The Asians in the First World War
Conference
Digital Ressources and Visual Sources
Alliance Française, 179 Thanon Witthayu
Lumphini, Pathum Wan - 10330 Bangkok
November 10th 2018
During the First World War, the French Ministry of War, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts, created a photographic and cinematographic section of the army (Section photographique et cinématographique des armées – SPCA) to carry out reports and films on the front. These images and films were broadcasted to the soldiers and to the home front and abroad, but also serve as material to study military operations. Heir to this SPCA, the ECPAD (Communication and Audiovisual Production Establishment of Defense) broadcasts and enhances the images of its first reporters and plays a major role in the collection of private photos and videos taken or collected by official and amateur photographers and filmmakers. The screening of film on the Siamese Expeditionary Force during the First Word War, will be followed by a debate moderated by Claire Tran (IRASEC).
6 November 2018
