All images by Hans Hildenbrand
Source: Daily Telegraph
Colour photographs of the German Front, WWI
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Right up until the snow picture you’d think it was all taken on a bright sunny day. A few of the photos look like the Germans are congratulating themselves on their destruction skills. “Fine job we did, men, blowing up this farmhouse.” “Quite, quite.”
Or did the French (other Allied forces?) blow up the farmhouse in their retreat? We’ll never know. War is like that.
As for the bright sunny days – it is my understanding that early color film was not as photosensitive as more modern films. Bright sunny days were needed to get a good exposure.
I had heard that the Germans had the better trenches and judging by these pics it seems they did.
Hey John, the Germans had indeed better trenches. I’ve bin in the Verdun region two weeks ago and the German trenches are still there, we walked through them, and it was a weired feeling after al this years.