ILLUSTRATIONS
| Filming the Preliminary Bombardment of the "Big Push," July 1st, 1916 | Frontispiece |
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| With a Group of Belgian Officers at Furnes, Belgium, 1914 | [12] |
| On Skis in the Vosges Mountains just before the French Attack, February and March, 1915 | [12] |
| Using my Aeroscope in Belgium, 1914-15 | [22] |
| How I Carried my Film in the Early Days of the War In Belgium and the Vosges Mountains | [40] |
| The State of the Trenches in which we Lived and Slept (?) for Weeks on End during the First and Second Winter of War | [52] |
| Our Dug-outs in the Front Line at Picantin in which we Lived, Fought, and many Died during 1914-15, Before The Days of Tin Hats | [52] |
| Choosing a Position for my Camera in the Front Line Trench at Picantin. With the Guards. Winter, 1915-16 | [56] |
| The Prince of Wales trying to Locate My "Camouflaged Camera" | [62] |
| The Prince of Wales leaving a Temporary Church at La Gorgue, Xmas Day, 1915 | [62] |
| On the Way to the "Menin Gate" with an Artillery Officer to Film Our Guns in Action | [76] |
| Taking Scenes in Devastated Ypres, May, 1916 | [80] |
| In Ypres, with "baby" Brooks, the Official still Photographer, May, 1916 | [84] |
| With my Aeroscope Camera after Filming the Battle of St. Eloi | [90] |
| In the Main Street of Contalmaison the Day of its Capture | [96] |
| Launching a Smoke Barrage at the Battle of St. Eloi | [96] |
| In the Trenches at the Famous and Deadly "Hohenzollern Redoubt," after a German Attack | [109] |
| In a Shell-Hole in "No Man's Land" Filming our Heavy Bombardment of the German Lines | [122] |
| Geoffrey H. Malins, O.B.E., Official Kinematographer to the War Office | [132] |
| Bombarding the German Trenches at the Opening Battle of the Great Somme Fight, July 1st, 1916 | [138] |
| My Official Pass to the Front Line to Film the Battle of the Somme, July 1st, 1916 | [138] |
| The Plan of Attack at Beaumont Hamel, July 1st, 1916 | [146] |
| Over the Top of Beaumont Hamel, July 1st, 1916 | [146] |
| In the Sunken Road at Beaumont Hamel, just before Zero Hour, July 1st, 1916 | [154] |
| In a Trench Mortar Tunnel, during the Battle of the Somme, at Beaumont Hamel, July 1st, 1916 | [154] |
| The Opening of the Great Battle of the Somme, July 1st, 1916 | [162] |
| The Roll Call of the Seaforths at "White City," Beaumont Hamel, July 1st, 1916 | [168] |
| Fagged Out in the "White City" After We Retired To Our Trenches, July 1st, 1916 | [168] |
| The Germans make a Big Counter Attack at La Boisselle and Ovillers, July 3rd and 4th, 1916 | [176] |
| Men of Scotland Rushing a Mine Crater at the Deadly "Hohenzollern Redoubt" | [176] |
| Filming the King during his Visit to France in 1916. He is Accompanied by President Poincaré, Sir Douglas Haig, General Joffre and General Foch | [184] |
| His Majesty the King, with President Poincaré, in France, 1916 | [206] |
| Her Majesty, the Queen of the Belgians, taking a Snap Of me at Work while Filming the King | [218] |
| The Prince of Wales Speaking with Belgian Officers at La Panne, Belgium | [218] |
| The First "Tank" that went into Action, H.M.L.S. "Daphne." September 15th, 1916 | [222] |
| The Battlefield of "Ginchy" | [224] |
| Reserves Watching the Attack at Martinpuich, September 15th, 1916 | [224] |
| Over the Top at Martinpuich, Sept. 15th, 1916 | [228] |
| Two Minutes to Zero Hour at Martinpuich, Sept. 15th, 1916 | [228] |
| The Highland Brigade Going Over the Top at Martinpuich, September 15th, 1916 | [234] |
| Lord Kitchener's Last Visit To France | [256] |
| Filming Our Guns in Action during the Great German Retreat to St. Quentin, March, 1917 | [268] |
| The Quarry from which I Crawled to Film the German Trenches in Front of St. Quentin, 1917 | [290] |
| Our Outpost Line within 800 Yards of St. Quentin | [302] |
PART I
HOW I FILMED THE WAR
CHAPTER I
a few words of introduction
Fate has not been unkind to me. I have had my chances, particularly during the last two or three years, and—well, I have done my best to make the most of what has come my way. That and nothing more.