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(306) D.2700 - Anti-aircraft gun in action in the ruins
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (306) D.2700 - Anti-aircraft gun in action in the ruins |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547584 |
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| Description | Soldiers appear to have installed an anti-aircraft gun in position beside a large, ruined building. The gun, which is set on an angled mounting, is installed on a flatbed lorry chassis. There are blocks on the lorry wheels to stabilize it against the recoil of the gun. The most commonly used British anti-aircraft gun was the Vickers Naval Gun. As the use of aircraft increased throughout the war, the supply of anti-aircraft artillery also increased, but by 1918 the British still only had 349 anti-aircraft guns. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. An anti-aircraft gun in action in the ruins.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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