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(83) D.1239 - Laying a light railway over captured ground
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (83) D.1239 - Laying a light railway over captured ground |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548296 |
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| Description | Although these soldiers are looking at the camera and appear to be quite relaxed in their work, they are not smiling at the camera at all. They are walking on duckboards laid alongside a narrow railway and are pushing a trolley, which is laden with pieces of railway track. The use of the phrase 'captured ground' reinforces the fact that these images were taken for a specific propaganda purpose and were used to manipulate public opinion. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Laying a light railway over captured ground.'] |
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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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