WWII Color Slide – Berlin Street Scene Reshot 68 Years Later!

One of my favorite WWII color slide groupings was shot by a US Engineer who was stationed in Berlin at the end of the war.  Quite the shutter bug, he was able to track down German Agfa color film and shoot some of the scenery around Berlin.  In one image, Captain Smith captures a brisk October, 1945 morning on Curtiusstraße in Berlin.  An intrepid researcher was able to track down the original location using information from the store signs.  Special thanks to Berliner Niko Rollmann for reshooting the image for me.

Here’s a link to a google map image: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.442804,13.296139&num=1&t=h&gl=us&z=18

Berlin, 1945

Berlin, 2013

WWII PTO Color Kodachrome Slide – Tire Transport Truck on Guam in Vivid Color

I was able to pick up an additional 40+ color slides taken on Guam, Tinian, and Siapan during WWII.  Pacific Theater color shots are hard to come by due to the high temperatures and scarcity of color film in the far reaching islands of the Pacific.  By my estimation, PTO color slides are outnumbered 2:1 by ETO shots.

Here’s a stunning example of a heavy truck carrying wheels and tires.  Enjoy!