''Mons'' is a 1926 British
silent war film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...
directed by
Walter Summers
Walter Summers (1892–1973) was a British film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Barnstaple to a family of actors, British motion picture director Walter Summers began his career in the family trade; his first contact with filmmaki ...
. It reconstructs the 1914
Battle of Mons
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...
during the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. Such reconstruction films were popular during the decade, and Summers had previously made the similar ''
Ypres
Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though
the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...
'' the previous year.
[Burton & Chibnall p.425]
References
Bibliography
* Alan Burton & Steve Chibnall. ''Historical Dictionary of British Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2013.
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1926 films
British war films
British silent feature films
1926 war films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Walter Summers
British World War I films
British black-and-white films
1920s British films
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