Camoflauged 1903 sniper rifle - WW I

ignatandr said:

Don't think that colored picture technology was available in 1918. So, enhanced picture, photoshopped. Could be anything. I could draw Mickey Mouse faces instead of that camouflage.

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100-Year-Old Color Photos Show a Rare Polychromatic Glimpse of World War I

War photographers documented life on the frontlines, and these photos were taken with actual color film 100 years ago.

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Hans Hildenbrand: The German front in rare color photos, 1914-1918 - Rare Historical Photos

These incredible color photographs of the German battlefront during the First World War, 1914-1918, were taken by Hans Hildenbrand.

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mathews691 said:

I often think, how do they know what the colors.

I just watched a video on the sinking of the Szent Istvan, that real famous video of the BB that Italy sent torpedo boats after and it got filmed rolling over. It was in color, as well as black and white. How did they figure out these shades of gray are that color?

In a photo like this, well we know his shirt and pants are this shade of green, the tags are silver, can they make "best guesses" based on known shades of colors?

How do we know this guy was not blonde, or a red head?

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