THE TRAIN 1964 - My Must watch Films
Good story, great cinema photography and well worth watching if you have never seen it. Wiki Link - The Train [DVD] [1964]
(via AFP: Amsterdam made Jews pay rent while in WWII camps)
Four Radiophoto press photographs showing the German advance into Russia. Sent to a US press agency from Europe during the war - they show as grainy as they were sent by radio to a photo teletype machine that would generate a print, which was then copied.
Wired Magazine has an article on Photographer Jonathan Andrew who has documented bunkers in Holland, France and Belgium. Using a old 4×5 camera that he outfitted with a Phase One digital back, Some great photos.
PzKpfw 38(t)’s (Ausf. E or F) on the Russian steppe- 1942. Original Press Photo - My collection - Original translated credit from the reverse side of the photo- German armour in Crimea. German tanks roll across the vast barren plains to the front.
Approaching Stalingrad The outer approaches to Stalingrad 1942 a group of German infantry pass Russian prisoners carrying a wounded comrade to the rear. Translation - Original Press credit: 23-9-1942 -Infantry of Stalingrad - Infantrymen have attacked and taken Kuhnem the heavily defended Hill 102 between the city centre and the industrial quarter Barikady. Original Press Photo - my collection
Moving in
The move of the website is almost complete, a few things to sort out and it’s almost there. Need to get the images in the gallery moved across, and clean up some of the old Posterous links in a few of the post, but its pretty much moved now and has a splendid new look. Enjoy!
On the move
Sadly Posterous is closing down in April so in the next few days I will be moving wwii.co.uk Echoes from the Past to a new home - so there will be a new look to the website. I have been testing out tumblr and I it will do most of what I need; with a few short comings; things like photo galleries and images not quite appearing as I want them. Once I have it cracked it, then the domian will move and I will close the old Posterous site. Farewell Posterous you did all I needed, then Twitter killed you off.
Vehicle & ordnance photos from the Imperial War Museum Duxford
Various photos from the Land Warfare hall at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford, Cambridgeshire UK.
German Paratrooper weapons box Photograph from British military intelligence, showing the arrangement of a German paratrooper storage box, which was dropped by parachute alongside soldiers when they jumped into combat. This one contains parts for a 7.5cm Infantry gun, along with a Kr98 rifle.
Echoes of the Past World War Two website features both the Echoes from the Past blog covering news in relation to the period before during and after the Second world War. It is also the home to my collection of German Axis military photos from the period 1935 to 1945.
