ONLINE: First World War Aerial Photographs at the IWM

Speaker: Alan Wakefield

The presentation will be live and online.

This talk by Alan Wakefield examines the development and use of aerial photography by the British Army and RAF during the First World War. There is also an introduction to the large collection of aerial reconnaissance material held at IWM and recent projects to make this material accessible to a wide audience.

Gemini Generated Image 8G97rx8g97rx8g97 — Air Mechanic Cecil Haliday of the Royal Flying Corps demonstrates a C type aerial reconnaissance camera fixed to the fuselage of a BE2c aircraft. (IWM Q 33850). Image colourised using Google Gemini AI

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The talk will be undertaken using the 'Zoom' software which is freely available. It may not be necessary to load the software to your PC / iPad etc: but we would recommend doing so if you wish to participate in this event.

13 April 2026 20:00 to 13 April 2026 21:30