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During 1916-1918 Bromhead was sent by the British Government on a mission to show British propaganda films to Russian troops. The diaries cover the periods from February 1916 until September 1917, with a break for the period January-Mar 1917 when Bromhead returned to Britain and from January to March 1918 when Bromhead attempted to return to Russia but due to the military situation got only as far as Stockholm. Bromhead and his mission made visits to the Finnish, Baltic, Ukrainian, Caucasian, Turkish and Romanian Fronts. There is also a diary for Bromhead's Italian mission from May-December 1918. The aim here was to show British propaganda films to Italian ex-prisoners of war. During his work in Italy Bromhead's mission was referred to as the British Military Cinematographic Mission, it is not clear whether this was also the official title of his mission in Russia.
Contents: typescript copies of Bromhead's diaries of his mission in Russia and ms index to the diaries compiled by his son Major John Bromhead
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BRO/2 - Bromhead's correspondence and related papers (1915-1918)
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Bromhead and his mission were supervised by the Government Committee for Propaganda which came under the direction of the Foreign Office. A Ministry of Information was set up in 1918 but it is not clear whether Bromhead's later mission to Italy had any connection to this Ministry.
Contents: correspondence between Bromhead and the Government Committee supervising his activities and re his work; correspondence received by Bromhead from British and Russian contacts in Russia; memo on Russian affairs by Sir Bernard Pares; Russian printed material
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BRO/3 - Bromhead's photographs taken during his mission (1916-1917)
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Bromhead brought back a number of photographs from his mission in Russia.
Contents: photographs (probably) taken by Bromhead while on his mission to Russia. The main subjects of the photographs are Russian troops and the mission's work. Also contains a few related postcards and newscuttings.
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