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First World War Collections in the UKA preliminary horizon-scanHoldinginstitutionImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumItem/ collection Link to website Brief description Region Type oforganisationCollectionsoverviewArt collectionhttp://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.24489http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6815The IWM was foundedin 1917 with the specificpurpose of recordingevery aspect of the FirstWorld War. Collectinghad begun on the WesternFront before the warhad ended, and severalcommittees were formedto oversee collecting fromall theatres on themessuch as Army, Navy, AirWar, Women’s Work andTrophies (which is how theearly collecting of Germanmaterial was seen). Thecollections grew overthe following decades,the years following theMuseum’s modernisationin the 1960s being aparticularly productiveperiod, when the Museumadded to its collectionsmaterial in the privatepossession of thosewho had served or beenaffected by the First WorldWar. The collectionsencompass objects, worksof art, documents, film,photographs, books, mapsand sound recordings.The Art Section holdsthe majority of workscommissioned under theofficial War Artists schemeset up by the governmentduring the First WorldWar, making it the secondlargest collection ofmodern British art afterthe Tate. The extensiveposter collection isparticularly rich on thethemes of recruitment,war bonds, in Britain andwhat were then coloniesand also includes manyexamples from France,Belgium, Germany, Russiaand the US.London regionLondon regionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionSubject area Status Medium Key individuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Networking Online access Link to website Terms of useAll Pre-eminent All Refer to the different Collections departments: Art, Documents and Sound,Printed Books, Film and Video, Exhibits and Photographs. Duxford was built asan aerodrome for the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. In 1917 thesite had expanded to include a training school for pilots, named No. 35 TrainingDepot Station. During the First World War, the building that now houses IWMLondon was the Bethlem Royal Hospital.All esp.Propaganda,Military service(British),CulturalresponsesPre-eminent Works of art Eric Kennington (1888-1960),Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), John Singer Sargent(1856-1925), Paul Nash(1889-1946), John Nash(1893-1977), Percy WyndhamLewis (1882-1957), WilliamOrpen (1878-1931), SydneyCarline (1888-1929), HenryLamb (1883-1960), C. R.W. Nevinson (1889-1946),Muirhead Bone (1876-1953),William Roberts (1895-1980),Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956),Eric Gill (1882-1940)Art highlights from the First World War: The Kensingtons at Laventie (1915)by Eric Kennington, who served with the 13th Battalion, The London Regimentfrom 1914. This painting shows his unit in attitudes of exhaustion in the snowyLaventie, behind the front lines. Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing-Station at Smol, Macedonia, September 1916 (1919) by Sir Stanley Spencerwho served with the 68th Ambulance Unit. This painting shows a row of mulespulling stretchers that hold the bodies of wounded soldiers. Gassed (1919 )by John Singer Sargent who witnessed the aftermath of a mustard gas attackwhen visiting the Western Front in August 1918. Over the Top. 1st Artists’Rifles at Marcoing, 30th December 1917 (1918) by John Nash who was officiallycommissioned to paint these weary soldiers climbing over the parapet. A BatteryShelled (1919) by Percy Wyndam Lewis who was commissioned as an officerin the Royal Garrison Artillery in March 1916. He was a founding member ofthe Vorticist movement. We are Making a New World (1918) by Paul Nash whopaints a landscape made unrecognisable by war. The Menin Road (1919) byPaul Nash. Dead Germans in a Trench (1918) by Sir William Orpen, shows twoGerman bodies abandoned in a deserted trench. The Destruction of the TurkishTransport in the Gorge of the Wadi Fara, Palestine (1920) by Sydney Carline whohad painted aerial battles on the Italian front in 1918 before being commissionedto paint in Palestine and Mesopotamia by the Imperial War Museum. IrishTroops in the Judaean Hills Surprised by a Turkish Bombardment (1919) byHenry Lamb who served as a medical officer with the 5th Royal InniskillingFusiliers and began painting after the end of the war. War Artists’ Archiveof correspondence about official commissions. Extensive poster collectionof international posters from the First World War. Collection of art medalsengraved to commemorate First World War events.IWM London: Daily 10am - 6pm,last admission 5.45pm. IWMLondon has free admission butthere may be a fee for specialexhibitions. IWM North: Daily 10am- 5pm, last admission 4.30pm. IWMNorth has free admission. IWMDuxford: Summer: Daily 10am -6pm, last admission 5pm. Winter:Daily 10am - 4pm, last admission3pm. IWM Duxford: Admissioncharge applies. Churchill WarRooms: Daily 9.30am - 6pm, lastadmission 5pm. Churchill WarRooms: Admission charge applies.HMS Belfast: Summer: Daily: 10am- 6pm, last admission 5pm. Winter:Daily 10am - 5pm, last admission4pm. HMS Belfast: Admissioncharge applies.Print Room: Tuesday - Thursday:10am - 5pm. Forty-eight hoursnotice required for appointments.Contact information: Address: ArtSection, Imperial War Museum,Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ.Telephone: +44 (0)20 7416 5342or +44 (0)20 7416 5215 (imageenquiries only). Email: iwm.altarama.com/reft000.aspx forresearch enquiries or imagesales@iwm.org.uk for enquiries aboutart images.http://twitter.com/#!/I_W_Mwww.1914.org/www.facebook.com/iwm.londonwww.flickr.com/photos/imperial-warmuseumwww.youtube.com/ImperialWarMuseumNone specific to the collectionSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryMain.phpwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryArt.phpLists items by type with digitisedthumbnails if available. Eachitem’s IWM Catalogue numbercan be used when requestingan appointment to view items orwhen making a research enquiry.Commercial reproduction of anymaterial must be cleared withthe IWM.Digitised content: 66 per cent oftotal art collection. This includes93 per cent of posters. Imagesof artwork may be purchasedfrom the Image Sales website.Unless otherwise negotiated,images purchased are forresearch, private use or forcirculation within an educationalorganisation. Commercialreproduction of any materialmust be cleared with the IWM.Imperial WarMuseumDocumentscollectionhttp://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6819Collections of privatepapers comprising severalthousand unpublisheddiaries, letters andmemoirs written by bothBritish servicemen andcivilians. In addition, theMuseum Archive recordsthe history of the IWMfrom its founding in 1917.London regionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionAll esp. Militaryservice (British),Military service(non-combatexperience),CulturalresponsesPre-eminentPrivate papers,ephemeraJohn French (1852-1925),Henry Wilson (1864-1922),Edmund Allenby (1861-1936), Henry Sinclair Horne(1861–1929), SiegfriedSassoon (1886-1967), IsaacRosenberg (1890-1918),Elizabeth “Elsie” Knocker(1884-1978), Mairi Chisholm(1896-1981), Edith Cavell(1865-1915)Document highlights from the First World War: Private papers of Britishservicemen and civilians with personal experience of the First World War.Papers of high-ranking officers include Field Marshals Sir John French, SirHenry Wilson, Sir Edmund Allenby and Sir Henry Horne. Papers of writers likeIsaac Rosenberg and R. C. Sheriff, author of Journey’s End. Notable collections:The Siegfried Sassoon Collection, which includes original manuscript andtypescript drafts of Sassoon’s autobiographical novel Memoirs of an InfantryOfficer (first published in 1930) and his medical records from CraiglockhartHospital as well as correspondence with Dr. W. H. R. Rivers and other officers.The Edith Cavell collection, which includes fragments of her diary kept duringthe German occupation of Brussels; the letters she wrote to her family and tomembers of her nursing school from the outbreak of war to her last days inprison and the German documents relating to her arrest, trial and execution.Papers of Baroness Elizabeth Blackall de T’Serclaes (also known as ElsieKnocker) and Mairi Chisholm, the nurses who manned the advance dressingpost in the Belgian village of Pervyse. Museum Archive: EN1: Museum centralrecords from 1917-1939.Uniforms worn and equipment used by soldiers, other members of the armedforces and civil organisations. Includes photographic equipment used bythe photographers whose work forms part of the Photo Archive. Badges,together with cap, collar and shoulder insignia representing the forces from1914 onwards. Weapons and firearms from artillery pieces and machine gunsto rifles and hand guns. Munitions collection contains examples of artilleryammunition, grenades, mines and demolition equipment. Personal possessionslike playing cards and cigarette cases. Examples of trench art like engravedshell cases and carved wooden figures. Large collection of medals, orders anddecorations relating to the First World War. Wide-ranging models collectionincluding a large number of ships and aircraft. A number of aero engines.A Bristol F2b Fighter, a Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 and a Sopwith Camel(aircraft), a Model ‘B’ FWD 4x4 truck, a Mark V (Male) Tank and a Baldwin SteamLocomotive 10-12-D Class that was used on the Western Front.Study facilities: Research Room,Main Building, Lambeth Road:Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm.Appointments necessary. Contactinformation: Address: Documentsand Sound Section, Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ. Telephone: +44 (0)207416 5221 / 5222 / 5226. Email:docs@iwm.org.uk or for MuseumArchives, shenning@iwm.org.ukNone specific to the collectionSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryDocuments.phpDigitised content: 4 per cent.Largely private copyrightholders for personal documents.Commercial reproduction of anymaterial must be cleared withthe IWM.Imperial WarMuseumExhibits, Aircraftand Vehiclescollectionshttp://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6816Objects in the Exhibitscollections are groupedin the following manner:uniforms, insignia, flagsand medals; weapons andammunition; souvenirsand personal possessions;equipment; vehicles,aircraft and ships.London regionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionAll esp. Militaryservice (British),Military service(non-British),Military service(non-combatexperience),VoluntaryorganisationsPre-eminentObjects - small,objects - large,firearms andweaponary,ephemera, worksof artVisitor room of the Department ofExhibits, Main Building, LambethRoad: Monday - Friday: 10am -4pm. Appointments necessary. Alarge number of items are storedat Duxford so users need to allowtime for staff to arrange thetransportation of items to Londonbefore their visit. The model ships’collection is stored by the NationalMaritime Museum at Chatham.Contact information: Address:Exhibits Section, Lambeth Road,London, SE1 6HZ. Telephone:+44 (0)20 7416 5308. Email: iwm.altarama.com/reft000.aspxNone specific to the collectionSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryExhibits.phpDigitised content: 15 per centof uniforms, insignia, personalequipment and ephemera.10 per cent of weapons andammunitions. 7 per cent oforders, medals and decorations.71 per cent of models. 18per cent of aeronautical andmaritime exhibits.8 per cent ofvehicles and aircraft. Accessto the Firearms Collection isfor bona fide research only, bywritten application to SectionHead, Exhibits. Proof of identityis needed. Restrictions on thecopying of banknotes. Britishorders, medals, decorations andinsignia are Crown copyright.Commercial reproduction of anymaterial must be cleared withthe IWM.Digitised content: 6 per cent ofFirst World War official film. Thisis available to view and purchaseat the Film and Video ArchiveSales website. The collectionis mostly Crown copyright or inthe ownership of the ImperialWar Museum. Where rights areheld elsewhere the appropriatepermission will be requiredbefore material can be released.Imperial WarMuseumFilm Archive:First World Warcollectionhttp://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6818This is one of the world’soldest film archives. Thecollections covers manyaspects of the war forinstance the role of theEmpire, women’s warwork on the home frontand in the services, Britishpropaganda, recruitmentand savings appealsand burials, victoryparades, processions andmemorials of the FirstWorld War.London regionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionPropaganda Pre-eminent Film George V (1865-1936), DavidLloyd George (1863-1945),Arthur Balfour (1848-1930),Robert Baden-Powell(1857-1941), John French(1852-1925)Newsreels: Complete newsreel run of Topical Budget films made in an officialcapacity for the War Office Cinematograph Committee (1917-1918). Partialissues or fragments of several First World War British Pathe Gazette newsreelstories. Other highlights: The Wonderful Organisation of the RAMC (1916), showsthe progress of casualties from the front line to a ship bound for England. Withthe Royal Flying Corps (Somewhere in France) (1917) shows activities on anaverage day in an RFC aerodrome. With the Indian Troops at the Front (1916)shows units of the former Indian Corps in France, in late 1915, just after itsdisbandment. Der Magische Gürtel (The Enchanted Circle) (1917) shows thecruise of the U-35 in the Mediterranean between 31st March-6th May 1917. Withthe Eyes of the Navy (1918) is about the Royal Naval Air Service. Propagandafilms: Stand by the Men Who have Stood by You (1918), The Secret (1918) andBritain’s Effort (1918). The Women’s Land Army, (1917) a recruitment film.Mrs John Bull Prepared (1918) shows the many varied roles women played inthe war. A Day in the Life of a Munitions Worker (1917 and The Life of a WAAC(1918). A Day with the Battalion of the Welsh Guards (1915), John Brown Joinsthe Army (1918) and Mass Burial by Soldiers of the British Army on the WesternFront, (1916-1918). Highlights selected from loan guide to the Archive availableat http://intranet.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/catalogue.pdfFilm Archive, Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ. Opening times: Monday- Friday: 10am - 5pm. Viewingsby appointment only. Telephone:(Commercial) + 44 (0) 20 74165291/2, (Non-commercial) +44 (0) 20 7416 5294. Email:filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk orfilm@iwm.org.uk. Twenty fourhours’ notice is normally sufficientto research associated documents.Five to seven working days’ noticeis normally required to arrangea viewing as the films and videoshave to be retrieved from externalstorage.None specific to collectionSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontenthttp://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/Page 18
First World War Collections in the UKA preliminary horizon-scanHoldinginstitutionImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumImperial WarMuseumMuseum ofArmy Flyingand associatedLibrary Archive,Middle Wallop,StockbridgeNational ArmyMuseumNational ArmyMuseum(Picture Library)Item/ collection Link to website Brief description Region Type oforganisationFilm Archive:Major battles ofthe First WorldWarFilm Archive:Topical BudgetcollectionPhotographiccollectionPrinted booksSound collectionUnited KingdomNationalInventory of WarMemorialshttp://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6818http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6818http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6815http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6817http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6818www.ukniwm.org.uk/Official silent films of theWestern Front made forshowing in British cinemasduring the war. The Battleof the Somme was addedto UNESCO’s Memoryof the World Register forthe preservation of globaldocumentary heritagein 2005.Collection of TopicalBudget newsreelsproduced during the FirstWorld War includingthose made under thecontrol of the War Office.The company was brieflyrenamed the War OfficeOfficial Topical Budgetbetween September 1917and the end of the war.The photo archive, ascustodian for photographstaken by the Armed Forcesand other governmentdepartments like theMinistry of Information,holds wide-rangingcollections of photographstaken by official warphotographers as well asamateur and professionalphotographers. It alsoholds an extensive andunique collection ofaerial reconnaissancephotographs taken overthe Western Front.Associated originaldocuments also formspart of the archive’scollections.Books, reports,pamphlets, journals andarticles, published duringand after the war, coveringall aspects of the conflict.First World War women’swork collection.Oral testimony - much ofit recorded in the 1970swhen individuals were stillalive who had served inthe First World War - aswell as other historicrecordings like speechesand radio broadcasts.Archive and inventory ofall known war memorialsfrom in the UnitedKingdom. The Inventorydefines ‘war memorial’as any tangible objectcommemorating thosekilled in or as a result ofmilitary service.Image Sales www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryImages.php Images of art,photographs, posters andobjects for sale online.Army Aviation,Army Air Corps,Glider PilotRegiment. RoyalArtillery AirObservationSquadrons, RoyalFlying CorpscollectionNational ArmyMuseum’scollectionNational ArmyMuseum’sphotographiccollectionwww.armyflying.com/museum_archive.aspwww.nam.ac.uk/collection/access-collectionwww.nam.ac.uk/collection/picture-libraryPapers, log books, pilots’notes, manuals anda large photographiccollection.Collection is dividedinto four curatorialdepartments: Archives,photographs, film andsound; Exhibits; Fine anddecorative art; Printedbooks.The Picture Library as awhole contains over 650oil paintings, 30,000 prints,drawings and SoldierArt and over one millionphotographs. Only apercentage of these relateto the First World War.London regionLondon regionLondon regionLondon regionLondon regionNationwideLondon regionSouth EastLondon regionLondon regionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionSubject area Status Medium Key individuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Networking Online access Link to website Terms of useMilitary service(British)All esp.Propaganda,Empire, WomenAll esp.Propaganda,Military service(British),Military service(non-British),NewspapersPre-eminent Film The Battle of the Somme (1916) is the first feature-length documentary film ofwarfare. It shows British audiences the landscape of trench warfare and soldiersin different parts of the line, waiting to go over the top in the most forward partof the line, resting behind the lines and visiting a casualty clearing station;The Battle of the Ancre (1917), which shows events that took place betweenSeptember and November 1916, includes the first shots of tanks at the front;The Battle of Arras (1917) shows scenes of devastation in Arras, including theruins of the cathedral.Pre-eminent Film George V (1865-1936), QueenMary (1867-1953), DavidLloyd George (1863-1945),John French (1852-1925)Pre-eminentPhotographiccollections,private papersAll Pre-eminent Printed books,newspapersAll esp. Militaryservice (British)Pre-eminent Oral testimony David Beatty (1871-1936),Douglas Haig (1861-1928), Henry Rawlinson(1864-1925), Henry Horne(1861–1929), John MaitlandSalmond (1881–1968)Topical Budget newsreels from the First World War period. From May 1917 theWar Office Cinematograoh Committee negotiated with Topical Budget for controlof its newsreel content. From September that year, as the newly formed WarOffice Official Topical Budget, the newsreels contained a large amount of Britishand Empire official actuality footage. The newsreels attempt to cover everymajor event of the war whilst also showing the citizens of Britain and its Empireas patriotic, resilient and cheerful.The photograph collection depicts the war on land, at sea and in the air on allfronts, as well as activity on the British home front. The 40,000 British, Canadianand Australian official photographs form the basis of the national record ofthe First World War. These form the Q series and includes the Ministry ofInformation First World War collection and unofficial collection, War Office andForeign Office official First World War collections, Air Ministry official collectionand Colonial Office collection. Also of note are the HU series, a portraits (bond ofsacrifice) classified collection and the SP series, the Surgeon Parkes collectionof ship portraits. The archive also includes a significant amount of materialillustrating the war efforts of other nations including France, Germany, Italy andthe USA. The archive also holds photographic collections of specific regimentsand corps, for example the Royal Engineers collection. Newspaper collectionsfrom, for instance the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail. Albums of photographsdonated by servicemen or their families. First World War women’s workcollection. Amongst the unique material held is an extensive collection of aerialreconnaissance photographs taken over the Western Front.Books published during and after the First World War covering all aspects of theconflict. Personal memoirs, unit histories, training manuals, military history,poetry, fiction and children’s literature. Among the library’s wartime collectionsare aerial propaganda leaflets, prisoner of war material, maps, newspapers,civilian and service journals and pamphlets such as those issued by the WarOffice and the Ministry of Information. Map collection includes the First WorldWar trench maps. First World War women’s work collections: An archive ofrecords, statistics, personal accounts and printed ephemera on the role ofwomen in the services and on the home front, assembled at the end of the FirstWorld War by the Museum’s Women’s Work Sub-committee.IWM interviews conducted in the 1960s and 1970s with civilians and veteransfrom the First World War period. Some were commissioned as part of theresearch for The Great War documentary first broadcast in 1964. Includes oralhistory interview with Admiral David Beatty, first Earl Beatty, Douglas Haig, firstEarl Haig, Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson, Henry Sinclair Horne,first Baron Horne and Sir John Maitland Salmon. Recordings of entertainmentshows and speeches from the First World War and the years that followedincluding recent performances of songs dating from the wartime.Memorials Pre-eminent N/A Inventory of all war memorials from the Cenotaph in Whitehall to memorialsin communities, schools, hospitals, organisations and businesses across theUnited Kingdom. The inventory records these details of the war memorial:address, inscriptions, components, physical description, wars commemoratedand people remembered, maintenance, ceremonies, sponsorships, craftsmenand references.All Pre-eminent Works of art,photographiccollectionsAerial Warfare,military service(British)All esp. Militaryservice (British),Women,MemorialsAll esp. Militaryservice (British),MemorialsImportantHighlysignificantHighlysignificantPrivate papers,photographiccollections, film,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,objects - small,objects - large,works of artand firearmsand weaponry,printed books,oral testimonyPhotographiccollections andworks of artGeorge Orme Smart (1886-1915)Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925), (Augustus Francis)Andrew Nicol Thorne (1885-1970), Gerald Francis Ellison(1861-1947), Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879-1967)Nearly 6000 images of works of art like paintings and posters, photographs andobjects are listed under the First World War time period. Includes Q series ofphotographs taken by official war photographers, HU series of portraits (bondof sacrifice) classified collection and SP series of Surgeon Parkes collection ofship portraits.Museum treasures: Diary of George Orme Smart, RFC pilot, killed by theGerman ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen on 7th April 1917. Escape tin filledwith objects that Major Gray, RFC pilot, used to help him escape after beingshot down across enemy lines. A German shell caught at 2000 feet, at the topof its trajectory, by 2nd Lt Hadrill as he stood as Observer in the front of an RFCaircraft flying over La Basse in France.Hugely varied collection of documents, photographs and objects relating tothose that served in the Army or its subsidiaries during the First World War.Online inventory search for ‘World War One’ produces nearly 4,000 results in thearchives and photograph sections . Drawings, letters and diaries of British menand women that served during the war. For example: Papers of Henry SeymourRawlinson, Commander of the British First Army (1915-1916), Fourth Army(1916 and 1918) and Second Army (1917-1918).Correspondence and papers ofGeneral Sir (Augustus Francis) Andrew Nicol Thorne; Lieutenant General SirGerald Francis Ellison; Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, overseas commander ofthe WAAC and in 1918 head of the WRAF. Papers of women who served in theWomen’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). Personal photograph albums by thoseon active service or those visiting the battlefields in the years after the warended. Oral testimony of those that fought in the First World War. Newspaperclippings related to the war.No images are available to browse online at present. From the photographsavailable to purchase at the online Print Shop it is clear that common subjectsare British soldiers overseas and memorials to the Commonwealth War Dead.A large number of recruitment posters from the collection are also availableto purchase.Film Archive, Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ. Opening times: Monday- Friday: 10am - 5pm. Viewingsby appointment only. Telephone:(Commercial) + 44 (0) 20 74165291/2, (Non-commercial) +44 (0) 20 7416 5294. Email:filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk orfilm@iwm.org.ukFilm Archive, Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ. Opening times: Monday- Friday: 10am - 5pm. Viewingsby appointment only. Telephone:(Commercial) + 44 (0) 20 74165291/2, (Non-commercial) +44 (0) 20 7416 5294. Email:filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk orfilm@iwm.org.ukVisitor room, All Saints Annexe,Austral Strett: Opening hours:Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm.Appointments necessary. Address:Photographs Section, Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ. Telephone: +44 (0)20 74165333 / 5338 / 5309. Email: photos@iwm.org.ukStudy facilities: Research Room,Main Building, Lambeth Road:Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm.Appointments necessary. Contactinformation: Address: Departmentof Collections Access, Imperial WarMuseum, Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ. Telephone: +44 (0)20 74165342. Email: iwm.altarama.com/reft000.aspxStudy facilities: Research Room,Main Building, Lambeth Road:Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm.Appointments necessary. Contactinformation: Address: Departmentof Documents and Sound, ImperialWar Museum, Lambeth Road,London, SE1 6HZ. Telephone:+44 (0)20 7416 5363. Email: iwm.altarama.com/reft000.aspxDatabase is online. Associatedarchival material is available toresearchers at the Project Office.Appointments necessary. Address:UK National Inventory of WarMemorials, Imperial War Museum,Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ.Telephone: 020 7207 9851/9863or complete online enquiry format www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.24None specific to collectionNone specific to collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionhttp://ukniwm.wordpress.com/Searchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentSearchablecatalogueSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentOnline resource None specific to the collection Searchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentMuseum opening times: Daily 10am- 4.30pm. Library and Archive openby appointment.NAM Chelsea: Templar StudyCentre: Wednesday - Friday:10am - 5pm and first and thirdSaturday of the month: 10am -5pm. Identification is requiredto hold a Reader’s Ticket.Ticket-holders can use the Centrewithout an appointment. Visitsto NAM Sandhurst and NAMStevenage, where much of thecollection is stored, are available byappointment.NAM Chelsea: Templar StudyCentre: Wednesday - Friday: 10am- 5pm and first and third Saturdayof the month: 10am - 5pm.Identification is required to holda Reader’s Ticket. Ticket-holderscan use the Centre without anappointmentNone specific to the collectionwww.youtube.com/user/NationalArmyMuseumUKwww.facebook.com/NationalArmyMuseumLinks to enable users to share this pageon Twitter and Facebook: www.nam.ac.uk/collection/picture-libraryContactinformationSearchablecatalogue(incomplete)No onlinecatalogue ofthe PictureLibrary. Samplephotographscan be suppliedor researcherscan visit theTemplar StudyCentre to vieworiginals.http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryFilm.phpwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.phpwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPrintedBooks.phpwww.iwmcollections.org.uk/qrySound.phpwww.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.002006www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryImages.phpTelephone: 01264 784421. Emailenquiries: archivist@flying-museum.org.ukRecords currently available includearchives, photographs, film and soundrecords and printed books. www.nam.ac.uk/inventory/objects/index.php. Aselection of photographs and posters areavailable for purchase at http://prints.national-army-museum.ac.uk/Copies of pictures held in the PictureLibrary are priced accordingly: www.nam.ac.uk/collection/picture-library/price-listsDigitised content available toview and purchase at the Filmand Video Archive Sales website.Digitised content availableto view and purchase at theFilm and Video Archive Saleswebsite. Access conditions:IWM holds the copyright andcopies can be arranged fora range of commercial andnon-commercial uses throughthe website or directly with thestaff at the Film Archive. The BFIholds the entire Topical Budgetcollection from 1911-1931.Digitised content: 66 per cent ofofficial photographs (not aerialphotos), 20 per cent of privateand commercial photographs, 37percent of aerial photographs.The bulk of the collection isCrown copyright. Users wishingto apply for reproductionrights should contact thePhotograph Archive. Commercialreproduction of any materialmust be cleared with the IWM.Copies are supplied inaccordance with restrictionsimposed by current legislation.Reproduction fees maybe charged. Commercialreproduction of any materialmust be cleared with the IWM.Digitised content: 96 per cent oforal history interviews, 100 percent of commercial recordings,31 per cent of music/ soundeffects and 50 per cent of otherrecords. Largely Museumcopyright; reproduction feesare charged. Commercialreproduction of any materialmust be cleared with the IWM.Process of uploadingphotographs of the memorialshas begun.For each image, users can additem to their order and searchfor related images. Items areavailable as prints or digital files,in A5, A4 or A3 size, with a rangeof licensing options.No digitised content availableonline.Accession numbers providedfor each record on the onlineinventory in order for an enquiryform to be completed. Whereinformation is not alreadyavailable, enquires about theMuseum’s Collection must bemade in writing to the relevantcuratorial department. Writtenenquiries will be answeredin order of receipt within 20working days, as required bythe Freedom of InformationAct 2000.Photos and digital images areavailable for purchase, subject toextensive terms and conditions:www.nam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/picture-library-terms.pdfPage 19
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