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<strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>Collections</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong><br />
A prelim<strong>in</strong>ary horizon-scan<br />
Hold<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitution<br />
British Film<br />
Archive (BFI)<br />
National Archive<br />
British Film<br />
Archive (BFI)<br />
National Archive<br />
British Film<br />
Archive (BFI)<br />
National Archive<br />
British Film<br />
Archive (BFI)<br />
National Archive<br />
British Film<br />
Archive (BFI)<br />
National Archive<br />
British Film<br />
Archive (BFI)<br />
National Archive<br />
Item/ collection L<strong>in</strong>k to website Brief description Region Type of<br />
organisation<br />
Fiction www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/about/<br />
explor<strong>in</strong>g/fiction.html<br />
Non-fiction www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/about/<br />
explor<strong>in</strong>g/nonfiction.html<br />
Silent Film www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/about/<br />
explor<strong>in</strong>g/silent.html<br />
Special<br />
<strong>Collections</strong><br />
Stills, Posters<br />
and Designs<br />
British Library Legal deposit<br />
library of <strong>the</strong><br />
United K<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Republic<br />
of Ireland<br />
British Library<br />
(Archives and<br />
manuscripts)<br />
British Library<br />
(Sound archive)<br />
British Library<br />
(Newspaper<br />
Library)<br />
British Library<br />
(example<br />
collection)<br />
British Library<br />
(Images Onl<strong>in</strong>e)<br />
www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/about/<br />
explor<strong>in</strong>g/specialcollections.html<br />
www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/about/<br />
explor<strong>in</strong>g/stills.html<br />
Collection of British fiction<br />
films from 1896 onwards.<br />
Collection of British<br />
non-fiction films <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
those commissioned by<br />
government departments<br />
that are preserved as<br />
Public Records by <strong>the</strong><br />
British Film Institute <strong>in</strong><br />
collaboration with <strong>the</strong><br />
National Archives.<br />
Collection of silent fiction<br />
and non-fiction films that<br />
date from 1895 to 1929.<br />
Many are held uniquely by<br />
<strong>the</strong> British Film Institute.<br />
Collection of c<strong>in</strong>ema<br />
ephemera. Personal<br />
papers of film makers,<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g papers<br />
of organisations,<br />
memorabilia and<br />
promotional <strong>in</strong>formation.<br />
Collection of still,<br />
photographs and<br />
illustrations from films,<br />
dat<strong>in</strong>g from 1896. Poster<br />
collection from <strong>the</strong> early<br />
1900s onwards.<br />
BFI InView www.bfi.org.uk/<strong>in</strong>view/ Digitised collection<br />
of films document<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Brita<strong>in</strong>’s history, funded<br />
via a <strong>JISC</strong> digitisation<br />
programme. Partners:<br />
Freemantle media, BBC,<br />
<strong>the</strong> National Archives,<br />
<strong>UK</strong> Parliament and Open<br />
Media.<br />
Manuscripts<br />
collections<br />
Archival sound<br />
record<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
Newspapers,<br />
magaz<strong>in</strong>es and<br />
periodicals<br />
Northcliffe<br />
Papers and<br />
Diaries<br />
Digital image<br />
library<br />
www.bl.uk/ British Library is entitled<br />
to receive a copy of every<br />
book published <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>UK</strong> and Ireland s<strong>in</strong>ce a<br />
Parliamentary Act <strong>in</strong> 1911.<br />
www.bl.uk/reshelp/f<strong>in</strong>dhelprestype/<br />
manuscripts/msscollect/<br />
manuscriptscollections.html<br />
Manuscripts organised by<br />
name of collection or as<br />
‘Additional Manuscripts’.<br />
http://sounds.bl.uk/ Oral testimony from those<br />
that lived through <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong><br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>.<br />
www.bl.uk/onl<strong>in</strong>egallery/newspapers.html National and local<br />
and foreign language<br />
newspapers.<br />
www.bl.uk/reshelp/f<strong>in</strong>dhelprestype/<br />
manuscripts/namedmanuscripts/<br />
namedmanuscriptsmn/<br />
https://imagesonl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
bl.uk/?service=page&action=show_home_<br />
page&language=en<br />
Papers relat<strong>in</strong>g to Alfred<br />
C.W. Harmsworth,<br />
Viscount Northcliffe;<br />
location and catalogue<br />
62153 - 62397.<br />
Images of <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />
posters, coloured<br />
illustrations and<br />
newspapers.<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
London region National<br />
collection<br />
Subject area Status Medium Key <strong>in</strong>dividuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Network<strong>in</strong>g Onl<strong>in</strong>e access L<strong>in</strong>k to website Terms of use<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Film Noel Pemberton-Bill<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(1880-1948)<br />
Propaganda produced dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> war to give lessons to civilians through<br />
fictional stories. For example: M<strong>in</strong>istry of Information film entitled The Secret<br />
(1918) shows how a housewife can w<strong>in</strong> back <strong>the</strong> allegiance of her husband’s<br />
stomach from her neighbour by us<strong>in</strong>g grated potato peel as a substitute for<br />
suet <strong>in</strong> her pudd<strong>in</strong>gs. Also It Is For England! (1916), a Union Jack Film company<br />
production, <strong>in</strong> which a re<strong>in</strong>carnated sa<strong>in</strong>t unmasks a baronet as a German spy.<br />
Pemberton Bill<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>the</strong> Vigilantes (1918), a propaganda film made on behalf<br />
of <strong>the</strong> Vigilantes, a morality pressure group form led by Noel Pemberton Bill<strong>in</strong>g<br />
MP as part of his campaign for ‘A Cleaner Brita<strong>in</strong>’.<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Film Topical Budget: Silent news reel first issued <strong>in</strong> 1911. Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>War</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>War</strong> Office took control of <strong>the</strong> production company and <strong>the</strong> BFI holds<br />
nearly 1000 films made between 1914 and 1920. The company never converted<br />
to sound and ceased production <strong>in</strong> 1931. Pa<strong>the</strong> Animated Gazette: <strong>First</strong> British<br />
newsreel, begun <strong>in</strong> 1910 and produced under one name or ano<strong>the</strong>r until 1970.<br />
Few reels survive from <strong>the</strong> 1910-1920 period but some are held at <strong>the</strong> BFI.<br />
Gaumont Graphic: Silent newsreel from 1910 - 1932. BFI holds orig<strong>in</strong>al nitrate<br />
film material while ITN Source holds view<strong>in</strong>g copies.<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Film Topical Budget: Silent news reel first issued <strong>in</strong> 1911. Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>War</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>War</strong> Office took control of <strong>the</strong> production company and <strong>the</strong> BFI holds<br />
nearly 1000 films made between 1914 and 1920. The company never converted<br />
to sound and ceased production <strong>in</strong> 1931. Pa<strong>the</strong> Animated Gazette: <strong>First</strong> British<br />
newsreel, begun <strong>in</strong> 1910 and produced under one name or ano<strong>the</strong>r until 1970.<br />
Few reels survive from <strong>the</strong> 1910-1920 period but some are held at <strong>the</strong> BFI.<br />
Gaumont Graphic: Silent newsreel from 1910 - 1932. BFI holds orig<strong>in</strong>al nitrate<br />
film material while ITN Source holds view<strong>in</strong>g copies.<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Ephemera Michael Balcon (1896-1977) Special <strong>Collections</strong>: Personal papers ma<strong>in</strong>ly date cover directors and producers<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terwar years, for <strong>in</strong>stance Sir Michael Balcon (1896-1977),<br />
founder of Victory Motion Pictures <strong>in</strong> 1921 and Ga<strong>in</strong>sborough Pictures <strong>in</strong> 1924,<br />
and director of Gaumont-British from 1931.<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Photographic<br />
collections,<br />
works of art<br />
Stills, posters and designs: No accessible onl<strong>in</strong>e catalogue but <strong>the</strong> BFI collection<br />
is extensive so contact <strong>the</strong> BFI National Archive for details. Contact forms<br />
available onl<strong>in</strong>e at www.bfi.org.uk/help/contact/collections.html<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Film Organised by Theme (Education, <strong>UK</strong> Industry and Economy, Health, Law and<br />
Order, Environment and Immigration, Race and Equality) and by Collection<br />
(Government Film, Politics, Early Film, Industry and Television).<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Pr<strong>in</strong>ted books Histories of regiments, battalions, divisions and armies. Memoirs of<br />
soldiers. Analysis of battles and strategy. Accounts of life on <strong>the</strong> home front.<br />
Interpretative work on how British society was changed by war etc.<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Private papers,<br />
public records<br />
John Rushworth Jellicoe<br />
(1859-1935), Douglas Haig<br />
(1861-1928), Horatio Herbert<br />
Kitchener (1850-1916),<br />
Wilfred Owen (1893-1915)<br />
India Office Records <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Indian Army <strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>- <strong>War</strong> Diaries and<br />
records detail<strong>in</strong>g pay <strong>in</strong>creases for <strong>the</strong> ‘native army’ follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>War</strong>. Papers and correspondence of Admiral of <strong>the</strong> Fleet John Rushworth<br />
Jellicoe, first Earl Jellicoe, who served as <strong>First</strong> Sea Lord between 1916 and 1917.<br />
(Add. MSS 48989–49052). Douglas Haig’s account of operations on western front<br />
(Add. MS 52460). Papers and correspondence of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, first<br />
Earl Kitchener. Highlight from English Literature section: Handwritten draft<br />
copy of Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est.<br />
All Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Oral testimony Oral testimony of people that lived through <strong>the</strong> war or remember <strong>the</strong>ir parents’<br />
or grandparents’ part <strong>in</strong> it. Music and performances dat<strong>in</strong>g from that era.<br />
Newspapers<br />
and journalism<br />
Newspapers<br />
and journalism<br />
Newspapers<br />
and journalism,<br />
propaganda<br />
Pre-em<strong>in</strong>ent Newspapers Full sets of <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> London editions of all national daily and Sunday<br />
publications from first date of publication to <strong>the</strong> present day. Official military<br />
publications, long-stand<strong>in</strong>g Armed Services publications, shorter runs of wartime<br />
Army and Unit publications, general wartime periodicals and miscellaneous<br />
journals, magaz<strong>in</strong>es, garrison and unit periodicals.<br />
Important Private papers Alfred Harmsworth (1865-<br />
1922)<br />
Papers document<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> life of Viscount Northcliffe, who, by <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>First</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong>, owned <strong>the</strong> Daily Mail, The Times and The Mirror. As a result he<br />
was hugely <strong>in</strong>fluential <strong>in</strong> channell<strong>in</strong>g public op<strong>in</strong>ion over many wartime issues.<br />
For example <strong>the</strong> ‘Shell Crisis’ of 1915. In 1917 he acted as head of Brita<strong>in</strong>’s war<br />
mission <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> United States and <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g year he took up <strong>the</strong> position of<br />
director of propaganda aimed at enemy countries.<br />
Important Works of art Images caricatur<strong>in</strong>g each of <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> countries and <strong>the</strong> ways that <strong>the</strong>y conduct<br />
<strong>the</strong> war. E.g. Wilhelm’s Nightmare, 1914, by I.M. Mash<strong>in</strong>istov, is a poem<br />
accompanied by illustrations that show Kaiser Wilhelm II <strong>in</strong> a state of distress<br />
as <strong>the</strong> bold Russian cavalryman gallops towards Germany (part of Russian and<br />
Soviet Posters collection).<br />
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