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(415) D.3136 - View of Pronville, a captured village situated east of the Hindenburg line
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (415) D.3136 - View of Pronville, a captured village situated east of the Hindenburg line |
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| Description | The ruined remains of Pronville, a French village positioned close to the Hindenburg Line. Directly in front of the camera the ground is covered with bricks and rubble. A small path or track, possibly leading into the village, is bordered on the left by the bombed and blasted remains of more buildings. Wooden frames scattered amongst the ruins are all that is left of the rooftops. A road sweeps round to the right, out of the shot. The German Hindenburg Line was a complex system of defensive fortifications built behind the Front, intended to give the Germans a stronger defence against Allied attack. In September 1918, Allied forces broke through part of the Hindenburg Line near the village of Quéant. By the beginning of October they had captured the entire Line, spelling defeat for the German Army. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. View of Pronville, a captured village situated east of the Hindenburg line.'] |
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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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