Morris C8 21 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Rare set of negatives that show whats left of a village in France WW1 RUINS of VILLERS FRANQUEUX taken from the Original Negatives from my collection. Negatives / photos were taken in 1918-1919. The village suffered extensive shelling during the war. The names of the owners houses are on the photos. I printed the photos into a hardback book from the negs [ 6 books only ]. I will be going to see the village in Oct. This is a link to see all the photos on youtube as its a slide film of them. Edited June 25, 2017 by Morris C8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Some of the photos and a map from the book. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Redherring 11 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Thanks for putting these up. I have enjoyed studying them... Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Thanks Robert, there are about 110 original negs/photos of this village that i have.. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Here are some photos that i have taken on the visit. We were made very welcome, it was took a lot of walking to find what houses that were left after ww1, most were taken down after the war. I have a lot more info to enlarge the book now. Some then and now photos of the houses. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Some more then and now photos. There were only 12 houses left that you could live in, the rest were pulled down after the war and the village was rebuilt from 1923. We found 5 of the original houses left as some of the others were pulled down, one of them just 5 years ago. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 20 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Great comparison photo's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) A post card of the above photo before ww1, you can see the gate pillers are the same. Edited December 22, 2015 by Morris C8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 At last i found and bought some original German air photos of the village and area 40 in all from 1917-1918. I will add some of them and up date the book. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 XXX shows some of the houses in the photos, and the mairie [ town hall ] before and after. Keith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Photo of the station pre war Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) more original ww1 photos, from my collection shows the French army HQ in a house in ruins taken in 1917 VILLERS FRANQUEUX Edited June 22, 2018 by Morris C8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Just bought some original German air recon photos of the area. Keith 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 One more with VF on the right. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johann morris 45 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Excellent pictures and perfectly timed as I was looking for some pictures of partially destroyed houses for a project that I am working on. Thanks for posting, Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 I do not work for them. I have just bought this to colour my B&W photos The software is this Pixbim ColorSurprise AI, you can have 7 days for free, and i take a photo from my pc screen of it. link. ColorSurprise AI Pixbim Downloads | PixBim. It`s not to bad and needs a little work on the photos, the cost is about $39 or £30 . I do not work for them. Here are some ww1 photos taken from my original negs that i have made in colour of a village in france and a tank photos. People are harder to colour. They take from 6sec to 60sec to colour, then i photo enhance them with a photo software on my pc. I have made some colour photos from ww2. Keith 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rootes75 18 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Wow, the colour makes them so vivid. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MatchFuzee 26 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Far better colourisation using software than an app. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morris C8 21 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 A few more of the village taken from my original B&W negs from 1918/19. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rootes75 18 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Strange to think they are over 100 years old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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