Ian Kikuchi
@curatorian.bsky.social
Historian & curator - history of war, conflict and IWM collections, with digressions into #judo and #videogames. 日本語を勉強している。Posts are personal views.
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Ian Kikuchi
@curatorian.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Starting a thread (or possibly a thread of threads) to capture things I post from time to time.
Reposted by Ian Kikuchi
The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan.
Five sets of Ainu remains to be returned from Britain
It will be the fourth time that Ainu remains have been returned to Japan from abroad.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The government has said that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan.
Recently digitised - near Ismailia in Egypt in October 1940 French Spahis (North African light cavalry) exercise their horses for British War Office cameraman Gerald Massy-Collier. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2
Full film: IWM AYY 59-1/ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 59-1/ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Recently digitised - near Ismailia in Egypt in October 1940 French Spahis (North African light cavalry) exercise their horses for British War Office cameraman Gerald Massy-Collier. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2
Full film: IWM AYY 59-1/ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 59-1/ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
This is nauseating. As reported, about as clear cut a war crime as it's possible to imagine.
The commander overseeing the operation, Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley, told people on the conference call that the survivors were still legitimate targets because they could theoretically call other traffickers to retrieve them and their cargo. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is nauseating. As reported, about as clear cut a war crime as it's possible to imagine.
Wondering if this chap eats Christmas dinner by himself.
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict ⬇️
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Wondering if this chap eats Christmas dinner by himself.
How awful to own an asset that's gone up in value at least 500-fold.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
How awful to own an asset that's gone up in value at least 500-fold.
Being turned into a pillar of salt would be preferable to using Euston.
What, a plague of frogs?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
Was Jesus chasing moneychangers?
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Being turned into a pillar of salt would be preferable to using Euston.
Tell me you haven't seen The Cruel Sea without telling me you haven't seen The Cruel Sea.
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under water
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Tell me you haven't seen The Cruel Sea without telling me you haven't seen The Cruel Sea.
Recently digitised - at Maadi, near Cairo in Egypt, locally employed bakers knead dough to supply the British Army with bread. Shot by Gerald Massy-Collier for the War Office, 10 October 1940. #WW2 #history #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM AYY 59-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 59-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Recently digitised - at Maadi, near Cairo in Egypt, locally employed bakers knead dough to supply the British Army with bread. Shot by Gerald Massy-Collier for the War Office, 10 October 1940. #WW2 #history #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM AYY 59-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 59-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Recently digitised - off the Burma coast, during amphibious operations against the Japanese, Royal Navy destroyer HMS Eskimo conducts a shore bombardment; March 1945. Shot by Lt Ferris. #navalhistory #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM JIN 27 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 27 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Recently digitised - off the Burma coast, during amphibious operations against the Japanese, Royal Navy destroyer HMS Eskimo conducts a shore bombardment; March 1945. Shot by Lt Ferris. #navalhistory #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM JIN 27 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 27 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Another barnstorming triumph for Culture in the budget, I see. #Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Another barnstorming triumph for Culture in the budget, I see. #Budget2025
Spot the plane doing aerobatics. #IWMDuxford
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Spot the plane doing aerobatics. #IWMDuxford
A beautiful day at #IWMDuxford. #bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A beautiful day at #IWMDuxford. #bluesky
Today in 1944, at Roermond in the Netherlands, sound recordist Lt Peter Handford points his microphone at 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, and captures their singing at an open air church service. 🔊 #history #ww2
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Today in 1944, at Roermond in the Netherlands, sound recordist Lt Peter Handford points his microphone at 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, and captures their singing at an open air church service. 🔊 #history #ww2
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Still find it absolutely wild that the US Navy named some of its warships after victories by traitors.
"A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG-62) firing an SM-1 vertical launch missile" Circa 1989
📷📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/6450522
📷📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/6450522
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Still find it absolutely wild that the US Navy named some of its warships after victories by traitors.
From the pasty tax to the latte levy, perhaps. ☕💷
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
From the pasty tax to the latte levy, perhaps. ☕💷
The first of these featured in a show at IWM in 2014. I remember it had an absolutely mesmerising sense of movement which was incredibly disconcerting.
Visited Tate Britain on Sunday to see the excellent Lee Miller exhibition and spotted some First World War paintings in another gallery by official war artists.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The first of these featured in a show at IWM in 2014. I remember it had an absolutely mesmerising sense of movement which was incredibly disconcerting.
Recently digitised - October 1940; at Shoeburyness Barracks in Essex, new soldiers are trained to drive a lorry while towing a 6-inch howitzer. Filmed by F K Carver for the War Office Film Unit. #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM AYY 43 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 43 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Recently digitised - October 1940; at Shoeburyness Barracks in Essex, new soldiers are trained to drive a lorry while towing a 6-inch howitzer. Filmed by F K Carver for the War Office Film Unit. #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM AYY 43 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 43 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Reminds me of a joke in Ted Lasso: 'I've finally come to realise that air conditioning is a privilege, not a right'.
This map shows the share of homes across the US with at least one air conditioner.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reminds me of a joke in Ted Lasso: 'I've finally come to realise that air conditioning is a privilege, not a right'.
Another good aircraft thread by Jamie. In this film clip light glints off a captured German Ju-88 A5 bomber, wearing British markings and flown by No.1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF. #AvHist #AvGeek
Full film: IWM ARY 7-28 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM ARY 7-28 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Another good aircraft thread by Jamie. In this film clip light glints off a captured German Ju-88 A5 bomber, wearing British markings and flown by No.1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF. #AvHist #AvGeek
Full film: IWM ARY 7-28 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM ARY 7-28 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Recently digitised - Sept 1940; at Blandford Camp in Dorset, troops of 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers mount a motorcycle demonstration. Filmed by Walter Tennyson d'Eyncourt for the War Office Film Unit #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM AYY 40 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 40 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Recently digitised - Sept 1940; at Blandford Camp in Dorset, troops of 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers mount a motorcycle demonstration. Filmed by Walter Tennyson d'Eyncourt for the War Office Film Unit #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM AYY 40 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM AYY 40 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Reposted by Ian Kikuchi
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
Rainy day trip to #IWMDuxford yesterday with Kikuchi Jr. The new Cold War/contemporary conflict layout of the Airspace hangar is coming along.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Rainy day trip to #IWMDuxford yesterday with Kikuchi Jr. The new Cold War/contemporary conflict layout of the Airspace hangar is coming along.
Recently digitised - May 1945; when Indian Army cameraman S V Abbas's jeep gets bogged down in wet ground near Nyaungkashe in Burma, a Stuart light tank is on hand with a friendly shove. #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM JIN 68 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 68 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Recently digitised - May 1945; when Indian Army cameraman S V Abbas's jeep gets bogged down in wet ground near Nyaungkashe in Burma, a Stuart light tank is on hand with a friendly shove. #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM JIN 68 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 68 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...