Object number
6411.2.2.4
Title
From the Public Relations Office or the High Commissioner for the UK, Canberra.
Description
Three papers from PRO UK High Commission in Canberra. These are entitled 'An Indictment of the German People'; 'How Radar Saved the World' and 'Electric Eye of the Royal Navy'. These are undated except for a covering letter with the paper relating to the German People which has the letter from L M Macbride, dated 10th May 1945. "How Radar Saved the World" has an unnamed author (A British Radar expert)- this discusses how radar was introduced just after WW1, and how this was originally intended to detect aircraft but helped to sink the BIsmarck, aid in the detection of UBoats, In general navigation, and helped the victory in Europe and Japan. "Electric Eye of the Royal Navy" was written by Lt-Commander Lance Dalziel who discusses the benefit to using radar in a wider context. "An Indictment of the German People" written by James Lansdale Hodson in May 1945, this is an account of the liberated death camp at Belsen & what he experienced there.
Date
1918 - 1945
Production period
WW1 & WW2
Material
Dimensions
- Height: articles 336 mm
- Width: 210 mm
- Height: Covering letter 253 mm
- Width: 201 mm