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02 Nov 2011 10:51 #1 by ted angus
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Imperial WAR Museum: BETA site

In case anyone is not aware the IWM are building a new website, It is currently accessable and is titled BETA site. Pictures previously only availible as poor thumbnail can now be down loaded in a much larger format without logos or watermarks.
beta.iwm.org.uk/collections/search

This link takes you to the starting point in the collections area.
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02 Nov 2011 12:21 #2 by Peter Kirk
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Excellent find. You can now see if the quality is good enough to warrant purchase.
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02 Nov 2011 12:54 #3 by ted angus
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For my uses the quality of the downloads will save me purchasing; My pension is currently being invested in DORIS at RAFM on vehicle information- so anything free is a bonus. I just wonder how much will eventually be accessible.
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02 Nov 2011 15:31 #4 by carnaby
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Some good material there, though naturally a lot has appeared in publications. I found after a while ( 5 mins of browsing) as it started reporting 'Nothing Found'. Clearing the cache in Firefox solved that.
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02 Nov 2011 18:20 #5 by Ossington_2008
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A superb find! I put "airfields" in as the key word & got 5515 entries! Some good stuff up to about page 80, then a lot of book titles, but no images.

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02 Nov 2011 18:21 #6 by Denis
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I too am using it at the moment to source some Hunsdon images. I previously had permission from the IWM to use them on my website providing I left the watermarks in. The new downloaded ones are much clearer, and with the built in HTML coding that satisfies the IWMs copywrite.

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02 Nov 2011 18:26 #7 by carnaby
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... then a lot of book titles, but no images.

Did you use the 'Filter' on the left of the page? 'Media', then 'Image'.
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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02 Nov 2011 20:52 #8 by Peter Kirk
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There is some really interesting stuff on there. That's Christmas sorted :) [for the next 10 years!

Frustratingly there are photos listed, but not visible, of a number of SLG sites, Hornby Hall, Winterseugh etc. I wonder if they will appear at some point?
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03 Nov 2011 12:41 #9 by OneEighthBit
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Always the case with the IWM site (new and old) - something you really really really want is listed but not viewable on-line :D

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03 Nov 2011 13:03 #10 by Guest
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beta.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187624

I didn't there were hangars at HMS Ariel

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