THE story of war – as told through the eyes of the men and women reporting from the front line comes under the spotlight in a unique exhibition opening in Manchester next month.‘War Correspondent – Reporting Under Fire Since 1914’ is the first major exhibition on the role of journalists who’ve put their lives on the line alongside soldiers, sailors and airmen from the Somme and Passchendaele to the Falklands, Gulf and Afghanistan.
The Imperial War Museum North is focusing in particular on the works of 12 famous correspondents –
their reports (the printed word, radio reports and TV broadcasts), their equipment, clothing (including Martin Bell’s trademark white suit), their brushes with death (such as the bullet which injured Kate Adie in the Lebanon).
