Sujet
Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool, 1942-1943. Creator: Barnet Saidman.
Légende
Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1942-1943. Two Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) trainees practising printing of photographic negatives in the mobile darkroom trailer. The RAF’s No. 2 School of Photography was established in August 1940 to meet the rapidly increasing need for more photographers and photographic technicians to aid with aerial reconnaissance during the WW2. The School was based at the Blackpool Technical College and Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool. Training of women at the School began in 1941. The mobile photographic darkroom - a darkroom on wheels - was used by advanced Air Force Squadrons for carrying out photographic work at the Front during the WW2. The mobile unit had its own water cooling and heating system, and a trailer for the production of electric power. The darkroom had two compartments, one for developing film, and the other for printing. This photograph is one of a set taken by Barnet Saidman, an RAF officer on the staff at the No. 2 School, and other colleagues, which was compiled into an album and presented to Squadron Leader W H Dunton, officer in charge of the No. 2 School. The album documents the training programme for the WAAF's at the No. 2 School, and is accompanied by written captions. The original album is held by the Defence School of Photography. A second set of prints was collected and presented within the album compiled by Knicky Chapman, who was herself on the staff at the No. 2 School.
Date
1942
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Notre référence
HRM25A27_192
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
84,8Mo (2,4Mo) / 53,2cm x 40,0cm / 6279 x 4721 (300dpi)