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Description: | image: A night scene on the rooftops of Paris during the first Zeppelin raid. In the foreground four figures look towards
the heights of Montmartre, surmounted by the silhouette of Sacre-Coeur. Directly behind the basilica a searchlight beams upward from left
picking out a Zeppelin only partly visible to the viewer. Further to the right two searchlight beams cross; the smaller illuminates another
Zeppelin in the distance. In the brightly lit street below, presumably illuminated by fire, Parisians scurry to and fro past a fire engine
towards bottom left of the composition.
text: 'The Fire Brigade advised caution but the Parisians, indifferent to danger, poured out into the streets or climbed on to the rooftops
the better to follow the progress of piracy...' quote from Le Temps | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15) fire / fire fighting civilian personnel FR.A Landscape Religion Architecture air raid / blitz | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lutetia, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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