''Ypres'' is a feature-length documentary produced in 1925 by British Instructional Films and 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 ...

. The film consists entirely of reconstructions of the various

Battles of Ypres The Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements during the First World War, near the Belgian city of Ypres, between the German and the Allied armies (Belgian, French, British Expeditionary Force and Canadian Expeditionary Force). During the five ...

performed by members of the

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ...

. In 1926, Summers directed another battle reconstruction film titled ''

Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...

''. In 2010, "Ypres" was remastered with a new soundtrack for its DVD release. The documentary is available to watch in its entirety on the

British Pathé British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

website.

References

Bibliography

* Alan Burton & Steve Chibnall. ''Historical Dictionary of British Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2013.

External links

Ypres, full documentary
1925 films 1925 documentary films 1925 war films British documentary films British silent feature films British war films Ypres Films directed by Walter Summers British black-and-white films Documentary films about World War I 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent war films {{WWI-documentary-film-stub