The Wipers Times

The Wipers Times (2013)

In dark times, they chose to make light

TMDb

6.3

11/09/2013 • 1h 32m
original-title

The Wipers Times

status

Released

production-companies

BBC

Trademark Films

original-language

English

budget

-

revenue

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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.

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United Kingdom

spoken-languages

English

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