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.
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 boat, now in IWM London, came from a vessel that was attacked by a German naval raider in 1940. The raider's captain ordered his men to fire on survivors in other boats. He was later convicted of war crimes and died in prison.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This boat, now in IWM London, came from a vessel that was attacked by a German naval raider in 1940. The raider's captain ordered his men to fire on survivors in other boats. He was later convicted of war crimes and died in prison.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
Something certain people might like to reflect on.
The cheapest 6-bed on rightmove is £2.6 million...
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The cheapest 6-bed on rightmove is £2.6 million...
It's great. Has that wartime sense of realism coupled to a ridiculously dramatic true story. By the by, the filming model is on display at IWM.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's great. Has that wartime sense of realism coupled to a ridiculously dramatic true story. By the by, the filming model is on display at IWM.
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/...
Silk armour is fascinating. Reminds me of this on display at IWM. Apparently effective, if kept dry, against low velocity fragments.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Silk armour is fascinating. Reminds me of this on display at IWM. Apparently effective, if kept dry, against low velocity fragments.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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/...
Reminded of seeing this plaque last time I was in Vienna. Never quite managed to find out what the Österreichische Patrioten actually did on the site.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reminded of seeing this plaque last time I was in Vienna. Never quite managed to find out what the Österreichische Patrioten actually did on the site.
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/...
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/...
Other coloured aircraft are available.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Other coloured aircraft are available.
Harrier and Lightning from floor level.
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Harrier and Lightning from floor level.
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/...
Recently digitised - March 1945; Indian infantry mount up on Sherman tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade, during 17th Indian Division's advance towards Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by the Indian Army PR Film Unit #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM JIN 13 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 13 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Recently digitised - March 1945; Indian infantry mount up on Sherman tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade, during 17th Indian Division's advance towards Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by the Indian Army PR Film Unit #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing
Full film: IWM JIN 13 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 13 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Recently digitised - February 1945; near Ru Ywa in the Arakan region of Burma, Royal Indian Army Service Corps troops operate Alligator amphibious vehicles, during ops by XV Indian Corps against the Japanese. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history
Full film: IWM JIN 35 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 35 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Recently digitised - February 1945; near Ru Ywa in the Arakan region of Burma, Royal Indian Army Service Corps troops operate Alligator amphibious vehicles, during ops by XV Indian Corps against the Japanese. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history
Full film: IWM JIN 35 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full film: IWM JIN 35 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Recently digitised - at Thabutkon troops of 17th Indian Division are flown in on Dakota transport aircraft, during the division's advance on Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by A Salem.
#filmcataloguing #ww2 #history #AvHist
Full film: IWM JIN 12 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
#filmcataloguing #ww2 #history #AvHist
Full film: IWM JIN 12 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Recently digitised - at Thabutkon troops of 17th Indian Division are flown in on Dakota transport aircraft, during the division's advance on Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by A Salem.
#filmcataloguing #ww2 #history #AvHist
Full film: IWM JIN 12 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
#filmcataloguing #ww2 #history #AvHist
Full film: IWM JIN 12 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Not one to post this sort of thing normally, but this video 'A letter to my son' from the Prime Minister's instagram crossed my timeline, and my eye was caught by this shot early on - black & white, w/a fake film frame border & a film projector sound effect. 1/2
www.instagram.com/reel/DROtAhw...
www.instagram.com/reel/DROtAhw...
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Not one to post this sort of thing normally, but this video 'A letter to my son' from the Prime Minister's instagram crossed my timeline, and my eye was caught by this shot early on - black & white, w/a fake film frame border & a film projector sound effect. 1/2
www.instagram.com/reel/DROtAhw...
www.instagram.com/reel/DROtAhw...
A rainy day on HMS Belfast today.
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A rainy day on HMS Belfast today.
Looking for the start button.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Looking for the start button.