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Men of the Machine Gun Corps at drill
Men of the Machine Gun Corps at drill
Machine gunners. They are being drilled in the use of their machine guns whilst wearing gas masks. One row of men practise firing, while the rest stand behind awaiting their turn. They are practising in a sunken area close to some houses. Gas attacks were a very real and terrifying threat for the men at the Front. Whilst many images were deliberately taken as propaganda, some, like this, simpl…
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Machine Gun Corps
- Artillery (Troops)
- Gas masks
- Machine guns
- Military training
- Shooting
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Machine Gun Corps
- Artillery (Troops)
- Gas masks
- Machine guns
- Military training
- Shooting
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74546524
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:17:13.988Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:24.158Z