60 | Beneath Hill

The film sheds light on the specialized "claykickers" and miners who fought a claustrophobic war in the mud and chalk of the Western Front.

is a 2010 Australian war film directed by Jeremy Sims that dramatizes the extraordinary true story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company during World War I. The narrative centers on Captain Oliver Woodward, a mining engineer tasked with maintaining massive explosive mines deep under German lines in preparation for the Battle of Messines in 1917. The Historical "Silent War" Beneath Hill 60