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(47) D.1148 - Railway in the trenches
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (47) D.1148 - Railway in the trenches |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548216 |
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| Description | A rather bedraggled looking railway line runs through the middle of bombed-out and desolate-looking buildings. A dusty looking soldier is standing at the side of the line smoking. His despondency adds atmosphere to the scene. A sign, posted in the middle of the rubble, ironically reads, 'No articles of any description are to be dumped here'. John Warwick Brooke is thought to have been responsible for this image. Transport and communication links are vital in a war zone and as a result often suffered damage. They also had to be adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of the continually changing, due to bombardment, landscape and territory boundaries. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. A railway in the trenches.'] |
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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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