Battle of Pearl Harbor survivor : A big surprise !!!

[duwan34]

A film photos discovered 68 years later :

http://alaindemanosque.over-blog.com/ar ... 59794.html

In big size :

http://www.aaafasso.fr/DOSSIERSAAAF/DOS ... arbour.pps

 

[better duck]

Simply: wow!! Most impressive
Thanks for posting

 

[MikeyB-17]

Some incredible shots there-with a Box Brownie! The shot of the Zero just brings it home that all that destruction was wrought by a lot of tiny little aircraft.

 

[capt71]

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[Mandrake]

My understanding is that those pics are not really new, and that story about the "abandon camera" a hoax....

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/pearl-harbor ... otos.shtml

 

[MikeyB-17]

Hmmm...can't say I'm surprised at that-I thought they were a bit good for a Box Brownie, and it did seem that the bloke got around quite a bit. Still great shots though.

 

[Peter Graham]

Whatever the origin of the photos, they are amazing. Very historic shots. Why would someone make up a bullshit story like that ?

 

[Hamsterbear]

It's a hoax. Check out snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp

 

[Atticus]

About the only camera, then available, that could produce photographs of that quality while used under those conditions was the Speed Graphic.

...Hardly a Brownie.

AF

 

[duwan34]

Yes, hoax finaly, the differents colors black and white with brown tone on each photos only... impossible on a film shooted on the same paper series...

 

[zoomer]

I knew I recognized a few of those shots! :geek: Hmph!

 

[handworn]

Anyone know where I can get a reproduction-quality scan of one of these (this one:

http://a21.idata.over-blog.com/600x486- ... d--10-.jpg)

so I can get it printed for framing?

 

[Mandrake]

Anyone know where I can get a reproduction-quality scan of one of these (this one:

http://a21.idata.over-blog.com/600x486- ... d--10-.jpg)

so I can get it printed for framing?

Maybe you can try here:

http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-3.htm

or this may do?:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7705074@N06/2218565538/

And even already framed!

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l? ... s%3Disch:1

 

[Willy McCoy]

I went to the French website and viewed the pictures. I kept thinking to myself that the guy must've really been accessing a lot of vantage points when he was under bombardment. And then how he clicked so many "key" shots was not very amateur.

 

[Silver Dollar]

I was lucky enough to be stationed in Hawaii during the late 80's and I had access to the original negatives of the attack on Hickam AFB and Wheeler AFB. They weren't even that good so it had to be a high quality official type of camera that took those shots. Also, I would have a hard time believing that there was no deterioration of the film over the 68 years. Still they were fantastic pictures and I'm glad I had the opportunity to see them.