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(129) D.1357 - Testing the home-made spring board
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (129) D.1357 - Testing the home-made spring board |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548160 |
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| Description | There is a road travelling down the left of the picture through sparsely-wooded, flat countryside. Alongside this runs a narrow embankment which drops down to the river. At the front of the picture is a crowd of uniformed soldiers gathered round a bench. They are watching a couple of soldiers in trunks test a plank diving board and home-made boat. This is one of a series of photographs taken during that afternoon. Together they form a comprehensive documentation of one afternoon in these soldiers' war experience. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Tommies at play whilst resting. Testing the home-made spring board.'] |
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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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