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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 121, 12 August 1927, Page 14

Every man, woman and child belonging to the British Empire should see “Mons.” Not only because it grips and stirs the emotions, nor because it is thrilling and exciting, but because it is a living page torn from the history of our nation embodying all the traditions of our race. In other words, it is our picture, made by our own people ir England, and bringing back again, as no other medium could, the glorious valour of the old “Contemptibles” in the memorable months of August and September, 1914. “Mons” has been reproduced simply, without comment or sentimental emphasis. Its greatness lies in its simplicity and its truth. Captain Walter Summers, acting in co-opera-tion with the War Office, is responsible for the direction. The majority of the scenes were filmed on the actual sites where they occurred, and every man in the picture is at present serving, or has served, in the army. The important part played by the womer of France is not forgotten—the heroine* who defied the invaders and worked ir the fields while their men avenged theii ravaged nation.