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March 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Foreigners in Calais during the Great War’ resource launched by Municipal Archives of Calais

The Municipal Archives of Calais have made available their records of foreign nationals in Calais, France, between 1914-1922 as an online resource.

March 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Foreigners in Calais during the Great War’ resource launched by Municipal Archives of Calais

The Municipal Archives of Calais have made available their records of foreign nationals in Calais, France, between 1914-1922 as an online resource.

March 4, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Foreigners in Calais during the Great War’ resource launched by Municipal Archives of Calais

The Municipal Archives of Calais have made available their records of foreign nationals in Calais, France, between 1914-1922 as an online resource.

March 30, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Filming underway for Belgian Centenary television series

Belgium’s RTBF is currently filming a three part documentary series about the First World War, to be aired in spring 2014.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

National Archives completes digitisation of First World War unit diaries

The National Archives at Kew, England, has completed the digitisation of First World War unit diaries, which are to be made available “before the centenary period begins”.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Swiss Federal Archives and Wikimedia to make available thousands of First World War digital photographs

The Federal Archives of Switzerland and Wikimedia will collaborate to make thousands of digital photographs from the First World War available to the public in time for the Centenary.

April 14, 2013 CN Editorial Team

BBC Radio commissions Centenary drama to run from 2014-2018

BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a drama serial about life on the British Home Front during the First World War.

April 22, 2013 CN Editorial Team

BBC plans for Centenary drama attract controversy

The BBC has commissioned a First World War Centenary drama, which has attracted controversy from some British newspapers for “plans to give British and German troops equal prominence”.

April 23, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australian state of Queensland launches website to promote Centenary events

The government of the Australian state of Queensland has launched a website to provide a focal point for promoting and obtaining information about events commemorating the Centenary.

May 10, 2013 CN Editorial Team

‘Will platoon of Gallipoli films give Turkish audiences battle fatigue?’

An article in The Guardian highlights a total of six films centred around the Gallipoli Campaign either recently released or to be released in time for the Centenary of the landings in 2015.