''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.

External links

* 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 {{1920s-UK-film-stub