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(498) D.709 - Look-out showing our wire in No Mans Land
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (498) D.709 - Look-out showing our wire in No Mans Land |
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| Description | A lone soldier risks raising his head above the trench parapet in order to look out into no-man's-land and towards the German front line. This looks to be a very shallow trench, with the soldier stooping down to keep watch rather than stepping up on to the fire-step to see what is happening. The belts of barbed wire should help to protect this trench from an attack by infantrymen. During daylight hours, the main danger to front line soldiers was from enemy snipers. This is why periscopes and elevated mirrors were often used by sentries for observation purposes. The high death rate inflicted by snipers meant that they received little sympathy when captured, and were often subjected to summary justice. This was true of both sides. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE. A look-out, showing our wire in No Mans Land.'] |
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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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