来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：欧洲文明 第18集》
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which was a six-month quagmire started by the British army直到同年十一月结束 -
on the 1st of July 1916 and ended roughly November 1916,其间英军陷入了长达六个月的战争泥沼 -
for no gain whatsoever and a million casualties--不但毫无战果 而且死伤百万 -
in the middle of it, a part of the British propaganda office,战争中期 英国对外宣传办公室 -
it wasn't a ministry until 1918--它直到1918年才成为宣传部 -
it was all done more or less informally until then--那时 它多少有点非官方的性质 -
they decided to make a film to buck up public morale.这些人决定要拍一部电影来鼓舞士气 -
What they did was they filmed the Battle of the Somme于是 他们拍摄了 -
while it was being fought.当时正在进行的索姆河战役 -
But they didn't film the fighting.然而他们并没记录真实的战争场景 -
They filmed mock episodes而是虚构了一些情节 -
where soldiers in training would go over the top其中 训练中的士兵竟然冲上敌方高地