Catalogue description Evidence in camera: pre-war German photographs of U.K. 12 photographs have been included...

Evidence in camera: pre-war German photographs of U.K.

12 photographs have been included within this folder of aerial views from negatives made by the German Luftwaffe over Britain before World War II. Items (1) and (2) were taken during the war. These are described below.

(1)"Coventry", print of Negative no 61633, annotated showing the outline of the Morris Works target and sites of bomb craters lying outside the intended target area, 27 November 1940, size: 30cm x 60cm.

(2)"Beckton", print from Negative no 61635, showing"Attack 7-9-40 Beckton gasworks", with barrage balloon or bomb falling towards the river Thames, 3 German bombers visible, 7 September 1940, size: 18cm x 36cm.

(3)"Bristol", annotated aerial photograph No 1018 L 73, taken at a scale of 1:17200, with key in German, showing (A) Gasworks of the Bristol Gas Company to the Floating Harbour (B) Albion and Wapping Dock (C) Woodyard and saw mills to the Floating Harbour (D) mill and grain warehouses (E) railway bridge over the Floating Harbour (F) cattle market, Temple Meads railway station (G) the Floating Harbour, 30 June 1940, size: 31cm x 31cm.

(4)"Acton-East London", annotated aerial photograph No 467 M 40, taken at a scale of 1:18000, with key in German centred on Wormwood Scrubs and White City Stadium landmarks along the flight path and within 12km distance from London, showing area around Acton, East Acton, Hammersmith, Willesden, emphasising (A) the aircraft engine factory of D Napier and Sons, Ltd; (B) H M Hobson, airplane component factory, June 1939, size: 34cm x 26cm.

(5)"Birkenhead - Wallasey", annotated aerial photograph No 602 L I 282, taken at a scale of 1:17000, with key in German, showing River Mersey in Wallasey-Birkenhead area with features, East Fleet, Cattle docks, key shows Wallasey Power station with Gasworks, (a) power plant (i) power plant boiler house (ii) turbine building (iii) switching room (iv) auxiliary building (v) boiler and turbine house (b) gasworks (i) coking plant (ii) 9 auxiliary buildings (iii) 2 gasometers about 45m diameter, 4 October 1939, size: 26cm x 31cm.

(6)"Liverpool", annotated aerial photograph No 602 RI 288, taken at a taken at a scale of 1:16000, with key in German, showing the Cold-Storage Depots at Canada harbour, Liverpool with harbour, road and canal landmarks, 4 October 1939, size: 26cm x 29cm.

(7)"Glasgow-Govan", annotated aerial photograph No 596 L 101, taken at a scale of 1:16000, with key in German, showing (A) Grain warehouses at Meadowside Quay (B) Fairfield dockyards (C) Thermotank Ltd, ship ventillation plant factory (D) dockyards of Harland & Wolff (E) 3 drydocks of the Clyde Navigation Trust (F) Princess Dock harbour basin (G) Queens Dock harbour basin (H) Harland & Wolff marine engine builders, 2 October 1939, size: 49cm x 26cm.

(8)"Middlesbrough", annotated aerial photograph No 586 S 72-76, taken at a scale of 1:12000, with key in German, showing the Building and Repair workshops on the bend of the Tees (north bank), 31 August 1939, 33cm x 27cm.

(9)"Coventry", annotated aerial photograph No 468 L 017, taken at a scale of 1:16200, with key in German, showing (A) the Morris Engineering Factory, car manufacturers (B) Rover Works, aircraft engines, 8 June 1939, 32cm x 26cm.

(10)"Portsmouth", annotated aerial photograph No 432 H 94, taken at a scale of 1:15300, with key in German, showing the Attached Plants: (i) 2 Flak mid-calibre guns (ii) control towers, in the naval dockyard area around Whale Island, 12 April 1939, size: 26cm x 30cm.

(11)"London-Silvertown", annotated aerial photograph No 467 M 25, taken at a scale of 1:19000, with key in German, showing the River Thames, large gasworks, Flak guns and (A) Royal Albert Dock & King George V Dock, (B) cold storage unit at Royal Albert Dock, (C) Large Mill, The Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd, 4 June 1939, size: 34cm x 27cm.

(12)"Birmingham", annotated aerial photograph No 468 M 24, taken at a scale of 1:18000, with key in German, showing the Aeroengine Factory (Rover Co Ltd), 8 June 1939, size: 34cm x 26cm.