Captain Frank Hurley, Official Australian Photographer, in a Bristol F.2B Fighter aircraft fitted ...

Accession Number P03137.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made February 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Captain Frank Hurley, Official Australian Photographer, in a Bristol F.2B Fighter aircraft fitted with two cameras mounted on the body. Captain Ross Macpherson Smith sits in the cockpit. The original caption reads: Capt Hurley Aussie Official "Movie King" in Palestine. The largest camera, closest to the photographer is probably a movie camera.