SKIPTON Building Society Camerata's concert held during Armistice Weekend will include the showing of a silent movie of one of the battles of the First World War.

The centre piece of the concert at Skipton Town Hall on Friday, November 9 will be the screening of the film made in Autumn 1916 at the Battle of Ancre.

And, it will be accompanied by the orchestra playing a new score composed by Laura Rossi, specially created to complement the film.

The performance in Skipton will be part of a tour of the film with live orchestra supported by the Imperial War Museum.

Dr Toby Haggith, senior curator at the museum's Department of Second World War, is keen to emphasis the importance and significance of the film.

"The general opinion of Battle of the Ancre was that the new film was incredibly realistic, giving viewers a powerful sense of being present on the battlefield," he said.

"Although shot at distance and sometimes poorly exposed, this footage is a powerful actuality record of battle, showing soldiers hurrying into a misty no man’s land, or clambering out of successive lines of trenches and advancing towards a skyline overshadowed by fracturing clouds of shrapnel shells."

Ben Crick, Camerata's artistic director, added: "I've always believed that music can communicate the meaning of a situation with much more eloquence and resonance than words and Laura’s music does this with incredible effect.

"You can not overstate the extent to which the First World War irrevocably changed the world and what this film and Laura’s music does is tell that seismic change through hundreds of private and very human stories, It’s a unique window into history and a very moving experience."

The rest of the evening will feature the music of Elgar and Bach, the Bach keyboard concertos being played by the Lithuanian pianist Justas Servenikas.

The performance at Skipton Town Hall on Friday, November 9 will take place at 7.30pm. Tickets online at: skiptoncamerata.com