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Series
Special Operations Executive: Station 15b Exhibition: Photographs
Catalogue reference: HS 10
What's it about?
HS 10
This series contains a photograph album prepared to record the work of SOE station 15b, as shown in a war-time display mounted in the 'Demonstration Room' in the Natural History Museum. The album contains photographs of exhibits in the display,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HS 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Special Operations Executive: Station 15b Exhibition: Photographs
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a photograph album prepared to record the work of SOE station 15b, as shown in a war-time display mounted in the 'Demonstration Room' in the Natural History Museum. The album contains photographs of exhibits in the display, together with hand-drawn plans of the exhibition layout. These concern the equipment developed by Station 15b used to carry out covert operations behind enemy lines.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Special Operations Executive, 1945-1946
- Ministry of Economic Warfare, Special Operations Executive, 1940-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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photograph(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2004 Secret Intelligence Service
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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This album was in the custody of the Imperial War Museum between 1992 and 2004.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran between 1939 and 1946
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under acquisition policy 2.2.1.3, showing the layout and displays of SOE exhibits. All surviving photographs selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16247/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Special Operations Executive: Station 15b Exhibition: Photographs
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