Barry Beckham Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 A few years ago I scanned a lot of old images taken in the early 1900's for a friend. I have taken a closer look at them recently and I think many people will enjoy viewing them, especially those with a history interest. There are about 160 images, so I made a presentation in two parts. The images have just been batch processed in Photoshop and Camera Raw, but no spotting or retouching, there are too many. For PC - Mac and Youtube below The French at War Part 1 The French at War Part 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris4137 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Congratulations for this history work on well known military songs... Regards from France Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevans Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Very interesting idea. I am sure there will be a military museum somewhere which would be most interested to have a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted June 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Yes, I guess you're right, they would probably like the stack of old prints too. They are all about 6*6, but I guess they also may have a commercial value. Knowing nothing about them doesn't help though. Worth a view and I don't know why I did do this sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisb Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Hi Barry, thanks for sharing photos from First Word War. You choose "Maréchal nous voilà" for the last song of Part 1. I suppose you don't know that this song was made for the glory of Marshal Pétain during the Second World War. He was the head the Vichy Government allied with Nazies. After the war, he was convicted for treason. He was sentenced to death, (commuted to life in prison because he was old) Denis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted June 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 No, I wasn't aware of that and just did a search on YouTube for French military music. I doubt many others will be aware either, so perhaps I will get away with my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonton Bruno Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 In France, at the TV, this song is always associated with "les collaborateurs", the French who actively colaborated with the Nazzis deporting Jewish people, killing Resistants and Communists. During the second world war, it was some kind of national hymn, and each pupil had to sing it every morning at school. Now you know. If you replace this odious song, we will be numerous to be grateful, for the memories of our fathers. There is only one location easily identifiable in your slide-show, it is Compiegne: A very nice place to visit; http://palaisdecompiegne.fr/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted June 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Tonton Thank you, I am in the process of changing the music mentioned, perhaps you can listen again to Part 1 to make sure I haven't replaced one piece of odious music with something worse Part 1 Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonton Bruno Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Thanks Barry ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickl Posted July 8, 2017 Report Share Posted July 8, 2017 Thanks Barry! Really enjoyed seeing these images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelmy001 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Yeah.these pictures of history make me think sonmething about that era and aftertaste history.It's precious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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