German photos of Dunkirk 1940 - Page 2

CROONAERT · 30-09-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Trincomalee

Have you sent copies to any of the archives or museums ?
Linden

They're already in an archive, Linden ... ... mine!

(seriously though, I can't think of a particular museum that would find them interesting enough (though the RTR Museum has a copy of a couple of them))

Dave

Al London · 30-09-2007, 02:08 PM

I saw Atonement last night. I'm a chick so I didn't mind watching the whole film ;-)

Just wondering does anyone know, what museum or archives would have the biggest collection of Dunkirk photos?

Rich Payne · 30-09-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Al London

what museum or archives would have the biggest collection of Dunkirk photos?

I don't think that there is any one simple answer to that question and it depends on precisely which aspect you're interested in.

The British photographs of the campaign focus mainly on the phoney war and the advance into Belgium. then pick up again with the actual evacuation. Lots of pictures of troops arriving back in England. They are concentrated in the IWM archives with some press shots to see in the Hulton / Getty archives.

The pictures of abandoned material were inevitably made by the Germans (often privately) but of the official Propoganda Company pictures many are in the Bundesarchiv which I believe does not make private access easy.

There is a suggestion that the Russians confiscated much in Berlin but I'm not aware of any having surfaced.

The Americans and the French got hold of some of the images at the end of the war so there are some in Washington and quite a lot in the French ECPA archives but they are also not nearly so accessible as the IWM

stevew · 01-10-2007, 12:02 PM

Excellent pictures Dave

Gnomey · 01-10-2007, 12:37 PM

Excellent photos, thanks for sharing.

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stevew Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 245	Excellent pictures Dave __________________ In memory of 1891923 Sgt Albert George Edward Mount RAFVR, 115 Squadron Bomber Command, whose Lancaster was shot down on 8th June 1944 over Montchauvet, Yvelines.

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Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,960	Excellent photos, thanks for sharing. __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum

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Al London Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London Posts: 71	I saw Atonement last night. I'm a chick so I didn't mind watching the whole film ;-) Just wondering does anyone know, what museum or archives would have the biggest collection of Dunkirk photos?

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