Firemen fighting fires in Commercial premises in Shoreditch Hight Street
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Firemen fighting fires in Commercial premises in Shoreditch Hight Street
[Löscharbeiten nach Luftangriffen durch die deutsche Luftwaffe auf London im Zweiten Weltkrieg]

Object Type

Montagematerial
Verwendung unbekannt

Date
[1940]
Place of Origin
Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, London
Materials and Techniques
Silbergelatineabzug
Dimensions
15,4 x 20,3 cm
Person / Institution
(19. Juni 1891–26. April 1968) (Bezugsperson)

Keystone News Agency, London, Agentur

Comment

Fotografie aus John Heartfields Sammlung von Recherche- und Montagematerial

Key Words
Weltkrieg, 2.
MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS

Verso:
"A remarkable series of Pictures taken during / the great fire blitz on the City of London, / which have only now been released by the censor. / At great risk to his life, our cameraman toured / the City during the night of the Luftwaffe ´s / fury dodging fire-bombs and escaping the shrapnel / from our own guns, let alone the chance of / burial under the debris of falling buildings / and envelopement in the blazing inferno. [...] / KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: Firemen fighting fires / in Commercial premises in Shoreditch Hight Street. / [...]"

Object Number
JH 6358
Provenance
Nachlass John und Gertrud Heartfield
RIGHT
© The Heartfield Community of Heirs / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020
URL
https://archiv.adk.de/objekt/2491534