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(148) D.1414 - Gas helmet V.C. race
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (148) D.1414 - Gas helmet V.C. race |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547862 |
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| Description | Members of the Black Watch Regiment taking part in a sports day event. The event involves wearing a gas helmet and racing. Most of the men seen here have already put the helmet on, and are ready to start running. A small crowd watches from the perimeter. The gas helmet comprised a small flannel sack or bag soaked in chemicals, which was placed over the head. It had a small viewing window made of celluloid. It was one of the precursors to the more familiar moulded gas mask, which included goggles and a canister connected to the mask by a pipe. [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Black Watch hold sports whilst resting. Gas helmet V.C. race.'] |
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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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