Welcome
This site contains the work of Jeff Ball and Gary Hughes and is dedicated to the men of the Army Film & Photographic Unit (A.F.P.U.) during World War Two.
Think of the Second World War and the chances are that a particular image will come to mind. How many of us give any thought as to how that photograph was captured.
Although reproduced in what now must be millions of publications and countless films, very few of the pictures and films taken by the Army Film & Photographic Unit (A.F.P.U.) have been directly credited to them. Their superb photographic archive of all aspects of the life of the British and Commonwealth Armies during World War Two, which is now housed in the Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London, was gained at no little cost. A high proportion of A.F.P.U. personnel paid the ultimate price for that everlasting photographic record of the war.
The Army Film & Photographic Unit Living History Group has been established to:
1. Portray members of the Army Film & Photographic Unit within the context of living history events.
2. Promote the work of the Army Film & Photographic Unit during World War 2.
3. Research the work of and collect and maintain the equipment used by the AFPU.
4. Provide a vehicle for the creation of an archive of World War 2 living history photography.
5. Actively record major World War 2 commemorative living history events.
6. Make available the output from those activities.