The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-05


equally wa, that the camera ia the
eve of li, airplanca DO YOU tppr,r
Cliio that so highly has aerial uhN.
tography htcu developed durlus 10
WaI.. virtually nothing can happen
upon the surface Of the earth that
/. not recorded uy the Icrp camera d
ull-sccinE ,yC'
D,d ,ou know mat photographs
taken from q neigh VI Two wli's
have shown quite dIstnriIv IN" W'''s
of field i,cphon'-' That vN''7
buried nU'f dozen f,c' !n the
ground show ON the scusltlAci pilates
almost pe plainly as trenches Ihhi
tho foo prints .oft hN a single soldier
crossing q cultivated tcld arc detect.
cI hy the piercing 'Fc of the
Camcra
Were ,cu aware that when the
United Sihlcs entered The wa ESQ
O00 prints mad been issued ry the
British air service alone or that
during the offensive lu tho Argonn",
the American phoiugrsph.T sections
made 100000 aero rho,ogpphN !n
four dty-'
Rtgnn with the War
As actIhl Photography Was an cn.
tifc.y new military eIhlv.i 81 the
outbrcdl OF the var Iu l3li ih'Fv
were no Irccrd,nts tu act AS gultca
nor was there QRy special apparatus
tn cNiStSnrc Consequently, the rniIr
art was developed and brought To- &C.
present state ~ perfection hy the
allies under the incentive of military
necessity and after tho war had bc.
gun A. trench warfare made aerial
photography not only important bat
vital go the slcuce- ~ any military
operations. the changes and improve
mcnts In the apparatus employ
came with incredible rapidly prac-
tees employed one week becoming
Obsolete the next. Al tho beginning
of 'hc war II was possible to fN at
low altitude and secure reasonably
satisfactory pictures with the ordi-
nary hand cameras which were the
only kind then available Bui as
anti-aIrCraft artillery was developed,
the planes were forced To climb high-
or 10 keep out Of their range and
owing 10 the necessity Tor longer
FOCUS lenses. special plates and color
filters to overcome tho haze existing
between tho camera and the Clrth.
photography at these high attitudes
hocaIc increasingly difficult and
complicated
Tho rnmarkhT1e contributions ~
'he United states to war photography
In the faw months In which our OBJ
Servers we're on tho front are set
forth in america x munitions l9lH-
ls. tho report Of tho director ~ mu-
nitions. Benedict CroWell In this
volume tho Amerieon people may
read IN detail the amazing story or
war activity on this side of the ocean
and thus come to understand how
latl
nv the sale OF Liberty bonds and
through taxation. were devoted to
the purpose Of victory
Demanded Improvement.
when the United states entered
the va, the British. French and
ltauans were using plates exclusively
and We AT first followed their lead.
1t not being until some months later
that We turned to films A. this time
the British were using tNj plates
and cameras equipped with lenses or
from eight to l2-inch focus. instead
OF makIag contact prints from these
negatives. cnlargCmCnts 6'aNNig
were made on glossy paper. II he
ing claimed that this process gave
greater control In printing Whcthcr
the British system really had all me
advantages claimed for 1t Is open in
question. but In any event Nc adopt
cd II and followed it through the FIRST
nine months OF the war, The great
masters Of photography I'm Rochcs-
ter we're by no means content 10 let
another m mtion set the pace for the
United states where photography was
concerned, howcver, and In January.
1918. "A concern In that city com
pletcd a very remarkable aero
camera. radically different from any
thing which had been seen In tu-
ropc up to thar time, which was
promptly adopted by the war depart
ment This camera, whiCh TOOK an
lS-cmN2t-cm picture, had focal
length Of % inches and held a roll
~ film on whlch 100 successive eN-
poSures could be made weighed only
80 pounds Its most novel feature
was the "vacuum back consisting
~ 4 perforated sheet which extend
ed across tho top ~ the chamber ana
over tho face ~ which IN" nm
passed. \ slight afr suction. produced
hy a ventura tube placed Wf"rc "
would catch tho rush of air past
tho pIanc. SERVED 10 hold INC flm
absolutely fiat for tho slightest
curvature OF 49, surfY'c wFTld play
havoc with the perspNgtive ~ pic
turc taken from L helghI say OF 10
600 fecr This ingr NOUS camera was
driven by an electric motor which
changed the film and automatically
sci tho shutter IN" observer having
nnlv 20 Sct,thc machinery going ana
rcgulai> It's speed according 20 the
rate Of travel of tho airplsue In or
der 10 obtain series of pictures
forming continuous photograph or
the territory over which the machine
was passing
The Gun tamcrD.
Another picturesque phase ot
aerial Photography Of which the pun
Ne has heretofore been permitted 20
know n,Nt 10 nothing was tho 50
called gun camera the invention
Of Thornton Pickard of Al,ringhHm,
Enghni This camera. which was
designed for the purpose " training
aerial -slnncrs. Initiated as closely ~
possible Marlin aircraft machine
gun. aud In order 20 make a pic
mrc II vas necessary for the op-
orator 10 so through tho same move
mcnY g. ir nrlug marlin gun The
uirtnrs Nak made through circular
grtiIrulr s,nH Hhronizcl with me, sight
ON the tKrd machine gun. So. n the
f1m uuCu being developed. showed
that tho sumner bad scored - h''
with the camera he would have hocr
equally tucr,ssful with am actual
machine gun Tho gun cameras -
Developed I'm the United states were
OF two kinds. ono. using regular
Brownie film took one picture each