Color Images of WWII

[wings7]

Some (most) of these I've never seen before. [X(]

http://news.msn.com/world/stunning-colo ... rld-war-ii

Patrick

[warspite1]

Nice Patrick - thanks for sharing [:)].

[Josh]

Some very well known, others totally unknown to me. Pretty awesome pictures though, and sharp too.

[ckammp]

Great pictures!
Thanks for sharing.

[radic202]

Absolutely Awesome pictures! Just wish they would have descriptions of each one though. Can anyone tell me what the second one is of all those soldiers with the helmets, who what where kind of thing! I especially like the one of that lone Wehrmacht Soldier standing next to that huge long Artillery piece (makes me think of "the Guns of Navarone". Thanks so much for posting the links

[Josh]

ORIGINAL: radic202


Absolutely Awesome pictures! Just wish they would have descriptions of each one though. Can anyone tell me what the second one is of all those soldiers with the helmets, who what where kind of thing! I especially like the one of that lone Wehrmacht Soldier standing next to that huge long Artillery piece (makes me think of "the Guns of Navarone". Thanks so much for posting the links

The second one is; Chinese Army By Carl Mydans. Go google Carl Mydan, an amazing photographer.

The picture of that lone Wehrmacht soldier is a propaganda shot, I think it's orignally printed in "Signal" the German propaganda magazine. It shows the "indestructable Atlantik Wall" which wasn't so indestructable after all...
It's even shown as a footage in one of the "Wochenschau" propaganda clips, you can google that too Don't know which "Wochenschau" but I think it's from late "43 or "44. Not from "45

[radic202]

Thanks for the reply. Funny thing is that the first time I looked at the pics there was no description under them and low and behold this moring they have description under them. Weird but OK now in my book.

[Curtis Lemay]

Picture #38 is of the 4th Fighter Group - I recognize the red-nosed Mustangs. That was my father's outfit in the war, stationed in Debden, England.

[Hyacinth]

The popular Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive celebrates its first year anniversary with new material



The Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive, maintained by the National Defence University’s Production department, was opened in April 2013, and has since proved to be highly popular worldwide. The image gallery’s first year anniversary celebration on National Veterans' Day will bring with it new content, as the service will be updated with over 800 colour photographs and video material.

The eve’s eve of the National Veterans' Day on 25 April marks exactly one year from the opening of the Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive. Over the last year, this internationally unique open information service has been visited by over a million people from all over the world, resulting in a total of over 31.3 million image downloads.

The service update to be carried out on National Veterans' Day will make available over 800 rare and historically significant colour photographs from the time of the Continuation War, including photographs from the occupation parade of Vyborg.

In addition to the colour photographs, the update will incorporate the National Defence Force’s digitised news videos from 1940–1944, hosted in the National Audiovisual Institute’s online Elonet service, into the site’s search.

The new materials to be added to the service as part of the update and the nearly 160,000 black and white photographs already on display are all free to download and use. The Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive will also be made available through the finna.fi service as part of the National Digital Library project, which will facilitate the work of researchers, for example. Anyone visiting the service can leave feedback on the photographs in order to add background information to the materials.

The updated Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (www.sa-kuva.fi) will open on National Veterans' Day on 27 April at 12 noon.

http://sa-kuva.fi/webneologineng.html

[ckammp]

ORIGINAL: Hyacinth

The popular Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive celebrates its first year anniversary with new material



The Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive, maintained by the National Defence University’s Production department, was opened in April 2013, and has since proved to be highly popular worldwide. The image gallery’s first year anniversary celebration on National Veterans' Day will bring with it new content, as the service will be updated with over 800 colour photographs and video material.

The eve’s eve of the National Veterans' Day on 25 April marks exactly one year from the opening of the Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive. Over the last year, this internationally unique open information service has been visited by over a million people from all over the world, resulting in a total of over 31.3 million image downloads.

The service update to be carried out on National Veterans' Day will make available over 800 rare and historically significant colour photographs from the time of the Continuation War, including photographs from the occupation parade of Vyborg.

In addition to the colour photographs, the update will incorporate the National Defence Force’s digitised news videos from 1940–1944, hosted in the National Audiovisual Institute’s online Elonet service, into the site’s search.

The new materials to be added to the service as part of the update and the nearly 160,000 black and white photographs already on display are all free to download and use. The Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive will also be made available through the finna.fi service as part of the National Digital Library project, which will facilitate the work of researchers, for example. Anyone visiting the service can leave feedback on the photographs in order to add background information to the materials.

The updated Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (www.sa-kuva.fi) will open on National Veterans' Day on 27 April at 12 noon.

http://sa-kuva.fi/webneologineng.html

Great site!
Thanks for sharing.