The Wipers Times, 2013, directed by Andy de Emmoni. The film tells a real story that took place during the First World War in one regiment of the British army, which fought in Flanders and France, the regiment was called Sherwood Foresters. It was the second year of the PMW, the battalion was stationed in Flanders, in the city of Ypres,
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The Wipers Times, 2013, directed by Andy de Emmoni. The film tells a real story that took place during the First World War in one regiment of the British army, which fought in Flanders and France, the regiment was called Sherwood Foresters. It was the second year of the PMW, the battalion was stationed in Flanders, in the city of Ypres, when one day accidentally, collecting in the bombed-out surroundings everything that could be useful for strengthening the trenches, they accidentally came across in one building on a small printing press. No one would have guessed what this strange thing was, but there was a sergeant in the group who worked in a printing house in peacetime and explained what it was. The find prompted their commander, Captain Frederick Roberts (Ben Chaplin), to start publishing a newspaper, and not serious, but mostly acutely satirical, his deputy was Lieutenant John Pearson (Julian Reind-Tatt). The first issue came out with a circulation of 100 copies and the newspaper quickly became very popular, however, not everyone, there was one colonel in the headquarters who literally hated them, not least because they mocked those who sit in the headquarters, it is good that the more senior commander General Mitford (played by Michael Palin) supported them. The newspaper under different names was published with some interruptions until the end of the PMW, as was promised by Roberts, despite the fact that their regiment was repeatedly moved, the last issue was published in December 1918. Then they all went back to their previous activities - Roberts was a mining engineer by profession. According to the film, he tried to get a job in some publication, but his previous experience as an editor was not interested. The film was made well for this kind of film, with some theatrical elements, it is not surprising that then theatrical production of this story was carried out. Brits are known to love war stories as well as satire - "instead of crying in the trenches with fear, you'll laugh," "We've come a long way in the last eighteen months, haven't you?" I would say about thirty yards.
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