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Letum
06-04-07, 05:47 PM
Link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/petetuson/collections/72157600310329234/)

Enjoy!
CCIP
06-04-07, 07:32 PM
err, wrong link?

I see only one black-and-white photo :p
Rose
06-04-07, 07:42 PM
Here ya go: http://www.ww2incolor.com/ :up: Great site.

I challenge you to find the "clearest" photo on that website (ie. one that could be mistaken for a photo taken today).
Letum
06-04-07, 08:23 PM
err, wrong link?

I see only one black-and-white photo :p

Doh! Link updated and corrected!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/petetuson/collections/72157600310329234/
Letum
06-04-07, 08:25 PM
I challenge you to find the "clearest" photo on that website (ie. one that could be mistaken for a photo taken today).
I shall take up that challange!

Yes, this is from the 1940s!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1295/530536203_ca990447c4_o.jpg
fatty
06-04-07, 08:41 PM
Here ya go: http://www.ww2incolor.com/ :up: Great site.

I challenge you to find the "clearest" photo on that website (ie. one that could be mistaken for a photo taken today).

http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/U-S-Air-Force/p_38_87.sized.jpg

A lot of them suffer from pretty bad vignette but are otherwise pretty good.
Happy Times
06-04-07, 08:43 PM
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/albums/U-S-Air-Force/p_38_87.sized.jpg
Tchocky
06-04-07, 09:39 PM
Isn't that the P-38 dug out of the ice and restored....a couple of years ago
The Avon Lady
06-05-07, 02:24 AM
Here ya go: http://www.ww2incolor.com/ :up: Great site.
Almost if not every photo uploaded to the Flickr album seems to originate from this site. Read their FAQ page (http://www.ww2incolor.com/site-faq.html) regarding public domain and copyright issues.
Jimbuna
06-05-07, 05:20 AM
Thanks for sharing Letum....there are a couple of new ones here :up:
Oberon
06-05-07, 05:35 AM
I see your 1942 and raise you 1917

http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/assets/images/db_images/db_81-131.jpg

http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/index.html
HunterICX
06-05-07, 05:44 AM
Nice Find!

really, colour just ads a lot to the photo itself:up:
Rose
06-05-07, 11:18 AM
Isn't that the P-38 dug out of the ice and restored....a couple of years ago

Tchocky is right! That photo is from 1992 or 93...

So far Letum's is the clearest from the 1940s.


I see your 1942 and raise you 1917

I see your 1917 and raise you 1908 :p

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1020/river1rz8.jpg


http://www.ummagurau.com/art/russia/index.htm
Chock
06-05-07, 04:16 PM
I see your 1908, and raise you three rarely seen genuine colour pictures of U-Boats from Signal magazine:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j105/AlanBradbury/UBoatcolour3.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j105/AlanBradbury/UBoatcolour2.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j105/AlanBradbury/UBoatcolour.jpg

:D Chock
Jimbuna
06-05-07, 04:37 PM
Nice :rock: :up:
Sailor Steve
06-05-07, 04:46 PM
Great stuff! The 1908 one, according to the site, isn't really a color photograph, but it is really amazing!:rock:
Letum
06-06-07, 04:34 AM
Does that guys stand on the ropes all night to stop the sub drifting?

I know Bernard is a idiot, but theres no need to be cruel and give him orders like that!
HunterICX
06-06-07, 04:46 AM
Does that guys stand on the ropes all night to stop the sub drifting?

I know Bernard is a idiot, but theres no need to be cruel and give him orders like that!

why not?:doh:

I just told him, you can step of the rope when the Battleship King George V with Winston churchill himself onboard was floating right in front of you.:rotfl:
Jimbuna
06-06-07, 04:54 AM
Wish I was at home with my conning tower insignia reference books :damn:

What boat is that in Chocks first picture above? :hmm:
Chock
06-06-07, 01:21 PM
Bottom one is U-302 at Danzig working up prior to commissioning, Summer '42.
Top one is U-253 at Hela also in '42.

:D Chock
Jimbuna
06-06-07, 01:55 PM
Danke Chock :up:
Rose
06-06-07, 02:07 PM
Great stuff! The 1908 one, according to the site, isn't really a color photograph, but it is really amazing!:rock:

You're right, it's not a "true" color photo in the sense that it was not taken using color film, but it also a step above colorizing a black and white photo by painting it. Basically, the photographer would take 3 identical B & W images of the same scene, and then he would place each image onto a seperate colored plate (blue, red, green), and project the three images over the colors onto a spot on the wall, where the "true" color of the photo would be exposed. Something like that. So, it wasn't captured using color, but it still shows the true color of the scene, nonetheless.