Colour WW1 photos

Duke · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:20

Following on from colour WW2 photos posted last year (link), there are some WW1 ones here - http://nmvsite.com/colour-wwi-photos

Redgie · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:21

Thank you very much, my Dad really likes these so he'll love it. Much appreciated!

Tom0 · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:39

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

kitfit1 · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:39

Thanks for posting those Duke. An incredible collection. The one of the railway carridge riddled with bullet holes was particularly powerfull i think.

physichull · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:42

Thanks for posting, interesting photos.

Tefal · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:43

may as well repost this here.

http://www.********.com/view?i=384_1259101083

collection of WW2 colour footage.

Tourm · 20 Apr 2010 at 21:45

^^ facinating in a morbid kinda way - especially the deaths.

Cosimo · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:24

Thanks for the interesting link.

EdGey · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:29

very interesting

SlugForAButt · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:31

Fascinating Great War pics.
The colour gives it a realism I haven't seen before and makes it more sad as I don't feel as detached from the men in the pictures.
I wonder if there are any non French pics that have had the treatment?
WW2 has been done to death but I find the Great War much more fascinating as you can really see the gallant old world meet the technological,brutal new world so vividly.
Thanks for posting those pics.

Parsley · 20 Apr 2010 at 22:33

How do they go about giving these photos colour? I think I am right in believing they didn't have the technology for colour photos back then, or am I being daft?

DezUk · 20 Apr 2010 at 23:01

Cool pictures brings more vividness to them being in colour and as Parsley says any idea how they reproduce the colour from the B&Ws?

JBod · 20 Apr 2010 at 23:04

They look like photos from a mustache convention.

SlugForAButt · 20 Apr 2010 at 23:09

Although rudimentary colour photography did exist prior to the war, it's safe to say that these have been touched up into colour.
I believe that it is a combination of artist, computer and patience needed to colour photos and film. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.

mattyj1085 · 20 Apr 2010 at 23:22

Guy second in on the right has either been photoshopped in for a laugh or looks really out of place!

SlugForAButt · 21 Apr 2010 at 00:00

mattyj1085 said:
Guy second in on the right has either been photoshopped in for a laugh or looks really out of place!

The token Amish man who will even dress as a woman to so he doesn't get conscripted?

Tourm · 21 Apr 2010 at 00:52

SlugForAButt said:
Although rudimentary colour photography did exist prior to the war, it's safe to say that these have been touched up into colour.
I believe that it is a combination of artist, computer and patience needed to colour photos and film. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.

Although color photography was around prior to 1903, the Lumière brothers Auguste and Louis, patented the process in 1903 and developed the first color film in 1907. The French army was the primary source of color photos during the course of World War One.

Few more interesting colour photos albums on this site:
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/html/gallica.html

Le_Petit_Lapin · 21 Apr 2010 at 01:40

That cant be the French Army, none of them are carrying a white flag.

cheets64 · 21 Apr 2010 at 02:48

Dont need colour to see the horrific outcome of war. WW1 was basic compared to WW2 but still as deadly

Zip · 21 Apr 2010 at 03:05

Heres the 4 ive kept saved since the first time i saw them