Official war photo. Sgd. U.O.V. Verney "With the british troops in France."
Curiosa foto donde un soldado, con pito en la boca y gesto de manos ordena o sitúa a algun medio militar que no vemos en la misma, ni identifica al dorso
Los profesionales que
realizaron las fotos "British Official photograph" de la segunda guerra
mundial no fueron mayoritariamente periodistas sino militares, es decir
dedicaron una sección militar profesional a la información gráfica.
Muchas veces no figura su nombre al dorso de las fotos, sólo la mención "British Official photograph, sin embargo en esta foto figura su autor: Sgd. U.O.V. Verney
“British Official photograph” photographs are divided into different series.
Each photograph has a title and a legend at the back that describes the image and a number always prefixed with a letter.
The letter/s are:
E series photographs (British Army in North Africa and the Middle East) were taken by: No. 1 Army Film and Photographic Unit
BU and B series photographs (Allied forces in North West Europe) were taken by: No. 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit
SE series (Allied forces in South East Asia) photographs were taken by: No. 9 Army Film and Photographic Unit
Each photograph has a title and a legend at the back that describes the image and a number always prefixed with a letter.
The letter/s are:
E series photographs (British Army in North Africa and the Middle East) were taken by: No. 1 Army Film and Photographic Unit
BU and B series photographs (Allied forces in North West Europe) were taken by: No. 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit
SE series (Allied forces in South East Asia) photographs were taken by: No. 9 Army Film and Photographic Unit
- H series (British Army in Britain) photographs were taken by War Office Official Photographers.
- A series (Admiralty Official Collection) photographs were taken by Royal Navy Official Photographers
- C series (Air Ministry Official Collection) photographs were taken by Royal Air Force Official Photographers
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GM series (British forces in Gibraltar and Malta) photographs were taken by War Office Official Photographers.
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Some photographer’s names of these photographs shown here are:
Capt. Horton, Capt. Keating, Lt. Cash, Sgt. Flack, Lt. C. J. Ware, Sgt. Laing, Lt. Spender, Lt. Taylor, Sgt. Oakes, Capt. d'Eyncourt, Lt. D. C. Oulds, Sgt. Midgley, Lt. O'Brien, Capt. Gade, Lt. L. Pelman, Sub Lt. D. W. Cooksey, Lt. Vanderson & Sgts. Chetwyn, R.H. Morris & G. Morris, Lts. McLaren & Mayne & Sgt. Slade, Sgt. Morris, Lt. J. E. RussellSgt. J. Deakin, Sgt. Taylor, No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Sgt. Chetwyn, Lt R G G Coote.
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Links
- http://www.iwm.org.uk/
- http://www.afpu.co.uk/
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/
- This is a brief guide to researching photographs. The National Archives holds one of the world's great photographic collections. It covers the entire time-span of the medium and runs into many millions of individual items.:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-subject/photographs.htm