Last week at school we watched a documentary film, and I'm gutted that I don't remember its name, it focuses on and re-enacts the stories of various soldiers in the battle.

One lied about his age to get in - he was 15, one was someone who went out into no man's land to mobilise troops - he was shot, one was an officer who was killed, there was General Haig (who had several scenes of himself in the map room, and one where he got on a plane to get a bird's eye view of the German trenches), another memorable bunch were the German soldiers who were holed up in their bunker and ate nothing but bread during the artillery siege.

It also talked about how the French made progress at Mametz in the south while the British in the north were hampered and reached the German trenches but didn't make any real progress.

I also remember that it was impressive cinematically, and had very good character development, it wasn't lacking in special effects either. I think it was quite high budget.

I'm probably taking a stab in the dark here but if you guys have any suggestions just let me know.