Imperial War Museum

Discussion in 'Research Material' started by Noel Burgess, Aug 6, 2010.

  1. idler

    idler GeneralList

    So it's now the Imperial Phwoar Museum!

    Bet they get arsey if you turn up to watch, though...

    I'm reminded of the criticism of the Spice Girls (or whoever) performing at some commemoration which was countered by the very good point that the young blokes who'd died would probably have appreciated the spectacle of some skimpily-clad young-ish ladies.
     
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  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I laughed at that when it briefly rippled across the Twatterverse.

    Please, museums:
    Just show me stuff, and things. All the lovely interesting things.
    Sigh.

    Too late probably.
    Support your local more independent museums. The ones that aren't apologising for their collections & want to show you stuff & things, with a decent bacon sarnie & bookshop thrown in...
     
  3. JDKR

    JDKR Member

    ‘...diversify its visitor offering...’ just about sums up what is happening to the IWM. I wonder if there is the tiniest of chances that the cash raised from yoga classes, crystal healing sessions, advanced yogic levitation tuition etc could be used to offset the costs of media licences for photographs for which the tax payer has already paid. :mad:

    Furthermore, in my view there is something distinctly tacky if not downright distasteful to have people doing yoga with a backdrop of weaponry which rained death, destruction and misery on this country.
     
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  4. Jill Tate

    Jill Tate Member

    I have an excel spread sheet of all the IWM films on archive that someone shared on a forum Does one exist for IWM photographs? I find trying to search their archives impossible and deeply frustrating using key words. Thanks
     
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  5. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    Hello Jill,

    With you all the way on that.

    Searching of IWM Collections is not easy. So many images with the only description given is "photographic negative".

    Oft times, to try and find what you are looking for, using the broadest (fewest words) search term is the way to go, followed by ploughing through (the sometimes) thousands that are then presented!

    Don't lose heart, stick with it, hopefully there'll be the photo you seek in there somewhere.

    Kind regards, always,

    Jim.

    P.S. If it's not too much of an imposition, what or who(m) are you looking for? Only answer if you are happy too. If it's something you wish to keep to yourself that is absolutely understood.
     
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  6. Jill Tate

    Jill Tate Member

    I'm following the 7th Armoured Division from D-Day to the end of the war looking for any photographs of Scissors bridges ( or Churchill assault bridges) laid along the way and other general photographs of the RE units (143 Fd Pk Sqn, 621 Fd Sqn and 4 Fd Sqn). At present I'm just about return to Operation Blackcock and tidy up my findings so far.
    I have a few pictures so far, these are of a Scissors bridge laid in Raamsdonk Netherlands around 1st Nov 1944. As you can see the Scissors bridge is almost incidental in the picture and never going to get a mention.
    Kind Regadrs
    Jill
     

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  7. Jill Tate

    Jill Tate Member

    This is the index for videos which is great and in date order.
     

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  8. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    Anything I find on my travels (and travails!) I'll send on to you Jill, and hopefully others will too.

    Good luck with all.

    Kind regards, always,

    Jim.
     
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  9. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

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  11. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    A nice one here Jill, following on from your IWM B 11618 above.

    IWM B 11619, all courtesy of IWM Collections, but "Cromwell Tanks in NW Europe" would give you no clue!

    Kind regards, always,

    Jim.

    Screenshot_20240109-143245.jpg

    CROMWELL TANKS IN NW EUROPE 1944-45
     
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  12. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    Having had a quick look through the search results Jill;

    Find an object | Imperial War Museums

    There is scissor bridge content on each of the five pages containing the 133 "results" of the search using the term "Scissors". Much of it, by the nature of the broad search term, will not be what you are looking for, but hopefully there will be something new/of use to you within there.

    Happy searching to you.

    Kind regards, always,

    Jim.

    P.S. The "Make do and Mend" graphics have Snip and Snap all over them for me :)
     
  13. Jill Tate

    Jill Tate Member

    Yes I have that one thanks
     
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  15. Jill Tate

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    Yes that's a great picture. It's in Raamsdonk, Netherlands. I've attached its fact file and maps which I thought you might be interested in. There isn't much info on it in the War Diaries (only a brief mention) but this is what I've been able to put together so far.
    Thanks for your help.
    Regards Jill
     

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  16. Don Juan

    Don Juan Well-Known Member

    Note the Cromwell crossing the scissors bridge is a Cromwell Close Support tank armed with a 95mm Howitzer, and not a standard Cromwell.
     
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  17. Jill Tate

    Jill Tate Member

    Thanks for that information.
     

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