World War One - film technologies capturing the history of tank warfare

The aim of the event was to bring the French battlefields visually into the classroom to enhance learning and understanding of tank warfare in World War One. The new knowledge created from non fiction film research was brought directly into the classroom and supported the children's World War One curriculum studies.
It showed the historical research and documentary methods used to create new knowledge about the Battle of Cambrai and the tank battle in 1917.
The narrative was built around the central figure of Deborah a Mark IV tank which was destroyed on the day of the battle and the crew from the authored perspectives of relatives, Army and British and French communities today.

The school lecture to over 100 schoolchildren was held at The King's School in Congleton, Cheshire. The interactive workshop that followed the talk discussed tank warfare, engineering and the technologies used from the World War One research by Associate Professor Fiona Graham and Senior Lecturer Paul Ottey working with the community in France. Actual tank parts from the battlefield were brought into the classroom to help explain size and scale and explaining their importance in World War One.

The workshop allowed the children hands on experience with film technology understanding various methods include 4K, HD and drone technologies alongside production and directing methods to create new content to understand through seeing the battlefields and the people affected.