The pictures at 10:13 and 6:05 are taken in Metz, France. I live there and I 100% recognize the old glass roof of the train station and some other buildings
That entire area from Metz south to Nancy was the site of some very fierce battle action of strategic consequence as the allies pushed into Germany across the Moselle River. Many thousands of warriors and innocent civilians of every age died or were horribly wounded there during combat operations in ‘44. Those photos appear to me to likely be from after cessation of hostilities (I see few if any weapons, and because the soldiers aren’t wearing battle dress as they would be if in combat). Also because they’re clearly waiting to catch a train in several shots (all trains were blasted to bits in ‘44/45 and weren’t restored to service until after the war ended).
The image at 8:39 is the front of Gare St Jean, Bordeaux - there are a couple of other Bordeaux images in there too that I recognise. I used to live a couple of hundred metres from that station and I know that view so well.
C.S.Allen: yes, most likely post War. I saw two shots of French Honor Guard at what possibly was a funeral or perhaps a memorial ceremony. The remaining photos looked to be GIs with the exception of what appeared to be a French civilian wearing a black overcoat (standing amongst the GIs at the train station).
Both of my grandfathers and my great uncle were there on D-day. They were both wounded, but both survived. It was something one grandfather refused to ever talk about again. My other grandfather and his brother, who had also been shot down over occupied France, talked about it all the time. He and his brother were both on a bomber. My grandfather was the navigator and his brother was the belly gunner. They were shot down and only the two of them survived. They hid and slowly made their way out on foot.... only to be put on a boat and sent to D-day. They both survived, both were wounded in the crash, and again wounded on the beach. It seemed like my grandfathers and great uncle had about a dozen lives each: and they all survived to their late 90s. We lost the last one a year ago.
@@disappearintothesea They sure did. They would get together on holidays and it would all be about their stories. I had a friend of mine who served 6 tours in the middle east come to spend one of the holidays with us. They really liked him and they compared a lot of the then vs now stuff. Now only my mom's mom is left. Holidays are not the same now.
@@TheAlexLamberty I would love to, but I can't They have all passed away now. Grampa Allphin was the last to go, but he didn't even know who any of us were by the time he passed. Grampa Ridgeway, he was in his upper nineties and sharp as a tack when he passed, same with his brother. I wish I had their stories written down. I feel like a big chunk of our family history is gone.
You have written important words. I have lost someone from my past last year, only one photograph remained, and its been lost. You are doing important work!
@@MrDaiseymay It's refreshing to see someone with this kind of dedication. History comes at you in different ways, we are lucky to see this here and now.
I was a journalist on board the USS Lexington, CVT16 back in the latter part of the 60s. I remember taking photos with a format camera back then. Rolls just like you're working with.. The spools on the carrier back then were wire spools.. I got very good at developing film.. I always love waiting for images to come up in the Dark Room.. man this brings back those memories.. thank you for what you're doing... I remember the archived pictures and negatives from WW2 in files in the Photo Lab from the period of the war. Aftermath of a kamikaze attack on a gun tub.. and the Devastation in bodies and bent metal.. I truly could feel it more because having been aboard the ship for 2 years.. You can just imagine the ways you could die. I wonder if they still have those files on board the Lexington. It's now a museum in Corpus Christi Harbor... You should check with them. I'm sure some of that stuff, if not already, should be preserved. Thank you so much for what you're doing I served on the Lexington from 67 to 69.. .
There might not be any interest in revealing footage of war that includes devastation, because maybe fewer young men will go to war willingly if required to.
This reminds me of real memories. Some are faded, some are sharp as if it were today. Some memories are confused with others overlapping. While others have certain things sharp and blurry of the same moment. As I age, I often find my memory of something to be crystal clear of a single moment, while the time surrounding it blurry and the people ghostlike. When I see these images it feels like we are carving open someone's memory and seeing how they remember events.
John B., Same here, and I agree. Notice @6:11 the little sign in the snow on the bottom right corner of the picture? Most definitely a Marine base! Haha. SF DD
Just like every photograph that is from this period. You lose your power of speech pretty easily. Did you know that every picture you will ever see is a picture of the past? Even a picture you take on your cell phone and then immediately look at is a picture from a time that no longer exists. If anyone ever asks if you wasn't to see a picture of them when they were younger, you have to realize that is every picture ever taken of them, ever. Seems self explanatory.
That is absolutely astounding that the images on that film survived. It would've been a crime for those photos to never see the light of day. The history there is priceless. So many of those men may never have made it home. Thank you for the work you do! History deserves to be viewed and remembered!!
I was astonished that he just "developed" them, and talked about not "bulk" processing them(basically, because with seventy-year-old film, the latent image can fade, heat can destroy the film, background radiation and cosmic rays can add to the fog). which is WHY you don't develop more than one roll at a time. that way you don't screw up ALL the film.
My Epson flatbed scanner is able to take an accurate scan off Kodachrome slides and negatives which completely surprised me. Kodachrome was notoriously tough to scan with the early scanners because of an extra layer on the film's emulsion. But Epson seems to have devised a cure.
What I find amazing is even though no one may be alive to remember the moment in a picture, the picture can live on, a glimpse of an exact moment! They don't lie, they show what was. Thank you for rescuing forgotten memories.
I can't help but think of that awesome Dr. Seuss quote when I went to your site and looked at the pictures you had up and I can't think of a better time to use this either. “Sometimes you will never know the value of something,until it becomes a memory.”
Thankfully we have young guy like you who has the love and skill to bring these old films back to life. Very interesting to preserve these events of history. Just keep doing your job... Greetings from Australia. 🇭🇲😘
WOW! I'm lost for words: you've rescued a piece of history that documents truth...that this really took place, and that the general population has never seen before.
From 1976 to 1980 I was a continuous aerial roll reconnaissance processor in the military. Born in Rochester NY. The home of Kodak. Seeing what you are doing and have done brings emotions that can't be described. Hard difficult work but so worth it. You are very talented and skilled. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful stuff, No ego ,no my camera is better than yours the usual UA-cam offerings, Just videos about the beauty,wonderment and love of photography and the it history it captures.Great video and great work you do.
Memories of developing film in Patterson tanks in a blacked out bathroom, and holding up a contact printer to an overhead light bulb to see the first black and white pic....lovely little documentary...love to see more... Keep up the good work
images at 8:45 & & 10:02 & 10:10 are of the cliff & beach Veulettes-sur-Mer France 49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veulettes-sur-Mer the pillbox is still there.
It’s so refreshing to see someone appreciate the historical and artistic aspect of revealing these images that otherwise would be lost. I’ve bought and developed some old film from the 70s in LA. I miss my darkroom.
+Tricknologyinc Sincethe1950's I have always made a point of looking at old photographs to see if I could see my father who had served in WW2. I still do. In 2005 I had success in an obscure village in the lakeland area of northern Poland when a first cousin retrieved an old case of wartime photographic albums that had been hidden when the communists had taken over that area in 1945.
There is a man that looks very much like my father at 6:23, the short soldier carrying a duffle bag in each hand. Because the man in the photo turned his head, it made the photo blur. I think this is a fantastic project, kudos!
this guy doesnt care who the photographer was.....he wants the glory for developing and he makes money off of these photos thru UA-cam revenues and selling t-shirts
This is magic! Thank you for what you're doing! Being from Rochester, NY and very connected with Kodak, I'm always amazed to see how well the film holds up! There's just something about it!
Stepping back in time very sobering photos, Imagine all those Brave men who went to war are all gone now. But their Mortal images still remain on the newly discovered photos. Thanks for saving that History for us all....Well Done!
Really wonderful passion you have for keeping history alive and never forgotten. May the younger generation never forget that old man or woman you see was once young, and very likely served during ww11 or Vietnam. They are also living storehouses of an unforgettable era.
Beautiful work, years ago I discovered 4 rolls of film from my grandfather attic. They were marked “for tropical climate” He served in the South Pacific in WWII, he was an avid amateur photographer his whole life. But these were never developed. At the time (late 90’s) I didn’t have an outlet to develop these. Maybe something to pursue now. Thanks for sharing your passion 👍🏼
Bravo I am a third generation army vet my father in law was in WW2 and my grandfather in law was WW1 and I was in the 90s. Any time you rescue film of this significance it is a wonderful accomplishment.
Thank you for saving those rolls of film. They're a treasure that no one can ever recapture again. Thanks for sharing them too. I appreciate the opportunity to see them. I love old photos.
My God, this is so emotional to me. Is like to travel back in time and see what people from that time period seen. You do such an important job to preserve the history for the future generations who will see this pictures. I am a photographer myself and for me every single picture I take is part of my cells. Many of my photos were lost. Thousands of photos get lost because of the digital data storage failure. And it is heart breaking when you know is never comeback. That''s why is so important the archives projects work as you do. Thank you for letting me to have a look on the history.
Film is better because its long term it will outlast digital thats just a fact, Digital images are never going to be preservable so they literally have to use film to preserve digital movies its kinda ironic that they invented and tout digital yet you have to use film to preserve the image cause file formats can become obsolete, tech can leave behind old software formats and then you can view the images.
Kodak Ektachrome properly processed has a lifespan of up to 350 years before significant degredation might even occur. I have some slides that were my grandpas stored in a hot garage for 50 years and they still look like new.
yes, I can totally relate to that excitement, though in a slightly different way.... I used to work on old vacuum tube televisions years older than me and the first wave of excitement came from getting a full raster on the screen, the second a transmitted image.... greetings from Bellows Falls, Vermont
William Morse You know I can relate, my dad was an expert on electronics and we dragged many a TV home from the town dump and I often watched as he fiddled with tubes , yokes and later on, circuit boards until he got a picture or ascertained it unrepairable. What a different time.
@@deltabloo yes, different times.... my father was a land surveyor who used iron pipes to mark property corners.... that pipe came from a scrap yard with mountains of just about anything made of metal.... this was in the late 60s, early 70s..... great place for exploration.... that physical world was grittier, but far more interesting than a modern day plant hidden within a currugated building.
This is very inspiring. Your dedication, your "craftsmanship" for lack of a better word. Glad to see someone taking the time and having the affection for the craft to bring these treasures into the light again.
Thank you... a civilization that forgets its past hold no hope for a future, and you have rescued part of our past through your effort, time and money.
@@excatholic1748 What does that have to do with the soldiers that fought there though? Young men die for old men's war. The soldiers who fight should never be the one's to blame, they don't send themselves to war.
@@rbeck3200tb40 it looks like an ft17 from ww1, the french army used them in some supply even up until the battle of France in 1940 and the Germans captured and used many of them after the evacuation at dunkirk
I can only imagine the photographer never got to develop them. And then? The family may have found it too painful to want to see them. So 70 years goes by before they become 'real' again.
You caught my heart seeing history and maybe the last picture of love one's. Priceless. Wow I have a couple that have been not developed. Amazing talent. Archives Thank you.
This is a beautiful thing you done. Thank you for sharing. B&W photography is more beautiful to me than color because it causes my mind to focus and imagine more of the photographer must have been seeing or experiencing when he/she captured that moment in time.
Pádraigín O'Hare - I share your emotion. I have been working on genealogy during this COVID19 shutdown in America - drawing strength from honoring what our ancestors survived.
I have photos taken by my father-in-law, Edward Cwalinski in the 1935 - 1941 Era. He served in the US Army in Hawaii from 1936 through WWII. These photos are extremely good quality, and I have scanned them into digital files. Almost all of them are images of military subjects. If you would like to have copies of these digital images I would be glad to share them with you. I can mail you a CD or DVD if you will give me a street address or a post office box address. Barry Litchfield Canyon Lake Texas
9:27... I'm fairly certain that this was taken in Fort Benning, Ga at the old chapel. You can still walk into it and the barracks as they've been preserved and turned into a museum.
@@RescuedFilmProject ... Wow really? They must have used exact building plans, because it is 100% identical aside from the light fixture above the doors being slightly different today. You wouldn't guess it by the humble exterior, but the interior is actually quite beautiful.
What you're doing is a noble effort, with reverence and respectability given. It's very important for these pictures to be seen...their story needs to be told.
This video was so random . I enjoyed it very much not what I'm into but i do like historical stuff . I subscribed i feel the passion in his work very interesting 👍
Bill Huber The Germans took any tank or weapon they could grab. Many if not most of the weapons used in the construction of the Atlantic wall were captured weapons. In fact most of the really big guns were salvaged from war ships .
My dad would develop pictures for a local news paper The Enterprise. I remember being in the dark room. I always got to rinse and the hang them or run through the dryer. He had a GIANT camera for enlarging. I still have that camera. Its 4 foot long! Lol
If I'm right,that was an old Speed,or Crown Graphic- 4×5,and those cameras could turn out some super negatives,and I know from experience,having processed,and printed,more than a few hundred of those types of negatives! That as both an Air Force photographer and as a civilian! Graphics also had roll film backs,for both 120,and 220 film,as did Calumet,memories!!
My mother would have loved you, she too had a facination with photography and although purely amature in skill she was gifted with the eye and heart of one with experiance...sadly she's passed on but she would have loved to learn about you and what you do, something we intend when we take a picture, to protect a memory...thank you for sharing this project, for your time, dedication and most of all having the heart of a memory keeper..
I have many negs, and dispositives as I have spent many years as a commercial photographer,and many hours in the darkroom processing and printing. I wish to scan them to digital. I have 70mm and 35mm formats. I want to find a scanner that can achieve good resolution. What scanner are you using? Your results look extremely sharp. I need to get them done, as time is marching on. Love to hear from you regarding this...I’ve always taken the view that time is what adds value to photographs. So i can appreciate your work, and realise the value of these images. Cheers. Love your work...
He uses an Epson flatbed scanner. I can't tell for sure from the video, but it's either a V700, V750, V800 or V850. They all have quite good performance, but keep in mind it's a lot of time and work. A good lab with a Noritsu or Fuji frontier scanner is also a great and fast option, if you're able to afford it
"You can't take pictures of yesterday" my Mum said every time she took a picture.
But you can make a memory out of it 😉
@@forefatherofmankind3305 Memories are faulty. We remember moments differently.
Forefather Of Mankind Alzheimers has joined the game
That right there is soo dam true.
True! And that's why we take photos, to remember all our yesterday's.
The pictures at 10:13 and 6:05 are taken in Metz, France. I live there and I 100% recognize the old glass roof of the train station and some other buildings
I was thinking that might have been France! Thanks!
That entire area from Metz south to Nancy was the site of some very fierce battle action of strategic consequence as the allies pushed into Germany across the Moselle River. Many thousands of warriors and innocent civilians of every age died or were horribly wounded there during combat operations in ‘44. Those photos appear to me to likely be from after cessation of hostilities (I see few if any weapons, and because the soldiers aren’t wearing battle dress as they would be if in combat). Also because they’re clearly waiting to catch a train in several shots (all trains were blasted to bits in ‘44/45 and weren’t restored to service until after the war ended).
The image at 8:39 is the front of Gare St Jean, Bordeaux - there are a couple of other Bordeaux images in there too that I recognise. I used to live a couple of hundred metres from that station and I know that view so well.
I've been in that station many times, but didn't recognize it due to the angle of the photograph.
C.S.Allen: yes, most likely post War. I saw two shots of French Honor Guard at what possibly was a funeral or perhaps a memorial ceremony. The remaining photos looked to be GIs with the exception of what appeared to be a French civilian wearing a black overcoat (standing amongst the GIs at the train station).
Moments in time that would have been lost forever, if not for you. I, for one, am moved. Thanks you for sharing.
Actually, if not for the photographer
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I can't understand the dislikes to this video
The only 2 people that seen the real picture, was the person that took it and now you! Hats off, wonderful service you are performing.
The fascinating thing is that the person who took the picture hasn't even see these pictures, this guy is the first person to ever see these pictures.
Both of my grandfathers and my great uncle were there on D-day. They were both wounded, but both survived. It was something one grandfather refused to ever talk about again. My other grandfather and his brother, who had also been shot down over occupied France, talked about it all the time. He and his brother were both on a bomber. My grandfather was the navigator and his brother was the belly gunner. They were shot down and only the two of them survived. They hid and slowly made their way out on foot.... only to be put on a boat and sent to D-day. They both survived, both were wounded in the crash, and again wounded on the beach. It seemed like my grandfathers and great uncle had about a dozen lives each: and they all survived to their late 90s. We lost the last one a year ago.
Jamie Lynn wow! I bet they had some stories to tell..
I thank them for their service 🇺🇸
I would love to hear the whole story!
@@disappearintothesea They sure did. They would get together on holidays and it would all be about their stories. I had a friend of mine who served 6 tours in the middle east come to spend one of the holidays with us. They really liked him and they compared a lot of the then vs now stuff. Now only my mom's mom is left. Holidays are not the same now.
@@TheAlexLamberty I would love to, but I can't They have all passed away now. Grampa Allphin was the last to go, but he didn't even know who any of us were by the time he passed. Grampa Ridgeway, he was in his upper nineties and sharp as a tack when he passed, same with his brother. I wish I had their stories written down. I feel like a big chunk of our family history is gone.
We lived. We were here. Remember Us. -People of the past.
+NeWx89 perfect analysis.
Star Trek: The Next Generation; The Inner Light
Your comment is heart breaking to me for some reason 💔
Lefty
You have written important words. I have lost someone from my past last year, only one photograph remained, and its been lost. You are doing important work!
The gentleman is so beautifully dedicated to his craft and ultimately, to humanity. Many blessings to him.
Stop ! you'll have me crying --again
@@MrDaiseymay It's refreshing to see someone with this kind of dedication. History comes at you in different ways, we are lucky to see this here and now.
Hes handsome too.
I was a journalist on board the USS Lexington, CVT16 back in the latter part of the 60s. I remember taking photos with a format camera back then. Rolls just like you're working with.. The spools on the carrier back then were wire spools.. I got very good at developing film.. I always love waiting for images to come up in the Dark Room.. man this brings back those memories.. thank you for what you're doing...
I remember the archived pictures and negatives from WW2 in files in the Photo Lab from the period of the war. Aftermath of a kamikaze attack on a gun tub.. and the Devastation in bodies and bent metal.. I truly could feel it more because having been aboard the ship for 2 years.. You can just imagine the ways you could die.
I wonder if they still have those files on board the Lexington. It's now a museum in Corpus Christi Harbor... You should check with them. I'm sure some of that stuff, if not already, should be preserved. Thank you so much for what you're doing
I served on the Lexington from 67 to 69.. .
I've been on the Lex as a museum, and I could inquire to see if they have the negatives or film still.
David Lemon the uss lexington is now converted in a museum in the port side of Corpus Christi, TX.
Well then, your old darkroom is within spitting distance of me...
There might not be any interest in revealing footage of war that includes devastation, because maybe fewer young men will go to war willingly if required to.
@@ideoformsun5806 And maybe that's how it should be. Any deception on the issue is lying.
This reminds me of real memories. Some are faded, some are sharp as if it were today. Some memories are confused with others overlapping. While others have certain things sharp and blurry of the same moment. As I age, I often find my memory of something to be crystal clear of a single moment, while the time surrounding it blurry and the people ghostlike. When I see these images it feels like we are carving open someone's memory and seeing how they remember events.
Wonderful and very interesting observation Deb.
Now, that is a thought provoking perspective. So true.
The beauty of it all 🖤
As film is an organic material much like the human brain, in nature they are not very different.
When I was in the Marines I always carried a camera to catch moments whenever I had down time. Respect for what you do.
John B., Same here, and I agree.
Notice @6:11 the little sign in the snow on the bottom right corner of the picture? Most definitely a Marine base! Haha. SF DD
The men in these stills are people's granddads, great granddads in their youth. Just speechless...
Just like every photograph that is from this period. You lose your power of speech pretty easily.
Did you know that every picture you will ever see is a picture of the past? Even a picture you take on your cell phone and then immediately look at is a picture from a time that no longer exists.
If anyone ever asks if you wasn't to see a picture of them when they were younger, you have to realize that is every picture ever taken of them, ever. Seems self explanatory.
Shelby Seelbach yes but this is coming from a time that not every one had a camera like in today’s world.
@@lemonaid8678 and? WW2 photos are anything but rare.
Shelby Seelbach compared to later wars yes thay are.
@@lemonaid8678 No, no they're actually not.
That is absolutely astounding that the images on that film survived. It would've been a crime for those photos to never see the light of day. The history there is priceless. So many of those men may never have made it home. Thank you for the work you do! History deserves to be viewed and remembered!!
@MichaelKingsfordGray And you can do better?? Show us your work.
@MichaelKingsfordGray You stupid boy. He did the best work in the world.
MichaelKingsfordGray you really are a fucking loser. Signed, don nebes. My real name.
I was astonished that he just "developed" them, and talked about not "bulk" processing them(basically, because with seventy-year-old film, the latent image can fade, heat can destroy the film, background radiation and cosmic rays can add to the fog). which is WHY you don't develop more than one roll at a time. that way you don't screw up ALL the film.
Perfectly said Brett.
I'm speechless. The work you're doing is WONDERFUL! Thank you!!
I fully agree!!!
@@alexswedenborg1856 Me too, 4 years later!
@@jugbywellington1134 Me too!!!!
InstaBlaster...
I studied photography in the 1970's and this process was all there was. I am still fond of it. Good work !
shame in those who disliked the video.. pay some respect to the gentleman who worked so tough on the negatives
I admire your patience in scanning this on an Epson flatbed.
My Epson flatbed scanner is able to take an accurate scan off Kodachrome slides and negatives which completely surprised me. Kodachrome was notoriously tough to scan with the early scanners because of an extra layer on the film's emulsion. But Epson seems to have devised a cure.
Vic Marrotti go take your meds you sick bastard
What I find amazing is even though no one may be alive to remember the moment in a picture, the picture can live on, a glimpse of an exact moment! They don't lie, they show what was.
Thank you for rescuing forgotten memories.
+Pierre Dillon Exactly!
I can't help but think of that awesome Dr. Seuss quote when I went to your site and looked at the pictures you had up and I can't think of a better time to use this either.
“Sometimes you will never know the value of something,until it becomes a memory.”
The men lined up outside a Church - the church looks identical to the one that last a steeple to the tornado in last few days.
Thankfully we have young guy like you who has the love and skill to bring these old films back to life.
Very interesting to preserve these events of history.
Just keep doing your job...
Greetings from Australia. 🇭🇲😘
WOW!
I'm lost for words: you've rescued a piece of history that documents truth...that this really took place, and that the general population has never seen before.
Developing film... Boy that brings back memories
This is some amazing work! I serioualy hope you get the recognition and support you deserve!
The work you're doing to preserve these moments in history is absolutely brilliant.
+Matthew Wilcox thank you!
What a wonderful thing you are doing for history. Photography doesn't lie when it is well preserved. Thank you.
From 1976 to 1980 I was a continuous aerial roll reconnaissance processor in the military. Born in Rochester NY. The home of Kodak. Seeing what you are doing and have done brings emotions that can't be described. Hard difficult work but so worth it. You are very talented and skilled. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful stuff, No ego ,no my camera is better than yours the usual UA-cam offerings, Just videos about the beauty,wonderment and love of photography and the it history it captures.Great video and great work you do.
+Harry Stevens Thank you Harry! Hopefully we'll find the time to start producing some more videos.
Rescued Film Project
@Philip Freeman all of the images are on our website here, www.rescuedfilm.com/the-wwii-soldier
Rescued Film Project Great job. Have you been able to narrow down the locations of the various photos and who the photographer was?
Dang good video
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Agreed
Fascinating work. As Charles Dickens wrote in A Christmas Carol, and I paraphrase, "Shadows of things that were". Wonderful video.
That's what all photos are.
I like your comment.
And Charles Dickens paraphrased that from the Bible.
Thank you for saving not only history but a part of someone’s life.
Memories of developing film in Patterson tanks in a blacked out bathroom, and holding up a contact printer to an overhead light bulb to see the first black and white pic....lovely little documentary...love to see more...
Keep up the good work
Chills and misty eyes. This is absolutely breathtaking. What a wonderful project.
I love the smell of D76 in the morning....actually, I miss it now and then.
Oh yea, and fixer fingers.......oh good times!!!!
images at 8:45 & & 10:02 & 10:10 are of the cliff & beach
Veulettes-sur-Mer France
49°50′52″N 0°35′49″E
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veulettes-sur-Mer
the pillbox is still there.
That's sick
Thank you
I could look at pictures like that all day long. Nice job thank you for your time
Tremendous treasures. These pictures are incredible. Keep doing what you are doing, because these are priceless.
It’s so refreshing to see someone appreciate the historical and artistic aspect of revealing these images that otherwise would be lost. I’ve bought and developed some old film from the 70s in LA. I miss my darkroom.
Like pictures of ghosts, even the buildings! Any idea who the photographer was? Ever had someone go, "HEY! That's me!", or, "I know that guy!"?
+Tricknologyinc Only once so far!
+Rescued Film Project That had to of been a powerful moment when that happened. By chance did you ever send that person a copy or anything of that?
+Tricknologyinc Sincethe1950's I have always made a point of looking at old photographs to see if I could see my father who had served in WW2. I still do. In 2005 I had success in an obscure village in the lakeland area of northern Poland when a first cousin retrieved an old case of wartime photographic albums that had been hidden when the communists had taken over that area in 1945.
There is a man that looks very much like my father at 6:23, the short soldier carrying a duffle bag in each hand. Because the man in the photo turned his head, it made the photo blur. I think this is a fantastic project, kudos!
this guy doesnt care who the photographer was.....he wants the glory for developing and he makes money off of these photos thru UA-cam revenues and selling t-shirts
This is magic! Thank you for what you're doing! Being from Rochester, NY and very connected with Kodak, I'm always amazed to see how well the film holds up! There's just something about it!
Good work! The photographer had a good eye and he chose the best format, the long-forgotten 116/616.
I'm so glad Someone Like You cares and takes the time to work hard to develop that film thank you
Stepping back in time very sobering photos, Imagine all those Brave men who went to war are all gone now. But their Mortal images still remain on the newly discovered photos. Thanks for saving that History for us all....Well Done!
Really wonderful passion you have for keeping history alive and never forgotten. May the younger generation never forget that old man or woman you see was once young, and very likely served during ww11 or Vietnam. They are also living storehouses of an unforgettable era.
The last photo that I have of my mother's father was taken in Malaya, before the Japanese invasion. AIF 🇦🇺 we still have his record ⏺ collection. 💚
Absolutely incredible. Recovering historical moments.
By doing this you are giving them the due respect they deserve.
My utmost respect for you.
Thank you for the awesome job of bring this great part of history back to life. The world needs to see them the images are so powerful.
66 dislikes??? why would you dislike this?? crazy people..
They aren't crazy. Their eyes were welling up with tears and they mistook the thumbs down button for the thumbs up button 😁
Some people just have AP......Asshole Predilection. They do it because they are powerless and can't do anything constructive or creative.
How very true, and too stupid to appreciate what is being achieved here.
As of 3-6-20 there are 109 commie bastards giving a thumbs down.
blind people? (='.'=)
Enjoyed this tremendously. I love historical pictures, photographs and thank you for all the restoration work to these films
Beautiful work, years ago I discovered 4 rolls of film from my grandfather attic. They were marked “for tropical climate” He served in the South Pacific in WWII, he was an avid amateur photographer his whole life. But these were never developed. At the time (late 90’s) I didn’t have an outlet to develop these. Maybe something to pursue now. Thanks for sharing your passion 👍🏼
Did you ever develop them? if not I do developing for people.
Bravo I am a third generation army vet my father in law was in WW2 and my grandfather in law was WW1 and I was in the 90s. Any time you rescue film of this significance it is a wonderful accomplishment.
Thank you for saving those rolls of film. They're a treasure that no one can ever recapture again. Thanks for sharing them too. I appreciate the opportunity to see them. I love old photos.
My God, this is so emotional to me. Is like to travel back in time and see what people from that time period seen. You do such an important job to preserve the history for the future generations who will see this pictures. I am a photographer myself and for me every single picture I take is part of my cells. Many of my photos were lost. Thousands of photos get lost because of the digital data storage failure. And it is heart breaking when you know is never comeback. That''s why is so important the archives projects work as you do. Thank you for letting me to have a look on the history.
Film is better because its long term it will outlast digital thats just a fact, Digital images are never going to be preservable so they literally have to use film to preserve digital movies its kinda ironic that they invented and tout digital yet you have to use film to preserve the image cause file formats can become obsolete, tech can leave behind old software formats and then you can view the images.
Kodak Ektachrome properly processed has a lifespan of up to 350 years before significant degredation might even occur. I have some slides that were my grandpas stored in a hot garage for 50 years and they still look like new.
It made me tear up so see the soldiers faces and think how many soldiers are forgotten, and died in combat.
in fact in ww2 more civilist died then soldiers and these are thr people that we forgett about the most
Black and white film processing is like magic. I used to do a lot of it. When the prints start to appear in the tray that’s my favorite part
yes, I can totally relate to that excitement, though in a slightly different way.... I used to work on old vacuum tube televisions years older than me and the first wave of excitement came from getting a full raster on the
screen, the second a transmitted image.... greetings from Bellows Falls, Vermont
William Morse You know I can relate, my dad was an expert on electronics and we dragged many a TV home from the town dump and I often watched as he fiddled with tubes , yokes and later on, circuit boards until he got a picture or ascertained it unrepairable. What a different time.
@@deltabloo yes, different times.... my father was a land surveyor who used iron pipes to mark
property corners.... that pipe came from a scrap yard with mountains of just about anything
made of metal.... this was in the late 60s, early 70s..... great place for exploration.... that physical
world was grittier, but far more interesting than a modern day plant hidden within a currugated building.
This is very inspiring. Your dedication, your "craftsmanship" for lack of a better word. Glad to see someone taking the time and having the affection for the craft to bring these treasures into the light again.
That was very cool! Thank you very much for saving and sharing those pictures. I hope to see more.
Thank you... a civilization that forgets its past hold no hope for a future, and you have rescued part of our past through your effort, time and money.
+JavierCR25 thank you for your support Javier!
"Welcome Home Well Done" is not what Vietnam veterans were told....JS
@John Barber Learn to control your anger or your parents will have you forcibly removed from their basement......again.
@John Barber Fuckoff, douchebag.
One war saved the world from fascism. The other was was just for the sake of the American empire.
Don’t talk about Vietnam, don’t talk about meaningless wars.
@@excatholic1748 What does that have to do with the soldiers that fought there though? Young men die for old men's war. The soldiers who fight should never be the one's to blame, they don't send themselves to war.
Did anybody else have a lump in their throat watching this? Powerful stuff, don't stop dude keep doing this!
ThankYou. I am so glad that someone has taken the time to save these forgotten memories.
Big Than you
i love old photos and film, the older the better, i share your joy, time travel made possible by people like you.
The German tank at 8:15 looks like a captured Renault French light tank from the 1930s
They usually used them for rear guard duties.
@@budmeister
I did some research online and I think this is one of the first French Renault tanks from the 1920s right after WW 1. Its very old
Soldiers of surrender. Of course they captured the French tank.
@@mickfitz76the allies used axis tanks too.
@@rbeck3200tb40 it looks like an ft17 from ww1, the french army used them in some supply even up until the battle of France in 1940 and the Germans captured and used many of them after the evacuation at dunkirk
I can only imagine the photographer never got to develop them. And then? The family may have found it too painful to want to see them. So 70 years goes by before they become 'real' again.
It's sad that that's the only thing you can imagine
@@shelbyseelbach9568 it's sad that there's probably a good chance that it's true
@@wat8437 "probably a good chance that it's true."
That has to be the most definitive statement I've ever heard!
LMFAO!
@Frank Silvers I'm 50, so?
@Frank Silvers really, not even a guess?
You caught my heart seeing history and maybe the last picture of love one's. Priceless. Wow I have a couple that have been not developed. Amazing talent. Archives Thank you.
This is a beautiful thing you done. Thank you for sharing.
B&W photography is more beautiful to me than color because it causes my mind to focus and imagine more of the photographer must have been seeing or experiencing when he/she captured that moment in time.
Fabulous work to prevent losing these moments for ever. Thank you for your diligent work. My best
My goodness, what a noble thing you're doing. I hope that Hollywood sees this !!!!!!!!!! Thanks for my part.
This is so beautiful, almost brought tears to my eyes.
With everything going on in this world, I'm crying as I'm watching.
Pádraigín O'Hare - I share your emotion. I have been working on genealogy during this COVID19 shutdown in America - drawing strength from honoring what our ancestors survived.
get it together they are just photos of lost generation
Me too
These photos are incredible. Thank you for your dedication in developing this.
You are not rescuing films, you are rescuing pieces of human history! An admirable cause!
Such passion, someone’s dad, someone’s time, revealed by you, well done from Blighty.
This brings me chills to see. Amazing!
Thanks for the hard work and dedication. I bet there some tense moments during the processing...
Thank you so much. it does get pretty tense but it's so rewarding!
Yup... I bet the chemistry was scary...
Thank you for doing this. You deserve a hug and a huge round of applause.
Bless you for rescuing these photos 🤗
I have photos taken by my father-in-law, Edward Cwalinski in the 1935 - 1941 Era. He served in the US Army in Hawaii from 1936 through WWII. These photos are extremely good quality, and I have scanned them into digital files. Almost all of them are images of military subjects.
If you would like to have copies of these digital images I would be glad to share them with you. I can mail you a CD or DVD if you will give me a street address or a post office box address.
Barry Litchfield
Canyon Lake Texas
9:27... I'm fairly certain that this was taken in Fort Benning, Ga at the old chapel. You can still walk into it and the barracks as they've been preserved and turned into a museum.
Fort Indiantown GAP
@@RescuedFilmProject ... Wow really? They must have used exact building plans, because it is 100% identical aside from the light fixture above the doors being slightly different today. You wouldn't guess it by the humble exterior, but the interior is actually quite beautiful.
I knew that and also Ft. Indiantown Gap at 6:10, 6:26, and 6:55. Very cool.
Love this keep up the awesomeness so true on the importance of pictures
Thank you very much for taking the time and bringing this us. I hope you continue to do so.
What you're doing is a noble effort, with reverence and respectability given. It's very important for these pictures to be seen...their story needs to be told.
A Renault FT with an Iron Cross? That's a whole another story right there.
There's a WW2 history museum in Casper Wyoming that would love to take some of those photos on loan.
I have found undeveloped film at estate sales I wonder what kind of pictures would have been on them before I toss them out
Thank you for your work sir . Amazing photography.
Wonderful video. Thanks for saving these images.
This video was so random . I enjoyed it very much not what I'm into but i do like historical stuff . I subscribed i feel the passion in his work very interesting 👍
The German tank shown is actually captured French.
yep,..Renault all the way
@@TANTRUMGASM Not the best tank to fall into German hands.
The Nazis were desperate.
Bill Huber The Germans took any tank or weapon they could grab. Many if not most of the weapons used in the construction of the Atlantic wall were captured weapons. In fact most of the really big guns were salvaged from war ships .
I think the Germans used the captured Renaults for rear guard duties, where the more modern tanks were needed up on the front lines.
8:57
*Me and the boys looking for Hans and Fritz*
Anyways, I’m glad this historical piece didn’t fall in the wrong hands. Respect.
I literally gasped at 5:49 when the first image was shown. Outstanding work
The job you do is amazing. Preserving history for the whole world to see
This guy saves the past for us all amazing
My dad would develop pictures for a local news paper The Enterprise. I remember being in the dark room. I always got to rinse and the hang them or run through the dryer. He had a GIANT camera for enlarging. I still have that camera. Its 4 foot long! Lol
Camera?
If I'm right,that was an old Speed,or Crown Graphic- 4×5,and those cameras could turn out some super negatives,and I know from experience,having processed,and printed,more than a few hundred of those types of negatives! That as both an Air Force photographer and as a civilian! Graphics also had roll film backs,for both 120,and 220 film,as did Calumet,memories!!
Where do you showcase all the pictures from these rolls? Do you have a website?
Yes on our website! rescuedfilm.com.
My mother would have loved you, she too had a facination with photography and although purely amature in skill she was gifted with the eye and heart of one with experiance...sadly she's passed on but she would have loved to learn about you and what you do, something we intend when we take a picture, to protect a memory...thank you for sharing this project, for your time, dedication and most of all having the heart of a memory keeper..
Wow... thanks for the restoration of the photos
awesome! will you try to find more?
hope some of our guys saved vietnam pictures.
Always!
Anybody know the piece of piano music that starts at 5:45?
Awesome work by the way! Thank you for developing this significant perspective of history.
I would love to know too!
Me too lol
The song is called Sweetly Alone played by Rafael Zacher.
I used an app called Shazam.
I have many negs, and dispositives as I have spent many years as a commercial photographer,and many hours in the darkroom processing and printing. I wish to scan them to digital. I have 70mm and 35mm formats. I want to find a scanner that can achieve good resolution. What scanner are you using? Your results look extremely sharp. I need to get them done, as time is marching on. Love to hear from you regarding this...I’ve always taken the view that time is what adds value to photographs. So i can appreciate your work, and realise the value of these images. Cheers. Love your work...
He uses an Epson flatbed scanner. I can't tell for sure from the video, but it's either a V700, V750, V800 or V850. They all have quite good performance, but keep in mind it's a lot of time and work. A good lab with a Noritsu or Fuji frontier scanner is also a great and fast option, if you're able to afford it
Amazing devotion and love of photography and history. Loved this video.
I think it's wonderful that there are people like this out there doing this.