Image of Rheims Cathedral with ruined buildings in the foreground, 1918 (b/w by Unknown photographer, (20th century)

Rheims Cathedral with ruined buildings in the foreground, 1918 (b/w photo)

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IMAGE number: NAM5925248
Image title: Rheims Cathedral with ruined buildings in the foreground, 1918 (b/w photo)
Photographer: Unknown photographer, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: black and white photograph
Date: 1914 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: Rheims Cathedral with ruined buildings in the foreground, 1918. Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918. The 13th century cathedral was badly damaged by German shellfire during September 1914. Images of the building were used by Allied propagandists to demonstrate the supposed cultural barbarism of the Germans. Restoration work began in 1919 and the cathedral was fully reopened in 1938. One of 193 British and Allied official photographs.
Image keywords: cathedral / building / ruin / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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