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Category Archives: World War 2
Enemy Aliens
During the First and Second World Wars, nationals of countries at war with Australia who were living in Australia were classed as “enemy aliens”. As soon as Italy declared war on Britain and its allies on 10th June 1940, Italian nationals … Continue reading
Iwo Jima ~ Flag Raising
Day 292 of Colourisation Project – February 23 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Today’s photo for colourisation is perhaps one of the best-known war images ever made. Taken by … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, History, Photography, USA, World War 2
Tagged Battle of Iwo Jima, Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal, Loredana Crupi
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‘A Date Which Will Live in Infamy’
Day 214 of Colourisation Project – December 7 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Sunday, December 7, 1941: there was something different about this Sunday morning, 73 years ago today. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, History, Photography, USA, World War 2
Tagged Battleship U.S.S. Arizona, Battleship USS West Virginia, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hawaii, Honolulu, Japan, Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Pearl Harbor, Tokyo Trials, U.S. Pacific Fleet, United States, WW2
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Alfred Eisenstaedt – Father of Photojournalism
Day 213 of Colourisation Project – December 6 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. You may not recognise the name or the face but you would certainly have to recognise … Continue reading
Remembrance Day – Lest We Forget
Day 188 of Colourisation Project – November 11 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Today marks the 96th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War. Known as … Continue reading
Liberation of Paris – 70th Anniversary
Day 110 of Colourisation Project – August 25 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. This day August 25, marks the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. After four years of … Continue reading