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Rare Color Photos Taken During WWII
timcc2008
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 08:03 PM UTC
Found these really nice photographs posted on CNN.com for reference. It is stated in the article that the photos are in their original state -- not retouched, not colorized.

Here's the link (if anyone is interested):
http://www.cnn.com/style/article/iwm-ww2-color-photography/index.html
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 09:28 PM UTC
Thanks for the link!
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 10:31 PM UTC
Nice photo's, wish we had more...

The caption on the photo of Monty briefing the King should read 'And here is where I'll drop the 1st Airborne Division's boys so that they can be slaughtered'.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 10:49 PM UTC
Even the best digital images can't compare to Kodachrome film. BTW, Kodak is going to produce Ektachrome slide film again; it should be available at the end of this year. Also, Kodak is considering the same with Kodachrome 64.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 10:53 PM UTC
Great photographs wish there were more.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 11:00 PM UTC
Check out the Life Magazine archives at Getty Images. Life essentially pioneered the use of color photography in print. If you've ever seen the famous Life photos taken in North Africa, you'll know what I'm referring to.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 11:07 PM UTC

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... It is stated in the article that the photos are in their original state -- not retouched, not colorized.

Actually, it appears to me that some of the images may have been retouched and/or colorized — most likely in the darkroom.


Quoted Text

Even the best digital images can't compare to Kodachrome film. BTW, Kodak is going to produce Ektachrome slide film again; it should be available at the end of this year. Also, Kodak is considering the same with Kodachrome 64.

Back in the day, I ran a photo lab and used to process those films. 🎞 They were really great in their time ... but I'm never going into a darkroom again! 🤢

Nice images, non-the-less. Thank you for sharing.

Cheers!🍺
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Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 11:47 PM UTC
I especially like the photo (#7) of the crew cleaning the gun barrel of their Crusader tank in Tunisia. I smell a dio brewing.
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:44 AM UTC
For those on Facebook, here is an album of mostly color pics https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.892445970911412&type=3

I retrieved from a site called www.pixpast.com. The site is the online display of Irish photo collector named Ian Spring. Great images!
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 12:53 AM UTC

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I especially like the photo (#7) of the crew cleaning the gun barrel of their Crusader tank in Tunisia. I smell a dio brewing.

I like that photo as well, but after staring at it for a while, I was wondering what that guy in the white tank-top is holding? Is he cleaning a vision port glass? At first glance, it looked like an iPad!📱LOL! ...

"Here ya go mate, let me show you where we're going on my Google Maps App."
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 02:24 AM UTC
Nice, thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 04:10 AM UTC
Nice photos, thanks for posting that!
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 04:47 AM UTC
These photos were very great.Never seen any of these and was a great help for future ideas.Thanks for the link.
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 06:21 AM UTC
All were new to me. Thanks for sharing the link.
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 04:16 AM UTC
Very nice, thanks for sharing those.
timcc2008
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Posted: Sunday, October 22, 2017 - 04:48 PM UTC
You are all very welcome. Glad I could contribute.

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