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(5) D.1005 - Music hath charms - even in Miraumont
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (5) D.1005 - Music hath charms - even in Miraumont |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548358 |
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| Description | Soldiers are standing amidst the mud of the Somme battlefield. The man on the left is holding a squeeze box. The idea of music emanating from a squeeze box in such bleak and depressing surroundings seems out of place. The men look fittingly tired and miserable. Whilst the photograph itself is perhaps not typical of the type of image used by the authorities as propaganda, the caption is a good example of the kind of mood the authorities wished to convey. It's flippant and completely inappropriate tone, would have added a light-heartedness to the war experience that would have reassured those at home. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SOMME ADVANCE. Music hath charms,- even in Miraumont.'] |
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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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