In the area of documentary films, it was, of course, "The Battle of the Somme" (1916), which pushed the German side to similar efforts. As a matter of fact, the first film made under the BuFA regime was a direct response to the British model. It was called "Bei unseren Helden an der Somme" and was first shown publicly in Berlin on 19 January 1917. For the first time a film was ...