Ypres and The Somme 90 Years On.

[Huw Davies]

Last summer I visited the battlefields of Ypres and the Somme and made a little film. It's on You Tube and attracted some nice comments. Because You Tube only allow 10 min segments it's in 3 parts, just click on the links below:

1. http://www.youtube.com/user/WalesDVDCymru#p/u/0/Q2OvnyOBS6s

2.http://www.youtube.com/user/WalesDVDCymru#p/u/1/6GPB7lw-dls

3.http://www.youtube.com/user/WalesDVDCymru#p/u/2/8yx9nRa3Oio

I hope you enjoy them, any comments are welcomed.

Huw

[halibag3]

Hi Huw,

I found that film of yours remarkable given the means at your disposal. Proof that great things can be done with a 'reasonably-priced' camera, a well-chosen musical background and...ideas. Congrats, mate.

Halibag

[Huw Davies]

Hi Huw,

I found that film of yours remarkable given the means at your disposal. Proof that great things can be done with a 'reasonably-priced' camera, a well-chosen musical background and...ideas. Congrats, mate.

Halibag

Thanks Hailbag, glad you appreciated it!

[Liam]

Excellent piece of work Huw

Well done

Liam

[27thBN]

i really thought it was well done great effort 'MC

[JimSmithson]

Huw

Super work! I wanted an extract of the Menin Gate ceremony for the Remembrance assembly in school last month but didn't find any as good as yours. It is now secure in my vaults for possible future use in school - hope you don't mind!

Jim

[blighty valley]

all 3 films are great but for me the song in the 3rd one no matter how many times i hear it it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, well done hope to see more from you michael

[sueburden]

Thanks for sharing it Huw. Extremely moving.

Sue

[Huw Davies]

Thanks to all who have responded to my film. I found it so moving being there , I'm glad some of the emotion I felt has come across. If you feel like adding a comment on the You Tube site please feel free to do so.

Huw

[14kvn]

Last summer I visited the battlefields of Ypres and the Somme and made a little film. It's on You Tube and attracted some nice comments.

Huw

What an awesome documentary- one of the best I have ever seen. I especially like some of your soundtrack and how well it blends with the images .

P O I The names listed on the Menin Gate are up to 16 August 1917 and at Tyne Cot are from then onwards.

I was told at Tyne Cot that the name came from the Soldiers who painted in white wash on one of the Bunkers the Name Tyne Cottage(s) and a German shell destroyed the last few letters leaving just Tyne Cot - how true is this ?

Anyway, very well done

Regards

Kevin

[Huw Davies]

What an awesome documentary- one of the best I have ever seen. I especially like some of your soundtrack and how well it blends with the images .

P O I The names listed on the Menin Gate are up to 16 August 1917 and at Tyne Cot are from then onwards.

I was told at Tyne Cot that the name came from the Soldiers who painted in white wash on one of the Bunkers the Name Tyne Cottage(s) and a German shell destroyed the last few letters leaving just Tyne Cot - how true is this ?

Anyway, very well done

Regards

Kevin

Kevin,

Many thanks for your much appreciated comments!

I can only quote from Major & Mrs Holts Battlefield Guide, a must if you tour the battlefields and cemeteries on your own.

"The local name for this area is Nieumolen, but British soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers, seeing on the ridge square shapes which they thought resembled Tyneside cottages, called it 'Tyne Cot'.

All the best,

Huw

[14kvn]

Kevin,

I can only quote from Major & Mrs Holts Battlefield Guide, a must if you tour the battlefields and cemeteries on your own.

"The local name for this area is Nieumolen, but British soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers, seeing on the ridge square shapes which they thought resembled Tyneside cottages, called it 'Tyne Cot'.

All the best,

Huw

Hi Huw

Yes - I have that book. I was merely quoting what I was told at the site - as I said the veracity is questionable - maybe just folk lore - who knows . I did find an old bunker with some white wash residue on it but no lettering was discernable. My Sat Nav found the site as Tyne Cot OK .

Regards

Kevin

PS

Look forward to your next trip and Film !

[genegwf]

Such nice work, well done.

Gene

[Ian Patterson]

Wonderful documentry, for someone like myself who has yet to visit it gives a taste of what I have to come. Excellent.

Ian

[CarylW]

Excellent! Well done Huw

Caryl

[ARMAGH]

Very well done, I have visited the area twice and your short introduction is excellant.

[1690philip]

Very enjoyable

Phil