World War II Archives
General Douglas MacArthur
We definately appreciate the US Archives giving access to their public domain photographs from World War 2, yet the navigation and optimization of their archive isnt exactly user friendly. Some enlarged photos are so big they don't display well. They are all linked from a long text list and it's hard to find what you might be looking for.
So what did we do about it?
Get Info by Pointing your Mouse: Once your at the gallery, mouseover thumbnails for additional info, such as original captions, photographers, artists, locations, and dates (when known). This information is followed by identification numbers. Point your mouse at MacArthur on the right for an example.
Slideshows and Enlargements: Lightbox eliminates the need for viewing images in popups, or constantly using the back button to navigate. Easy to use and nothing special for you to install.
Get the full tour of its features [click here ] or
Jump right in and learn yourself by clicking the slides icon to the left [or here ]
Easy to Navigate: To navigate slideshows you can either use the keyboard,
N for
N ext photo,
P for
P revious photo, and
X will close the viewer, or, you can also navigate by clicking on the enlarged image [
click for demo ]
from www.archives.gov
The Second World War was documented on a huge scale by thousands of photographers and artists who created millions of pictures. American military photographers representing all of the armed services covered the battlefronts around the world. Every activity of the war was depicted--training, combat, support services, and much more. On the home front, the many federal war agencies produced and collected pictures, posters, and cartoons on such subjects as war production, rationing, and civilian relocation.
The pictures featured in our gallery are from the holdings of the Still Picture Branch (NNSP) of the National Archives and Records Administration. Most are from the records of the Army Signal Corps in Record Group (RG) 111, the Department of the Navy in RG 80, the Coast Guard in RG 26, the Marine Corps in RG 127, and the Office of War Information in RG 208. Others were selected from the records of 12 additional agencies. Most World War II Air Force photographs are not in the National Archives. You can purchase black/white prints and slides of these photographs from the national archives, we provided some information below:
FOR INFORMATION ONLY - WE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
Pictures of World War II
Individual Photographs
For information on ordering individual images from this select list or other individual prints, negatives, or slides from our holdings, see Ordering Still Picture Reproductions or contact the Still Picture Reference Team, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-Stills), Room 5360, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Telephone 301-837-0561. Fax: 301-837-3621. E-mail: stillpix@nara.gov .
Complete Slide Sets
You may order this and other slide sets from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) , 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 703-605-6000. Fax: 703-605-6900. Unless otherwise noted, the slide set consists only of black and white images
Pictures of World War II
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Jonathan Heller researched, selected, and arranged the items in this collection. Disclaimer : Some images may show a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553). Any such images that may be contained herein are for the sole purposes of education and information. WW2 Photos: Done as a work of the U.S. federal government, and are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105).Fair Use Notice : This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of historical, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, environmental, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond "fair use", you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
