0
   

State surveillance: The birth of covert photography

 
 
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 01:18 am
Photos uncovered by the (UK) National Archives show how the police spied on the suffragettes. These covert images - perhaps the UK's first spy pictures - have gone on display to mark the centenary of the votes-for-women movement.


Surveillance pictures revealed: How the police kept watch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/uk_suffragettes_under_surveillance/img/laun.jpghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/03/uk_enl_1064935743/img/laun.jpg


Ninety years ago, a Scotland Yard detective submitted an unusual equipment request.

It was passed up the chain, scrutinised, reviewed and finally rubber-stamped in Whitehall itself. Scotland Yard duly became the proud owner of a Ross Telecentric camera lens. And at a cost to the taxpayer of £7, 6s and 11d, secret police photographic surveillance was born.


More (including links for further reading here:
Spy pictures of suffragettes revealed
  • Topic Stats
  • Top Replies
  • Link to this Topic
Type: Discussion • Score: 0 • Views: 1,080 • Replies: 6
No top replies

 
Merry Andrew
 
  1  
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 05:31 am
Thanks for the link, Walter. Have to admire the foresight of Scotland Yard. I mean, those women could have been dangerous trouble-makers, intent on disrupting the fine fabric of the march of Empire.
0 Replies
 
Phoenix32890
 
  1  
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 06:16 am
Merry Andrew- HARRUMPH!
0 Replies
 
Walter Hinteler
 
  1  
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 07:39 am
Merry Andrew wrote:
Have to admire the foresight of Scotland Yard. I mean, those women could have been dangerous trouble-makers, intent on disrupting the fine fabric of the march of Empire.


http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/smilephant.gif
0 Replies
 
Merry Andrew
 
  1  
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 11:05 am
Walter -- unfortunately, whatever image it is that you posted doesn't come up on my machine. I assume it's a smiley face, holding a bouquet of flowers. Smile
0 Replies
 
Walter Hinteler
 
  1  
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 11:25 am
Not exactly, Andrew - hoping, it works now.
0 Replies
 
Merry Andrew
 
  1  
Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 11:35 am
Got it, Walter. Thank you.
0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, EVERYONE! - Discussion by OmSigDAVID
WIND AND WATER - Discussion by Setanta
Who ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall? - Discussion by Walter Hinteler
True version of Vlad Dracula, 15'th century - Discussion by gungasnake
ONE SMALL STEP . . . - Discussion by Setanta
History of Gun Control - Discussion by gungasnake
Where did our notion of a 'scholar' come from? - Discussion by TuringEquivalent
 
  1. Forums
  2. » State surveillance: The birth of covert photography
Copyright © 2024 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.07 seconds on 11/14/2024 at 10:26:19