Belleau Wood

When LIAM KIERNEY, his COUSIN and their friends reach war-torn France in 1918, they join up with veterans and experience real conflicts of courage, humour, human weakness, and the horror of kill or be killed. A blundering military create weariness and desolation for Liam and his comrades, as they are forced to mature through survival within the trenches and ruined, war torn towns of France, to the victory at Belleau Wood. Following promotion for repeated bravery, Liam and his cousin are wounded and transferred to England for recovery. This is where Liam develops a relationship with his beautiful Irish nurse SHEILAGH. Haunting them is FENTON IVES-MAYFAIR, a vain British army Captain infatuated with Sheilagh. Liam takes Sheilagh to the South coast on sick-leave and the jealous officer follows them there, falsifies events to have Liam arrested for desertion and espionage. They escape but are hunted down. The prison GUARD is brutal. The JUDGES insensitive. The DEFENCE inadequate. Condemned at a perfunctory court martial to go before a firing squad as an example, just like his cell-mate, all seems lost for Liam until his company COMMANDER, himself now recovering from a wound, appears to act as his new Defence. For the JUDGES and PROSECUTER, Liam's appeal is a waste of time and they undermine the Defences attempts as he represents Liam. Then it becomes clear the Captain has lied and falsified evidence and this prompts the Judges to do an 'about-turn' allowing the Captain to fall into the Defences trap. The war will soon be over. Liam will finally be released and he and Sheilagh can be together. Belleau Wood has a duration of approximately a hundred and five minutes.