World’s Largest Photograph

Series

Series Name
Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
340-1
Date Released
27 Feb 1918
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "Colouring the biggest of the giant British Battle Photographs to be shown at the Grafton Galleries, London, under the direction of the Ministry of Information." Two men, one using a ladder, at work retouching a lifesize photograph of troops and tanks on the Western Front which fills the whole screen. Close shot of man and woman working on the picture. General shot of them at work.
Keywords
Arts and crafts; Propaganda
Length of story (in feet)
67

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
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How to cite this record

'World’s Largest Photograph', Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget Issue No. 340-1, 27 Feb 1918. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/126454 (Accessed 21 Jun 2025)