The Wipers Times
In dark times, they chose to make light
20131h 32mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Comedy
- War
- TV Movie
Overview
When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
Keywords
- world war i
- newspaper
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 11, 2013
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Trademark Films,BBC,BBC, Trademark Films
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt2763790