French Army WWI color photographs.

[{nF}remix]

HERE

wow and i thought color photos did not exist back then...its amazing these pictures almost look like renactments, but their not..

[Eric]

GREAT GOOGAMOOGA those have to be reenacements

[{nF}remix]

they arent reanctments. they are original French archives. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/ , i think they were digitally remastered a bit though, but they are original

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The color photo was invented in 1903 by the Lumiere brothers, and the French army was the only one taking color photos during the course of the war."

from that site i pointed out above

btw heres another 1:

http://www.greatwar.nl/kleur/fr-quatre.html

[RusskiSoldat]

Wasn't there a thread about this a while ago?
You know the one that where I scoffed and then said that these were digitally collored and thens howed you similiar photos of Russia?

[{nF}remix]

nice, those are great pics of the russian army.



The Australian Light Horse Brigade on parade in a Palestinian desert, 1918.

[RusskiSoldat]

???
Those pics were mostly of civilians.

[{nF}remix]

this 1 is interesting..:

It looks like a painting by impressionist Edouard Manet, but it is a real color picture, made in 1914, by Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud, Commander of the Photography and Cinematography Section of the French Army.
When the Great War broke out, in 1914, French poilu's (common soldiers) still wore their Napoleontic uniforms with red trousers. They made perfect targets.
Tournassoud used an autochrome color plate. This photo technique was invented in 1907 in France by the Lumière brothers.

http://www.greatwar.nl/kleur/dejeuner.html

[{nF}remix]

Originally posted by RusskiSoldat@Apr 27 2005, 06:59 PM
???
Those pics were mostly of civilians.

cool . still great photos though



The picture was made on the French route of retreat to Paris in the first stage of the war. The photographer worked for the American Underwood & Underwood Agency.
The French had twelve regiments of cuirassiers, a survival of the 17th century, wearing steel cuirasses and helmets with horsehair plumes. They also carried a long double-edged stabbing sword

[RusskiSoldat]

I like the ethnic diveristy line of pics.

[Mehmed II]

That is my turkish men right there... *wink*

[{nF}remix]

lol arent those algerians recruited from france's colonies?

[RusskiSoldat]

That is my turkish men right there... wink.gif

Nope, Dagestani.

[adamk22]

ive seen these before, i was told that those pictures are actually digiticaly colored, so they are actually not real color photos

[mickalos]

Originally posted by adamk22@Apr 28 2005, 03:59 PM
ive seen these before, i was told that those pictures are actually digiticaly colored, so they are actually not real color photos

I'm whatching something called world war one in colour right now, I had no idea they had colour film back then but thses video's do look genuine.

[Ecthelion]

I can't believe the French still had 12 regiments of heavy cavalry... those were outdated 60-80 years previous to the Great War, what were the French thinking? What the hell can a steel plate do against a rifle bullet?

[Mehmed II]

Nope, Dagestani.

He's a dagestani Turk. Turks don't end with the Ottomans Ruski... *wink*

[MaximiIian]

Originally posted by Ecthelion@Apr 28 2005, 04:21 PM
I can't believe the French still had 12 regiments of heavy cavalry... those were outdated 60-80 years previous to the Great War, what were the French thinking? What the hell can a steel plate do against a rifle bullet?

look cool while getting hit by one, for one thing.

[Wild Bill Kelso]

Originally posted by adamk22@Apr 29 2005, 06:59 AM
ive seen these before, i was told that those pictures are actually digiticaly colored, so they are actually not real color photos

Look at this link:

AUTOCHROME

These are REAL colour photos no matter what other may say. However, due to the process involved these photos were one of a kind and could not be reproduced from a film negative (since they didn't have one).

[Rapax]

Originally posted by {nF}remix@Apr 28 2005, 02:00 AM

Except this one. I'm pretty sure that has been colored afterwards. The ones in the first post are real color pics though.

[Pompeius Minus]

"I can't believe the French still had 12 regiments of heavy cavalry... those were outdated 60-80 years previous to the Great War, what were the French thinking? What the hell can a steel plate do against a rifle bullet?"

Cavalry was still useful for scouting in 1914, but that was about it. Steel plate wasn't useless though, in fact many world war one soldiers adopted steel plate as the war went on! Snipers and lookouts used armour that resembled the medieval knight: steel breastplate, armguards, and sometimes even closed or visored helmets as well.

Here are two examples of world war one body armour:

British body armour

German body armour