To commemorate the First World War, photographer Peter Macdiarmid collected many photos from the time and overlaid these photos into todays real-life scenes. Old photos are fused with modern times, and you can see the changes in the streets of European cities 100 years ago and 100 years later.
French City Hall Clock Tower
French City Hall bell tower. Europe was the main battlefield of World War I. Although the date of the old photo of the destroyed bell tower is not known, the bell tower was destroyed on October 21, 1914.
Notre-Dame de Brebieres Church in Albert, France
Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Brebieres in Albert, France. This is an old photo from France in 1915. The statue of the Virgin Mary on the bell tower was blown up.
Place de la Concorde in Paris
On November 18, 1918, a German plane crashed in Place de la Concorde in Paris. Local crowds were celebrating the recapture of Alsace.
Somme Canal Side
In March 1917, soldiers of the British Royal Army carried tools to build fortifications in their positions and were passing through the frozen Somme Canal.
Recruiting ammunition workers on the streets of London, UK
During World War I, in London, England, a large number of married men aged 36 to 40 gathered at recruitment offices to apply for jobs as ammunition workers.
The steps of the town hall in Vareddes, France
German troops sit on the steps of the town hall in Vareddes, France, during the First Battle of the Marne in 1914.
Trafalgar Square in London
Children dressed as soldiers with paper hats and canes and guns in Londons Trafalgar Square in November 1914soldiers. This caused a crowd to watch, and behind it was a recruitment notice.
Explosion smoke from Reims Cathedral, France
A plane bombing in 1917, the smoke from the explosion of a bomb dropped on the Cathedral of Reims, France.
Several soldiers stand on the ruins of the train station
In France in 1917, several soldiers stood on the ruins of a train station.
The Belgian town of Ypres
The Belgian town of Ypres was almost completely destroyed by bombing in 1915.
The ruins of Verdun
French soldiers walk through the ruins of Verdun after German planes bombed France in 1916.
The Royal Lancers march into Tonbridge
In March 1915, the British Royal Lancers marched into Tonbridge.
