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'The Battle of the Somme' (1916, Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell)

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'The Battle of the Somme' (1916, Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell)

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'Oh! What a Lovely War' (1969, Richard Attenborough)

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'Oh! What a Lovely War' (1969, Richard Attenborough)

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The film itself was produced in the 1960s, likely during general anti-war protests. The Vietnam war was ongoing and was likely why this film was produced. The producer might have wanted to compare the loss of life in both wars. As both conflicts were under half a century apart, there would have been people alive to see both wars.

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Due to the large scale of the First World War, films tend to focus on regiments or battles within the war rather than individual people and their stories.

However, characters might share common themes or tropes.

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This film was made during the First World War and provided civilians the ability to view what happened during the conflict. It was also approved by the Government, meaning that this is what officials wanted people to see.

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'Displacements and Diversions: Oh! What a Lovely War and the Adaptation of Trauma' (Kevin M. Flanagan)

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'Displacements and Diversions: Oh! What a Lovely War and the Adaptation of Trauma' (Kevin M. Flanagan)

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This secondary source mentions that this film was produced to be risky. It attempted to compare the First World War to the ongoing Vietnam war which had little support around the world.

Flanagan argues that this was achieved by exploring a trauma that was still within people as the war was still fresh in the nation's memory. One argument he provides was that the film was designed with general audiences in mind so more people could see its message. This was why it was rated PG by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFI) or rated G by the Motion Picture Association, which is the American version of the BBFI.

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'Battle of the Somme: What People Saw' (Seth Fieldman)

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'Battle of the Somme: What People Saw' (Seth Fieldman)

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This source gives a general overview of the production of this film. It mentions the importance of the film in terms of how it reported an event that was ongoing at the time. Fieldman argues that this film invented an audience for documentaries.

This source also mentions how the audience reacted to this. While some people liked what the film showed, there was pushback from others. An unnamed theatre owner said that cinemas should be "a place of amusement, not a chamber of horrors".

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Comparison of the main theme in 'Battle of the Somme' and 'Oh! What A Lovely War'

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Comparison of the main theme in 'Battle of the Somme' and 'Oh! What A Lovely War'

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'The Battle of the Somme' was made during the First World War with the goal to show the might and determination of the British army.

'Oh! What a Lovely War' was made decades after the First World War. This reflects the beliefs some of the public had, as they were disillusioned with war. Between the two movies, there had been a second world war and the ongoing Cold War. People were much more cautious of war.

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'Gallipoli' focuses on the life of Australians that were sent to Gallipoli to fight for the British.

The film depicts the battle in a brutal way, which would reflect the real life tragedies related to the battle.

The film ends with the soldiers attacking the enemy, against the wishes of the General commanding them, which resulted in countless deaths. The movie shows multiple people falling from gunshots.

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Comparing 'Oh! What A Lovely War' and 'Gallipoli'

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Comparing 'Oh! What A Lovely War' and 'Gallipoli'

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Both films have anti-war messages and both were produced after the First World War, when people were disillusioned with warfare.

Both films end in similar ways, as they both conclude with a pan or zoom out to lives lost. 'Oh! What A Lovely War' shows crosses to represents life lost while 'Gallipoi' shows dead bodies.

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'Oh! What A Lovely War' was a satirical film produced during the Vietnam War, so the concerns about the lives lost would be relatable to the audience at the time.

This can be seen in 'Oh! What A Lovely War's' trailer where triumphant war music is played such as 'Pack Up Your Troubles', contrasting the trailer footage, which shows violence in the war and people running to safety.

'Gallipoli' takes a more serious tone than 'Oh! What A Lovely War'. Despite this, both are very scolding of war and how it can ruin many lives.

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Archy Hamilton is a character in 'Gallipoli', an Australian soldier portrayed by Marc Lee.

In a way, Archy represents the common man in a war. He is someone who was forced into unfortunate circumstances by his involvement in the battle of Gallipoli.

Archy's position is far from enviable and one could see him as a metaphor for the fallen, someone who's life was unfairly cut short by the war.

This shows the film's anti-war message in a clear way. The audience is meant to relate with Archy and other soldiers in the war, the audience is made to feel terrible for the waste of life.

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Due to the nature of 'The Battle of the Somme' being a documentary, there is no one specific character.

What was recorded shows the soldiers as valiant British men who were trying their best with the war. The troops are categorised by what country they were from. Most clips do not mention the soldiers by name, but rather what they were doing.

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Due to the difference in genres, 'The Battle of the Somme' needed to show multiple people for its message of the British soldier's collective strength persisting in a long war.

It should also be noted that the production of films for a wide audience was still a relatively new concept when the documentary came out.

'Gallipoli' focuses on a group of individual soldiers and their personal stories in the lead up to the conflict.

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Due to the film being a documentary, the footage has to be accurate to some degree, even if the clips shown were selected to portray the British army in a positive light.

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One section of this film is related to trench warfare. Aside from the jovial music (which can be argued that the soldiers sang to boost morale), focus is put towards death, by people walking into 'No Man's Land', a section in trench warfare where no one set foot, due to the power of the machine guns.

This seems to be accurate as machine guns were very efficient, which caused people to be hesitant to advance.