[Gunnair]

The London photos reminded me of some I'd seen taken in WWI.

This is a great site!

http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/index.html

[martin14]

Quesmy, a group of Canadian forestry workers (sitting on a trunk of tree. Trade of Noyon. Oise. France. 1917).

Quesmy, groupe de forestiers canadiens (assis sur un tronc d'arbre. Commerce de Noyon. Oise. France. 1917).


I knew there had to be a Canadian pic in there somewhere.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Those aren't original colour photos are they? Or have they been colourized?

[Gunnair]

PublicAnimalNo9 wrote:

Those aren't original colour photos are they? Or have they been colourized?

Some have, some are the original colour. The website gives a description.

http://www.greatwar.nl/frames/default-color.html

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Didn't read..just looked but that is very cool. And they're clearer than a lot of black and white photos you see from that era too.

Brilliant find Gunnair

[PostFactum]

This modern technology is wonderful, it changes our imagination about different events from past. For the last few years Russians started making few SU films in color, it looks cool.

[martin14]

Gunnair wrote:

PublicAnimalNo9 wrote:

Those aren't original colour photos are they? Or have they been colourized?

Some have, some are the original colour. The website gives a description.

http://www.greatwar.nl/frames/default-color.html

There is a nice piece on John Mcrae in there.

[Batsy]

There is a six-part British documentary series called "World War I in Colour".

It was originally screened in 2003 on Channel 5 (it's one of the few good things that Channel 5 has shown) and is narrated by the actor Kenneth Branagh.

Its stars are the British WWI veterans Arthur Barraclough, Harry Patch and Arthur Halestrap, all of whom have since died. The veterans are interviewed in each of the six episodes and tell us of their horrific experiences during that war.

Virtually all of each episode - except some of the bits in which the veterans are interviewed when you see them instead - have film footage of WWI which has been colourised. Apart from the old fashioned uniforms and weapons the soldiers are using, you would be excused for thinking the footage was shot recently.

The six episodes are available on DVD.

[Gunnair]

Batsy wrote:

There is a six-part British documentary series called "World War I in Colour".

It was originally screened in 2003 on Channel 5 (it's one of the few good things that Channel 5 has shown) and is narrated by the actor Kenneth Branagh.

Its stars are the British WWI veterans Arthur Barraclough, Harry Patch and Arthur Halestrap, all of whom have since died. The veterans are interviewed in each of the six episodes and tell us of their horrific experiences during that war.

Virtually all of each episode - except some of the bits in which the veterans are interviewed when you see them instead - have film footage of WWI which has been colourised. Apart from the old fashioned uniforms and weapons the soldiers are using, you would be excused for thinking the footage was shot recently.

The six episodes are available on DVD.

Good adddition. Thanks for that.

[martin14]

The best doc I have seen without question is:

The Great War.

done by the BBC in the mid 60's, 26 episodes, BBC CBC ABC ( Aus )

Not much color though.


If you have any interest in WW1, this is a must see.