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(130) D.1358 - Sinking of their home-made boat
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (130) D.1358 - Sinking of their home-made boat |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548162 |
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| Description | This picture focuses on a valiant struggle by two soldiers to save their home-made boat from sinking. The prow of the dinghy is sitting proud of the water and the stern is being held up by one of the men. The other soldier is holding the sail and trying to steer the boat. John Warwick Brooke is thought to be responsible for capturing this scene. This photograph is one of a series of photographs. The boat has become progressively more submerged and this was the final stage in its floating career. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Tommies at play whilst resting. The sinking of their home-made boat.'] |
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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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