Excerpt providing information about the Dutch premiere of Britain Prepared, a Dutch advert, and a British advertising brochure. Film clip: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060023124
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Film
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film propaganda, mobilisation, Neutrality
Dated 29 December 1916, this report by Lord Cecil from the British Foreign Office comprises evaluations of British propaganda conducted in both Allied and neutral countries and among Muslim…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Poem; Photograph; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
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cartoon, Dutch East Indies, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, India, Java, Jihad, Muslims, Neutrality, newspapers, Photograph, Propaganda, Race, The Netherlands
Poem written on a postcard, in which 'a Belgian refugee' thanks the Netherlands for its hospitality.
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Themes: Poem; Neutrality; Captivity
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Belgium, Camp, Neutrality, Poem, Refugees, The Netherlands
A drawing of interned British Indian soldiers with turbans and beards peeling potatoes in Townley Hall, The Hague.
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Themes: Race; Neutrality; Mobility; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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Camp, Great-Britain, India, Neutrality, POWs, Soldiers, The Netherlands
Dutch official propaganda film, showing the readiness of the Dutch army and navy to defend their country's neutrality.https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/collection/film-history/film/leger-en-vlootfilm
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Film
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film propaganda, Netherlands, Neutrality
Propaganda postcard promoting Dutch neutrality, drawn by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard
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Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands
Dutch newspaper advert, French film poster of, and film excerpt of the official French propaganda documentary La puissance militaire de la France (1917) that demonstrated the military potential of…
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Film
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film propaganda, militarism, Neutrality
Documentary film showing production processes in the Royal Candle Factory in Gouda in the Netherlands…
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Film
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film propaganda, nationalism, Neutrality, The Netherlands
A clipping from the German newspaper Weltspiegel that was kept by the German embassy in Pera (part of Constantinople).
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Film
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film propaganda, Germany, Neutrality, newspapers, The Netherlands
This postcard is based on an old Dutch song for children ‘In Holland stands a house’. Soldiers of all belligerent nations are pictured dancing around the Dutch Peace Palace, a symbol of the…
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality
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Neutrality, Pacifism, Peace, postcard, The Netherlands
Propaganda postcard commenting on the British naval blockade, drawn by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard
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Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands
Cover and extracts from In the Light of the Flame of War, an essay on the meaning of the war by the Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden, based on his lectures given in late 1914 and 1915 and published in…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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essay, internationalism, Neutrality, Pacifism, public intellectual, The Netherlands, Van Eeden
German propaganda film from 1914 with Dutch subtitles http://filmportal.de/video/ihr-unteroffizier
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Gender; Film
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film propaganda, Germany, Netherlands, Neutrality
German advertisement for Messter-Film GmbH, which was part of the government-sponsored Ufa concern. The advertisement was published in the Dutch film magazine De Bioscoop in early 1918.
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Film
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film propaganda, Germany, Neutrality, Race, The Netherlands
Essay by the Dutch poet and socialist Herman Gorter on the First World War, imperialism, and the International (an international organisation of socialist parties). The essay was published in…
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Themes: Race; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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anti-colonialism, Dutch, essay, imperial strategy, internationalism, Neutrality, public intellectual, revolution, socialism, The Netherlands, writer
In this October 1915 report, the German envoy in the Netherlands, Richard von Kühlmann, discussed German ambitions in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Flanders. To read the original report, please click…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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Belgium, cultural propaganda, Flamenpolitik, Flemish, Flemish activism, German Revolutionary Program, Germany, imperial strategy, Language, Neutrality, official documents, Race, The Netherlands
Newspaper article by the most famous Indonesian anti-colonial writer and revolutionary Ernest Douwes Dekker on the duties and loyalties of Dutch colonials. The article 'Our Duty' was published in the…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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anti-British, anti-colonialism, colonial intellectual, Colonial soldiers, Dutch East Indies, loyalty, Neutrality, newspapers, pro-German, socialism, The Netherlands
Propaganda postcard promoting Dutch neutrality by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality
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Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands
Press excerpt, official letter, and newspaper clipping commenting on the issuance of two German medals commemorating the sinking of Lusitania and Tubantia.
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality
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Germany, Netherlands, Neutrality, Propaganda
A photograph taken in the English camp at Groningen during World War I. Members of the British navy are depicted crafting picture frames from cigar boxes.
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Themes: Photograph; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Captivity
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Camp, Great-Britain, Neutrality, POWs, Soldiers, The Netherlands
Dutch manifesto of the Holland section of the League of Neutral States directed at American citizens in December 1916.
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy
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anti-German, Neutrality, Pacifism, Propaganda, South Africa, The Netherlands, United States
Italian propaganda film starring Bartolomeo Pagano announced in Dutch press adverts (https://vimeo.com/119842926).
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Film
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Anti-German propaganda, film propaganda, Netherlands, Neutrality
The Dutch translation of the pamphlet 'Is India loyal?' was originally written in English and published by the German sponsored Indian National Party in 1915. To read fragments of the original source…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
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anti-colonialism, Dutch, English, German Revolutionary Program, Great-Britain, India, Language, nationalism, Neutrality, orientalists, pamphlet, Propaganda, revolution, The Netherlands
In this report addressed to the German Foreign Office, the anti-colonial Indonesian writer and politician Ernest Douwes Dekker (image 1) describes his secret mission to travel from Rotterdam to…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Mobility; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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anti-British, anti-colonialism, Berlin Indian Independence Committee, colonial intellectual, Dutch East Indies, Ernest Douwes Dekker, German Revolutionary Program, Germany, Imperial identity, imperial strategy, India, Java, nationalism, Neutrality, The Netherlands
Film review by the Dutch playwright and journalist Henri van Wermeskerken published in De Sumatra Post on 21 April 1917.
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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy; Film
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Dutch East Indies, film propaganda, German Revolutionary Program, Neutrality, newspapers, The Netherlands