Identity area
Reference code
Cradock/D/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 Cradock/D/5
Title
British Embassy, Peking.
Date(s)
- 1966–1968 (Most photographs undated. A couple date stamped Oct. 1967.) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder photograph
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of assorted colour and black and white prints taken in and around the British Embassy at Peking, before, during and after the storming of the embassy. Prints of the Office of the British Charge d'Affaires in June 1966, crowds outside the Chancery Building in summer 1966, the ruined interior of the British Mission in August 1967, and staff outside the Registry door in October 1967 are all reproduced in Cradock's book 'Experiences of China'.