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Lantern Slide - Soldiers with Machine Guns in Front of Tents, 1914-1918 (Damaged) Reg. No: MM 035585

Summary:: Three soldiers with their Vickers machine guns and kits outside white tents. Location unknown. Slide is cracked in upper corner.

The British Army established a Machine Gun Corps in 1915 to improve the use of machine guns on the Western Front. Australia did not have specific machine gun units until World War II.
Description:: Glass lantern slide, rectangular, printed with black and white photograph, coloured. Slide has black edging. Slide is cracked in upper corner.
Description Of Content:: Coloured photograph of three soldiers with their Vickers machine guns and kits outside white tents. Other soldiers and tents in background.

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	82 mm (Height), 82 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	weapons, world war i 1914-1918, military history, soldiers, tents, machine guns, lantern slides
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection
Primary Classification:	MILITARY HISTORY
Secondary Classification:	Service
Tertiary Classification:	army camps
Format:	Lantern Slide: Colour; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.)
Date Made:	1914-1918