Oh im glad someone posted this here. I should have done this. I have been looking at the photos every week. They are great!! The ones in color, really makes the war more "real" for me. My Grandparents both fought for the US (air force and navy) and my grandmother made naval ammo(406mm).

sevencrossing said:
The photograph of St Paul's in the Blitz was take by Herbert Mason, on the 29 December 1940, from the top of the Daily Mail Fleet Street, I am fairly sure Herbert used a 5x4

Large format cameras were still popular with the my local Press, even in the 60s
In the early 60s The national UK press tended to use twin lens reflexes ( Rollie's) due to the low flash sync speeds of Leica's

Thank you for the info.

Mike Gunter said:
Hi and into the 70's, too, in the US.

I was using both Nikons and Rollie's and my personal Yasica D (a Rollie work-a-like) for some time.

Often I wish I went with the Mamiya C330 kit instead of the RB67. I think I would have had a lot more camera for a lot less money. With the Rollie you caught a glimpse of what the flash saw, sometimes that saved a shot - or at least you thought so.

My best,

Mike

Thanks for your insight too!

sevencrossing said:
Large format cameras were still popular with the my local Press, even in the 60s
In the early 60s The national UK press tended to use twin lens reflexes ( Rollie's) due to the low flash sync speeds of Leica's

Hi and into the 70's, too, in the US.

I was using both Nikons and Rollie's and my personal Yasica D (a Rollie work-a-like) for some time.

Often I wish I went with the Mamiya C330 kit instead of the RB67. I think I would have had a lot more camera for a lot less money. With the Rollie you caught a glimpse of what the flash saw, sometimes that saved a shot - or at least you thought so.

My best,

Mike

The photograph of St Paul's in the Blitz was take by Herbert Mason, on the 29 December 1940, from the top of the Daily Mail Fleet Street, I am fairly sure Herbert used a 5x4

Large format cameras were still popular with the my local Press, even in the 60s
In the early 60s The national UK press tended to use twin lens reflexes ( Rollie's) due to the low flash sync speeds of Leica's

Thanks for sharing the link NSX, great shots, but I'm pleased I wasn't around to take them! What do you think Mike?

Haha, you're right Kanuck, rangefinders ruled the world around this era.

A little late to respond, but thanks for the suggestion Bernard.

And no problem Adamz, I enjoyed them just as much as you did.

A few photos more in the series just showed up, and while I was going through the Japanese Internment series, I was surprised to learn that Ansel Adams had a few photographs in there.

I think I vaguely remember that he photographed Japanese citizens in those camps, but I don't ever recall seeing photos from him.

Definitely a nice series. There was also a Google Streetview comparison of the 1940's era street to the modern day San Francisco street. I enjoy comparing old and present day photos of cities.

really nice link NSX, I'm really touched by the photos from german and russian invasion on Poland in Sep. 39, although my favorite is #39 from The Battle of Britain :) and #33 from the American Home Front in color.

Amazing pictures ! Most of them have never been published before. The ones about the home front in color, and many more, can be found on the Congress Library web site. Worth a visit.

Amazing shots thanks for the link. The shots of Britain during the raids were really something especially the poor children hiding under the desks and the bombers silhoutte in the sky. I have heard Americans used the Kodak 35 military camera, while of course Germans used the Leica and images shown in the British raids were likely taken by a British Ensign Commando medium format rangefinder. Also the Contax II was around and used frequently in WW2 as well. Rangefinder power! :)

The Atlantic has a very nice spread on WWII.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html

I'm curious as to the type of gear that they would have used to photograph the events.

Also, there seems to be little information as who the photographer was.

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