Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection
of World War II Photographs (continued)

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Gallery 12

Date	Image #	Caption
Date is illegible	77.09.4142ab	BEFORE THE BLACKOUT LONDON: - Dad overhauls buttons on his home guard uniform before going on duty; Mom starts another pair of khaki socks on her knitting needles, and junior reads of the thrilling feats of his day
No date	77.09.4146	BACK IN ENGLAND – AND HAPPY TO BE THERE – This BEF soldier managed to save kitten mascot too Credit: Cable photo
No date	77.09.4156	No caption
Illegible date	77.09.4160a	Illegible caption
No date	77.09.4161	No caption
No date	77.09.4164	No caption
No date	77.09.4168	No caption
No date	77.09.4189	No caption
No date	77.09.4200a	AIRBORNE TROOPS IN SOUTH FRANCE In this photo, one of the first received of the allied invasion of Southern France, gliders which carried airborne allied troops to the new beachhead are parked in fields after accomplishing their mission…..the remainder of this caption is torn – illegible.
Date illegible	77.09.4215a	Caption illegible
No date	77.09.4221a	New York Bureau (right bottom corner of caption torn away) POUNDING NAZI AIRFIELDS FRANCE – Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacked six Nazi airfields in France on February 5^th including the important aircraft repair and overhaul base at Villacoublay near Paris. A formation of bombs, whiz down… Credit line (ACME)
date missing	77.09.4229a	(caption torn, partially missing) BRITISH ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AGAINST ITALIAN PLANES AFRICA—Italian censor said this picture was taken from an Italian plane after British anti-aircraft guns set up a barrage during …Italian raid on some British point in Africa …the lone plane. Credit Line (ACME)
No date	77.09.4295a	New York Bureau French Resort Wears Camouflage Dress Nice, France -- The camouflage dress on the buildings along the Quai des Etats-Unis, famous waterfront boulevard in Nice, signifies its change from a famous southern France resort to an important war objective. Nice was liberated by Allied invasion forces in southern France in the same week that Paris and Marsaille were taken. Credit: ACME
No date	77.09.4316a	New York Bureau Take Me Back To Noo Yawk! Paris, France - Three American soldiers get their eyes full of the Statue of Liberty which stands in the Seine River, probably seeing in their minds’ eye its counterpart which holds its beacon aloft in New York Harbor. Credit: ACME
No date	77.09.4385	Radiophoto When facilities for transmission radiophotos from London to NY were restored today for first time since disastrous incendiary raids of Dec. 29, this photo was among those received, showing “General view ruined street in London”.
No date	77.09.4393	Last of the B.E.F. passing wreckage in street of Dunkirk on way to embarkation. (Radio, Paris-New York. Passed by Censors)
No date	77.09.4398	Captured French soldiers in front of Palace at Versailles, according to caption from German source. Photo flown to Berlin. Radioed to New York.
No date	77.09.4459a	New York Bureau Ferreting Out Enemy Subs is Their Job Atlantic – Roaring out over merchant ships loaded with supplies for the Allied Nations, U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Planes take up their positions around the fringes of the convoy. A Navy Blimp weaves over the Merchantmen as Coast Guard Cutters Sweep the shipping lanes.
No date	77.09.4471a	Theater of Rest London – Weary Belgian refugee children sleeping on mattresses placed between rows of seats in London’s Empress Hall after a hazardous flight from their war-torn homes. (Photo flown to New York by Clipper) Credit: ACME
No date	77.09.4483	Gen. Pedro Ramirez (center) and Gen. Arturo Rawson (left) are shown addressing a crowd beneath the Government House balcony at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo radioed to New York from Buenos Aires. Passed by censor. Credit: ACME
No date	77.09.4490	No caption
No date	77.09.4520a	New York Bureau Budapest Bombed England – Burning oil refinery and hits on crowded railroad yard indicate the successful first attack made by British and American MAAF when they struck April 3^rd. Credit: U.S. Army Radiophoto from ACME
No date	77.09.4553	No caption
No date	77.09.4554	No caption
No date	77.09.4555	Convoy arrives somewhere in the Pacific.

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Through the Camera's Eye: The Allison Collection of World War II Photographs (continued)

Gallery 12

Through the Camera's Eye:
The Allison Collection
of World War II Photographs (continued)