World War I Stereoscopic Views

Title

World War I Stereoscopic Views

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/682436

Description

This collection comprises of a selection of stereoscopic images from the series listed below, held in the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection:
  • The World War through the stereoscope 
  • Realistic Travels’ The Great War 
  • Rose’s stereoscopic views: the Australian Expeditionary Force Rose’s stereoscopic views: the Great War

Collection Items

F.M Sir John French, C.-in-C in France, with A.D.C'S at General Headquarters

French graves smashed by shell fire, where a Hun sniper was discovered hiding in a coffin

Peace procession. Indian troops salute the "unknown dead" at the Cenotaph, Whitehall

Great Victory March of the Empire's Forces ; Artillery crossing Westminster Bridge

London's homage to its victorious warriors on Peace day - The Lord Mayor salutes them

In Cologne ; where, instead of the "goose step" the martial tread of British troops is heard

F.M. Earl Haig inspects sailors who took part in raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

F.M. Earl Haig and Lord Plummer visit Cologne on tour for inspection of Army of Occupation

New "Watch on the Rhine" set by the Allies ; British troops crossing Cologne Bridge

His Majesty reviews "Young Guard" ere their departure for garrison duty on the Rhine

German battle-cruiser Derlflinger which hauled down its flag at sunset to Admiral Beatty

Triumph of our Navy. Surrendered battleships and cruisers of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

Under the sea in a U-boat! Torpedoes are released on their deadly errand thro' the tubes

12 inch guns on a monster submarine; ruthless pests that sank our shipping "without trace"

Surrendered fleet of murderous "U" boats. The greatest menance that ever faced our Empire

Spoils of war, hundreds of captured enemy guns of all calibres in an artilery pack, Brussels

11 inch shells abandoned by the Germans in their headlong flight across the Rhine

Thousands of German prisoners captured in final rout of their armies on the Sambre

Our cavaly pursue the defeated enemy thro' ruined villages and complete his final rout

The Hun vandal. French village wantonly set on fire by Germans during their retreat

On the run! In hot pursuit we cross the Canal de Nord by improvised bridges 'mid shell fire

With dogged courage we overcome stiff resistance & break through from Epehy to Bellicourt

Our infantry storm and seize successive entrenchments of the Wotan line near Oueant

Shattered sugar refinery at La Transloy taken by the Australians at point of the bayonet

Australians galloping up to move guns to forward position, in battle for Le Transloy

Removing a derelict tank obstructing the "corduroy" road built over the mud, before Peronne

Shattered ruins of Albert, lost and retaken in critical days of great German offensive

Bosche prisoners guarded by French troops beside Albert Cathedral, wrecked by shell fire

We make use of a German dug-out captured in great Allied advance at Bapaume, Aug., 1918

A tank comes to rescue of its comrade bogged in Luce Valley suring advance on Rosieres

"Whippets" dash thro' mud-caked battle-fields and penetrate the German lines at Morcourt

Column of earth and rocks from a troublesome German position blown sky high by our mine

Huge "grand-mother" belching death and destruction, bursts in our battle-scarred lines

16in. Railway guns demolish the Hun concrete defences and batter a breach for the infantry

Ingenious camouflage to hide communication lines and gun placements from Hun aviators

Trail of smoke from the burning remains of a shot-down enemy observation balloon

An intrepid observer meets with a mishap and makes a hurried parachute descent

Armour-plated Hun plane with 7 machine guns used to mow down our men in the trenches

A squadron of giant planes off on a moonlight raid to bomb objectives beyond the Rhine

Eve of a great battle, squadrons of aviators reconnoitre, map, and direct artillery fire

Our troops entering a sap on night operation to cut off the Huns holding Villers-Bretonneux

Casualties back from the line pass tanks crippled in Battle of Tanks, Villers-Bretonneux

Tadpole tank, especially designed to cross the Hun trenches, moves forward in battle line

Notre Dame, Armentieres, a mute witness to desperate fighting in 1914 and Battle of Lys

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales discusses cinematography with Dr. H.D. Girdwood

Belgian stretcher bearers carrying a wounded comrade through the trenches at Dixmude

With spirit unconquerable King Albert's soldiers hold line if the Yser against the enemy

German prisoner taken in a raid pointing out to Staff Officers the disposition of his unit

Dead Germans found in our wires after a futile night raid on our lines at Givenchy

Smouldering Bethune ignited by Bosche guns, to vent spite for a costly defeat at Festubert
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