A packet marked 'Bovingdon Mitchells 23 May 1978'

A few days back I came across a ‘full plate’ negative packet with about two rolls of individual 35mm b/w negatives that I had taken on the set of the film ‘Hanover Street’. They were separate negs because I had chopped them up to divi among friends and colleagues at the time. Although I had processed the film, the negatives were never printed. Negatives were seen as a sort of currency for trading and these were no big deal.

Well what with all this new fangled imagery software stuff I thought I would spend a couple of hours this Monday and scan the negs to file. Initially I deeply regretted that they they weren’t colour of some sort but as I fiddled here and there and removed offending blemishes it struck me, with all the period vehicles, crews and scenery ‘how very WWII’ they all looked in black and white, something not captured at the airshow appearances these aircraft made.

Here are a sample 10 for the enjoyment of those who have a soft spot for the old B-25. 🙂

Mark

For my money these sort of photographs belong fairly and squarely on the Historic forum rather than a general photo forum being mooted by some.