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New photos of Pearl Harbour discovered after 68 years stored in camera. .

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  • #2
    FoxT
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    Amazing photos, Thanks. Any idea what the little clock/dial is on the 5th pic down, in the bottom right hand corner?


  • #3
    Run_to_da_hills
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    FoxT wrote: »
    Amazing photos, Thanks. Any idea what the little clock/dial is on the 5th pic down, in the bottom right hand corner?
    Looks like a dial inside an aircraft cockpit.

    Next photo a nice image of a Catalina before it would have been destroyed.

    RIP to those that were trying to move it.. :mad:


  • #4
    Morlar
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    They are stunning pictures but check out this quote from that page
    this has been around the internet way too long. It's a hoax..sorry.

    These photographs are genuine and do show the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. However, they were not found stored in a Kodak Box brownie camera nor were they taken by a sailor on the USS QUAPAW. In fact, the images are US Naval archive photographs taken by different people at various locations around Pearl Harbour at the time of the attack. The photographs form part of the historical image collection available on the Naval Historical Center website.


  • #5
    FiSe
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    I have to say that some do look very familiar to me... anyway I found a blog from 2008 with the same photograps and the same story... Nevertheless incredible photos.


    Edit: Hoax, LIFE magazine has it all. I suppose another Pearl Harbor anniversary is coming up and so the legend has to be kept alive :rolleyes:


  • #6
    Run_to_da_hills
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    The only real way to tell would be down to forensics. A good photo lab should be able to tell if the prints came from the same reel / camera and how long they have been around.


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  • #7
    BlackEdelweiss
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    Does the fact that some are taken from land, some from the sea, some from heights and some from ground level not ring any bells, I dont think we need to bother the CSI team about this one, unless that sailor done an awful lot of running and climbing during the attack.


  • #8
    dubtom
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Looks like a dial inside an aircraft cockpit.

    Next photo a nice image of a Catalina before it would have been destroyed.

    RIP to those that were trying to move it.. :mad:
    How do you that particular Catalina was destroyed, I don't see how you could tell from the next photo.


  • #9
    kowloon
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    I wonder if film would last that long just sitting in a camera. You hear about movie film being badly damaged after being stored in a proper container for 25 odd years.


  • #10
    Bill G
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭Bill G


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The only real way to tell would be down to forensics. A good photo lab should be able to tell if the prints came from the same reel / camera and how long they have been around.

    No, you can be pretty sure they aren't all from the same camera, unless you think the photographer jogged for miles around Pearl Harbor,
    during an air attack, snapping pictures, and then caught a boat over to Ford Island to take pictures during the attack there as well.


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