Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I was there in 1964-1967 we were told that Frank Capra's son had been there as a student perhaps about the time you were there. We also had the opportunity to see the uncut stuff Houston and others produced during and after WW2, would have been handy to have a video camera then. Those films are cut up today, all of the ???? stuff gone. I may have a reel to reel recording of the sound track of San Pietro, I wonder where it is. Gordon Webster Waldoboro ME gordonw@midcoast.com M2 M3 R4 -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Oliver Bryk Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:16 PM To: Leica-Users Subject: [Leica] Military Photographers Gordon Webster wrote: Kind of interesting following this thread. I taught motion picture photography at the Army Signal Center and School at Fort Monmouth NJ in the mid 60's. Shot thousands of feet of 35mm and 16mm B&W and color film and re-rolled countless 100' spools into cassettes for the Leica M2. Same camera I'm using today. Film and processing was no object, as instructors we were encouraged to shoot as much as we wanted. And we did. I was a motion picture photo student at Ft. Monmouth in 1953. My instructor was a Captain whose arm had been shot off in Korea while he was filming an action. One of his frequent reminders to the class was, "gentlemen, always remember that the reason you have only a side-arm instead of a rifle is that you are supposed to be in front of the troops shooting their advance, not behind them filming their asses." Oliver Bryk