Tag: First world war On the RecordSpies: Lawrence and BellThursday 9 May 2019The exploits of T.E. Lawrence are legendary. Thanks to the famous film ‘Lawrence of...Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when...AudioBombs, bulls and civilian braveryTuesday 4 July 2017In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about...Audio‘A Bit of a Scratch’, a radio drama about the battle against Venereal Disease during the First World WarFriday 16 June 2017‘A Bit of a Scratch’ explores the first recorded prosecution under the Venereal Diseases...VideoSomme TalesTuesday 8 November 2016Funded by the Friends of The National Archives, Somme Tales is a creative project...VideoChanging the Landscape: In conversation with Sarah KoganFriday 1 July 2016Artist and curator Sarah Kogan in conversation with our Records Knowledge Manager Kate Wheeler,...AudioFor king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western FrontTuesday 15 December 2015Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from...Audio‘Over the top: a foul a blurry foul’ – the first football charge of the First World WarFriday 2 October 2015Our collection of First World War records is one of the largest in the...AudioWar Girls – poetry and prose by women in the First World WarFriday 21 August 2015Ruth Sillers talks about, and performs extracts, from her audio book compilation, War Girls....AudioBig Ideas: The women’s war in the Middle East – women’s First World War service in Egypt, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and PalestineFriday 10 July 2015Nadia Atia is Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Her...Audio‘The Germans are here!’ London’s first Zeppelin raidMonday 6 July 2015Ten months into the First World War and the feared onslaught on London by...VideoWebinar: Tracing your ancestors – women in the military services during the First World WarFriday 26 June 2015Emily Stidston hosts this webinar which introduces women’s service and other records from 1914... 1 2 3 … 9 »
