http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Tue, 08 Nov 2024 05:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/#comment-2946 Ruth Mon, 05 Jul 2024 17:17:11 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4720#comment-2946 These are fantastic! Had no idea the Opera House was a nightclub in the war. Incidentally, David Sherman teamed up with Lee Miller and headed to France & Germany after D Day capturing events such as the liberation of concentration camps on film. Sherman took the famous picture of Lee in Hitler's Munich apartment, scrubbing herself in his bathtub. Apparently she took a matching shot of Dave! These are fantastic! Had no idea the Opera House was a nightclub in the war. Incidentally, David Sherman teamed up with Lee Miller and headed to France & Germany after D Day capturing events such as the liberation of concentration camps on film. Sherman took the famous picture of Lee in Hitler’s Munich apartment, scrubbing herself in his bathtub. Apparently she took a matching shot of Dave!

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/#comment-2942 Scott Mon, 05 Jul 2024 16:02:02 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4720#comment-2942 The pictures of the tube escalators are interesting. It appears everyone is just standing--not walking down them. I'm curious if the practice of walking down escalators had not started yet, or if everyone just wanted to pose for the camera. The pictures of the tube escalators are interesting. It appears everyone is just standing–not walking down them. I’m curious if the practice of walking down escalators had not started yet, or if everyone just wanted to pose for the camera.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/#comment-2899 Jon Sun, 04 Jul 2024 12:12:32 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4720#comment-2899 Are these pics infrared? Are these pics infrared?

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/#comment-2830 Corporate photographer London Fri, 02 Jul 2024 15:07:28 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4720#comment-2830 The covent garden opera house shot is an amazing glimpse back- is it still around? Grant The covent garden opera house shot is an amazing glimpse back- is it still around? Grant

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/#comment-2685 Ray Martin Tue, 29 Jun 2024 02:31:55 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4720#comment-2685 Great pictures. I love the unbridled joy of the girl dancing the jitterbug Great pictures. I love the unbridled joy of the girl dancing the jitterbug

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/london-blackout-february-1944/#comment-2636 Iain H Mon, 28 Jun 2024 15:02:17 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=4720#comment-2636 Oh my! You can hear the big bands playing so clearly to that set of pictures. Absolutely fascinating - there's such an air of surreptitiousness that pervades the pictures, simply due to the blackout. I wonder if anyone has any colour pictures from the era - would there have been problems taking colour images without any light sources at night? Oh my! You can hear the big bands playing so clearly to that set of pictures. Absolutely fascinating – there’s such an air of surreptitiousness that pervades the pictures, simply due to the blackout. I wonder if anyone has any colour pictures from the era – would there have been problems taking colour images without any light sources at night?

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