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WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 324-1 [Main]
I. 'THE PIGEON AS POSTMAN. Taken up on motor cycle to the trenches the birds except for casualties, never fail to reach "home" behind the lines where the telegraphist sends on the message.' Pigeons are put in baskets for transport by motorcycles. In a training trench a RE Captain writes down a message which is put in capsule. The pigeon is released. Pigeons return to their roost and the messages a…
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- Dickinson, H
- Archinard, Louis
- British Army, Royal Engineers
- Royal Italian Army & Artillery
- French Army
- Polish Army, Chasseurs, Bn 1
- French Army, Army 1 & Corps 1
- animals, birds: pigeon
- communications, British military - message: carrier pigeon
- …
- World War, 1914-1918--France
- French Army
- Heather O. Dickinson
- Louis Archinard
- Italy
- France
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- Dickinson, H
- Archinard, Louis
- British Army, Royal Engineers
- Royal Italian Army & Artillery
- French Army
- Polish Army, Chasseurs, Bn 1
- French Army, Army 1 & Corps 1
- animals, birds: pigeon
- communications, British military - message: carrier pigeon
- …
- World War, 1914-1918--France
- French Army
- Heather O. Dickinson
- Louis Archinard
- Italy
- France
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1917
- 1917
Places
- Italy
- France
- Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
- United Kingdom
- Bayonne
- Poland
- United States of America
- Empire of Japan
- Third Battle of Ypres
- Belgium
- West Flanders
- Italy
- France
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- NTB_324-1
- NTB_324-1
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1917
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:47:00.265Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-12T14:35:35.798Z