This is an Original (not cheap import copy) WWII British Army Photography and Film Unit vêlkrö Combat Camera PATCH: A.F.P.U. SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA (SSI) REPO. Please note that there are color variations due to different settings on different PCs and different Monitors. The color shown on your screen is most likely not the true color.
The Army Film and Photographic Unit was a subdivision of the British armed forces, set up on 24 October 1941 to record military events in which the British and Commonwealth armies was engaged in. The AFPU was disbanded in 1946. During the war, almost 23% of all AFPU soldiers were killed in action. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 the Ministry of Information controlled and censored publicity related to all military and civil actions. Separately, the Director of Public Relations, War Office dealt specifically with the affairs of the British army. It was quickly realised that the front line was no place for untrained photographers and cameramen, and a call was made to recruit existing soldiers who had pre-war professional experience with both cameras and cine film. Under Lt. Col. Hugh St. Claire Stewart, Pinewood Studio was selected as the headquarters of the new unit called the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU) as well as the RAF Film Unit and the Crown Film Unit, who produced propaganda films for the Ministry of Information. It was here that soldiers could be trained in recording events at the front. From this establishment, photographers and cameramen travelled with various regiments - home and abroad - to record the British army in action. AFPU used 35mm black and white mute cine film, roughly 100 foot long and lasted approximately 1 minute 20 seconds (running at 24 frames per second). Sound effects and commentary would be later added to recordings to prepare them for use as newsreels.
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