The Snapshots in Time Collection

Interior of Field Photographic Laboratory Supply Room, CBI Theater, World War II

Interior of Field Photographic Laboratory Supply Room, CBI Theater, World War II

Shelves of film canisters, chemicals, and hardware fill this improvised photographic laboratory storeroom in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Field labs like this one processed aerial reconnaissance imagery critical to Allied air operations over difficult, remote terrain. Project: 218070