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The First World War in colour

Walther, Peter2014

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The devastating events of World War I were captured in myriad photographs on all sides of the front. Since then, thousands of books of black-and-white photographs of the war have been published as all nations endeavor to comprehend the scale and the carnage of the 'greatest catastrophe of the 20th century'. Far less familiar are the rare colour images of the First World War, taken at the time by a small group of photographers pioneering recently developed autochrome technology. Assembled from archives in Europe, the United States, and Australia, more than 350 colour photos provide unprecedented access to the most important developments of the period - from the mobilisation of 1914 to the victory celebrations in Paris, London, and New York in 1919.