Colour WW2 Photos (Kodachrome)

Gnomey · 06-08-2008, 12:50 AM

Think some have been touched up a bit but they are still amazing.

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Owen · 06-08-2008, 01:02 AM

I keep forgetting WW2 wasn't actually B & W.

Amazing quality images.
Cheers.
I do like this one.
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marcus69x · 06-08-2008, 03:01 AM

Are they really WW2? Amazing, they look like they've been taken with a modern camera.

Gage · 06-08-2008, 09:23 PM

Wow, thanks Gnomey, what fantastic pix.

von Poop · 07-08-2008, 12:00 AM

Blimey, they're 4x5 transparencies, no wonder the quality's so good.
Excellent site mate.
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06-08-2008, 12:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,960	Colour WW2 Photos (Kodachrome) Think some have been touched up a bit but they are still amazing. More here: Shorpy :: History in HD \| Hi-Res Historical Photos __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum

06-08-2008, 09:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gage Battle of Barking Creek Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,356	Wow, thanks Gnomey, what fantastic pix. __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. John McClane: "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..." Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944.

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von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,471	Blimey, they're 4x5 transparencies, no wonder the quality's so good. Excellent site mate. Image galleries \| Shorpy :: History in HD __________________ It's only the Internet.

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06-08-2008, 01:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,456	I keep forgetting WW2 wasn't actually B & W. Amazing quality images. Cheers. I do like this one. Big Muddy: 1942 \| Shorpy :: History in HD

06-08-2008, 03:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,524	Are they really WW2? Amazing, they look like they've been taken with a modern camera.

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