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A Churchill Tank of the 51st Royal Tank Regiment crashes through a hedge during the advance across the Italian countryside (20 July 1944) Taken by A.R, Tanner (captain) Sailor wearing a steel helmet, carrying a Bren gun (No Date) Taken by an official Royal Navy photographer

These are some very interesting pictures, An article by the smithsonian air and space magazine quotes British war photographers using ‘Kodachrome film obtained from the united states’ It also says that around 3,000 photos were taken using this film however only 1,500 remain and they were given to the imperial war museum in 1949. There is a published book that contains 80 of these pictures and the others can be seen on the IWM website. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=colour+photographs+&pageSize=15&filters[collectionString][MINISTRY+OF+INFORMATION+SECOND+WORLD+WAR+COLOUR+TRANSPARENCY+COLLECTION]=on Regards, Jack

Another good photo of our Canadian allies, Major General Frederic Franklin Worthington, MC, MM, CD, nicknamed "Worthy" and "Fighting Frank", was a senior Canadian Army officer. He is considered the father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Worthington was born in Peterhead, Scotland. Here he is in a Fox Armoured Car at Parliament Hill.

Here are some good photos of a corporal of the Grenadier Guards with a Churchill tank. Guards Armoured Training Wing, Pirbright, Surrey, October 1943.

Curt Jürgens in the leading rôle as Harras, also featuring Marianne Koch. From the novel by Carl Zuckmeyer, based freely on the biography of Ernst Udet, parallels can be observed. Directed by Helmut Käutner.

What a shot!

Many thanks to all of you. Outstanding pictures

It may take a bit of set up time however it allows practise and testing of a vital skill that otherwise would only be possible on a live fire exercise, so the training value far out weighs the hassle of setting it up.

Sounds complicated.

Very unusual photos indeed, extremely good colour quality. Used then were either Ilford Colour or Kodak. Ilford was more renowned for decades for acurate black and white, they are probably Kodak film.

Very much recommended.

That looks like another excellent film which I have not seen before, another to watch when I eventually get my computer set up on my TV screen.

Found the caption for your third picture Brodie and updated it. Here's another couple of nice photos this time of our Canadian allies, could not find a date unfortunately. CWAC platoon marching. Canadian Women's Army Corps Basic training in Lansdowne Park, Ottawa