs Ready for Public Exhibition
Three Times I Try and Fail to Reach this Stronghold of the DeadWhich Has Been Described as "Hell on Earth"At a Dressing Station under FireSmoking Two Cigarettes at a Time to Keep off the FliesSome Amusing Trench Conversations by Men who had Lost Their WayI Turn in for the NightAnd Have a Dead Bosche for Company
Looking for "Thrills"And How I Got ThemI Pass Through "Sausage Valley," on the Way to PoziresYou May and you MightWhat a Tommy Found in a German Dug-outHow Fritz Got "Some of His Own" BackTaking Pictures in What Was Once Pozires"Proofs Ready To-morrow"
His Majesty's Arrival at BoulogneAt G.H.Q.General Burstall's AppreciationThe King on the Battlefield of FricourtWithin Range of the Enemy's GunsHis Majesty's Joke Outside a German Dug-outHis Memento from a Hero's GraveHis Visit to a Casualty Clearing StationThe King and the PuppyOnce in DisgraceNow a Hospital Mascot
