File:Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance message - Flickr - National Library of Scotland.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionFranco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance message - Flickr - National Library of Scotland.jpg |
Army carrier pigeon ready to fly, France, during World War I. A man in British army uniform is attaching a message to a carrier pigeon. He is holding the bird against his chest with his left hand. With his right hand he is tying the message to the bird's left leg. Carrier pigeons were often more reliable than the early forms of wireless as a way of sending intelligence from the Front. Dogs were also used to carry messages during World War I. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. British army carrier pigeons in France. A Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance message.'] digital.nls.uk/74548774 |
Date | Taken in 1918 |
Source | Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance message |
Author | National Library of Scotland from Scotland |
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Flickr tags InfoField | nls:dodid=74548774 , nls:derivative=74407248 , nls:dodprojectid=74462370 , photographic prints , france , black-and-white prints (photographs) , propaganda , war photography , photojournalism , homing pigeons , world war, 1914-1918 campaigns western front , organization:library=nationallibraryofscotland , owner:name=nationallibraryofscotland , nls:source=solrxml , ww1 , wwi , world war one , great war , 1914-1918 , great , war , the great war , world war i , first world war , pigeon , rock pigeon , columba livia , bird , carrier pigeon , message , freeart |
Camera location | 46° 42′ 38.41″ N, 1° 43′ 05.48″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 46.710670; 1.718189 |
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