Ypres (film)

Ypres
Directed byWalter Summers
Written byWalter Summers
Production
company
Distributed byNew Era Films
Release date
  • October 1925 (1925-10)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Ypres is a feature-length documentary produced in 1925 by British Instructional Films and directed by Walter Summers. The film consists entirely of reconstructions of the various Battles of Ypres performed by members of the British Armed Forces.[1] In 1926, Summers directed another battle reconstruction film titled Mons.[2]

In 2010, Ypres was remastered with a new soundtrack for its DVD release.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ypres – 1925 film". British Pathé. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2024.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ Alan Burton; Steve Chibnall (2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 425.
  3. ^ "The Battle Of Ypres [DVD] [2017]". Amazon UK. Retrieved 28 June 2024.


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