The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is transferring more than 5,000 miles of film and 4.6 million photographs to digital, to ensure that vital memories of the First and Second World Wars are kept for posterity. The mammoth task involves viewing and cataloguing film and photographs from military, public broadcast and private sources, to preserve a unique collection of real-world evidence about the impact of wars and conflict.The revealing spectrum of footage runs through the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, Spitfire pilots in action and the aftermath of bombing raids on UK cities, to country fetes and street parties and rare...