Balaclava (1928 - Public Domain)

David Lean worked as a production assistant on this film (in charge of wardrobe - he was 19 through 20 years old during the shoot, and it was a lavish costume drama - so quite a responsibility for a young man).

Balaclava is a 1928 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth, and Wally Patch.

Plot: A British army officer is cashiered (for duelling and being falsely accused of shooting his opponent in the back), and re-enlists as a private to take part in the Crimean War and succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy. The film climaxes with the Charge of the Light Brigade. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures. The charge sequences were filmed on the Long Valley in Aldershot in Hampshire.