That can depend on the donation/copyright status of the image. Official photos usually get the download, but things from other sources, private albums etc., often don't. If this one doesn't give you the embed/download option on hitting 'use image'; yes, there's quite possibly something going on re. your location. THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945
Strange... maybe it is the photograph then. I didn't realise it could be specific to the image. Thanks, VP. (the image I had a problem with) THE CHURCHILL TANK (INFANTRY TANK Mk IV)
Yeah, that one gets the purchase/licence message for me too. There'll be some peculiarity of ownership there. Cracking shot, BTW.
Hi I found some photos of Mozzagrogna, Villa Grande and awarded soldiers (like these: ITALY : EIGHTH ARMY AWARDS IN THE FIELD) I would be very interested in reading the caption sheets, 'cause I think they are full of good infos. Anyone have an idea of how to to get them?
Hi Michael I think that Is not the captain sheet. I know that it's a different sheet that contains the photos.
IKE26, I suspect the caption sheets you refer to are the forms filled in by cameramen describing the images and scenes captured on photo rolls and film reels. They are also called dope sheets and accompany their work when sent back to be processed. The few examples I've come across vary in the amount information provided. See this post by zeezee on requesting dope sheets when purchasing IWM video. Not sure if the same request can be made for photos? Regards ...
From my one and only visit to the IWM photo archives room years ago, it seems that a (sometimes very small) print of each photo is kept in a binder with others from the same series, on sheets with several prints on each but without any text apart from the negative numbers, while typed caption sheets, as now displayed on the website, are kept in separate binders. My understanding is that dope sheets correspond to films only, not still photos. Of course, there must habe been a handwritten version of the typed caption sheet of the photos, as originally written by the photographer when or soon after he took the photo, but I have not seen any, nor do I know whether they have been preserved. In any case I doubt that they would contain any info not included in the typed caption sheet. Michel
A couple of examples of dope sheets. The first by Sgt. Ian Gant from his book "Cameramen at War" of a reel of film taken on D-Day. The other by photographer Capt. Edward G. Malindine is typed up and goes into some detail on the situation at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. No idea if dope sheets are catalogued and available at the IWM. Regards ...
