Informal portrait of a Fox Movietone News cameraman, probably Eric W Bierre, with his movie ...

Accession Number P10895.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 17-19 December 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of a Fox Movietone News cameraman, probably Eric W Bierre, with his movie camera on a tripod and a roll of film hanging from his neck. Fox Movietone were filming a training exercise for the newsreel "Armour of the Infantry". This image is from the collection of SX3202 Lieutenant Colonel Rowland Austin Perkins who served with the 2nd Australian Tank Battalion during the Second World War. See F00379 for the film "Armour of the Infantry".