British Topical Committee for War Films

A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.

Official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme, which ran from 15th September to 18th November 1916.

An RFC mobile repair shop. A wrecked BE2, serial number 2059, has its wings removed by mechanics and is taken to the repair sheds where its fabric is stripped off. A French officer, being escorted round the shop, passes the fuselage of a Bristol Scout C type, serial number 4679. The mechanics march off to eat. RFC personnel inspect the wreckage of a crashed "Albatros" (?). A rotary engine is fitted to a BE2 (?). An RE7 reconnaissance aircraft goes out on a flight, sending signals to two wireless operators on the ground, and comes back to land.