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Started by: oldjourno (51)

BBC filmed The Somme on the land behind the former Amberswood Common refuse site. It was a boiling hot day and the BBC used huge water jets to create a muddy scene and the illusion of rain. Together with Geoffrey Shryhane from the Observer I watched some of the battle scenes from a nearby 'bomb hole'.

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