Never Seen Before Colorized Photographs From World War I & II (Photos)
- Dadey Peculiar
- Apr 20, 2017
- 2 min read
Colorized Photographs From World War I & II by Goahead(m):
Autochrome technology was in its early days throughout the First World War but a small group of photographers were pioneering its usage and there pictures are now being republished in a new book.
An unidentified US pilot stands up in the cockpit of his plane on the tarmac on Midway Naval Base, Midway Islands, 1942.
Troops are pictured here in blue jackets and helmets watching the sky intently for missiles.
The First World War was the first time air warfare had played a role in combat and this picture of French warplane, Caudron G3, was captured by a photographer in 1914.
British tank in 1914.
This picture shows a British ambulance in 1914 with its famous red crosses.
This fully-hued picture shows the victory celebrations at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on July 14, 1919 after the war ended on November 11, 1918.
B-24 Liberator bombers of the 491st Bomb Group, US Eighth Air Force, en route to a target in Germany, 1944.
A Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank in action, August 1944.
Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) plotters at work at Coastal Artillery Headquarters in Dover, December 1942.
Women producing bullets and cannon shells in an underground munitions factory on the Wirral, Merseyside, 1945.
Lancaster bombers assembly plant at Woodford near Manchester, 1943.
The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper abandoned in dry dock at Kiel, May 1945.
Armourers of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) re-arms a Hawker Hurricane aircraft, 1943.
A view of bomb damage in the area around St Paul's Cathedral, 1944.
Meal time A naval rating collects bread for his mess from the battleship's bakery, November 1942.
Local workers helping RAF fitters change the engine of a Lockheed Hudson at Yundum in the Gambia, April 1943.
Women workers stack live shells destined for the trenches at the huge munitions factory at Chilwell in Nottinghamshire in 1917.
A few months later, on 1 July, 1918, 250 workers were killed when eight tons of these TNT explosive at the factory blew up. Only 32 bodies could be positively identified.
Ruins of the town of Monte Cassino, a result of massive Allied bombing during an attempt to dislodge German troops occupying the city, 1944.
American soldier trying to spot German positions during the Allied drive towards Rome, 1944.
Close-up, in-flight view of a Douglas SBD Dauntless piloted by American Lt. George Glacken (left) with his gunner Leo Boulanger, near New Guinea, early April, 1944.
American troops unloading supplies in 1943.
The flight deck crew prepares planes for launch from the USS Lexington (CV-16), en route near New Guinea, early April, 1944.
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3359494/rare-world-war-ii-photos-printed-in-colour-show-the-conflict-the-way-our-ancestors-would-have-seen-it/ http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/22-amazing-colour-photos-of-the-second-world-war
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