It was illegal to take photographs anywhere near a military installation. Every public access route was posted.

Neither film nor processing was available to the general public. Some Aircrew were able to get some military film and cut it to the correct size to fit their cameras and then get the Photo Section to process it, but for the enthusiast, no film, no pictures and it was even illegal to make sketches!

When the Americans joined in they had access to film through the PX but you had to know an American who was willing to buy the film for you and get it processed.

I managed to get one roll of Geavert (Belgium or Dutch) film at the end of war but the local chemist messed up the processing, either due to his lack of skills or due to his lack of suitable developer!