German prisoners compelled to carry our wounded during the strenuous struggle for Bourlon Wood
Image Id | 405 |
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Contributor | The Jordan/Ference Collection |
Theatre | Western Front |
Subject | The Front Line |
Location | Bourlon Wood, France |
Regiment | Unknown |
Service Arm | Infantry |
Battle | Unknown |
Date | Unknown |
Combatants | British / German |
Publisher | Realistic Travels |
Source | British |
Directory | Set of 600 101-200 |
Search Keywords | Unknown |
ditto with tree stump in 214 https://www.greatwarin3d.org/Stereoview%20Library/Realistic%20Travels/Images%20201-300/RT%20214.jpg
same tree stump seen in no 82 and 83 https://www.greatwarin3d.org/Stereoview%20Library/Realistic%20Travels/Images%201-100/RT%20082.jpg https://www.greatwarin3d.org/Stereoview%20Library/Realistic%20Travels/Images%201-100/RT%20083.jpg location description different in each.
One of a series of photos taken in 1915. Girdwood was allowed a party of Leicesters (who were resting behind the lines) together with German uniforms and props such as smoke bombs and a stretcher to make a series of stereo images. These were taken on a former battlefield, and as such create a more realistic image. The actual staging and captions are representative of actions from real battles that would have been impossible to photograph. Note that although the action is completely ‘staged’ there are no actors here.