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Good Morning Scotland01/07/2016 Clips

  1. The First Day of the Somme

    Duration: 02:02

  2. Dawn - The First Day of the Somme

    Duration: 01:13

  3. The mines have exploded. The whistles have blown. At 0730 the troops go over top. By 0745, there are serious problems.

    Duration: 03:09

  4. The tiny army of Newfoundland - troops trained in Scotland - go over the top.

    Duration: 02:55

  5. The medical officer and the 17 year old private from Clydebank who lied about his age.

    Duration: 03:29

  6. The power of artillery determines whether your troops live or die.

    Duration: 02:03

  7. Joanna Wright and her brother Major David Wright tell the story of their great-grandfather

    Duration: 03:17

  8. The troops who've managed to reach the enemy positions are grimly trying to hold on.

    Duration: 03:02

  9. How much do the generals know of the disaster which is unfolding?

    Duration: 02:22

  10. Reevel Alderson tells of his grandfather John James Rough of the Tyneside Scottish.

    Duration: 02:53

  11. Major (retd.) Malcolm Ross tells of his great uncle.

    Duration: 03:20

  12. Major David Wright of the Canadian Air Force and his sister, Toronto police officer Joanna Wright

    Duration: 03:07

  13. Toronto police officer Joanna Wright discusses her great grandfather

    Duration: 02:55

  14. The First Day of the Somme

    Duration: 04:57

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