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Villagers check out and American cameraman in a village in Yunnan province, China. During WWII.

American photographers at work in the workshop in China during WWII. On the left Eugene T. Wozniak repairs a piece of photographic equipment.

An American photographer interact with local people in a village in Yunnan during WWII.

An American photographer interacts with local people in a village in Yunnan during WWII.

Photographic technicians at work in a photo lab somewhere in the CBI.

A photographer interacting in a village in Yunnan province. He's a corporal, so he hasn't been in the service very long. The pith helmet he's wearing is something GIs frequently bought in India on their way into China. The Speed Graphic he's shooting is a late model (earlier Graphics did not did not have the Military ID plate on the...

A photographer lets an old man try out his movie camera in the CBI. Hal Geer noted in 2008, "His A-2 flight jacket looks brand new and the leather flying cap did not arrive until late in 1945. So this is someone who just arrived in China. The camera is a late model Bell & Howell 16mm camera. You can...

An American photographer (left) talks to a civilian, probably also a photographer (right), at a market in a village in Yunnan province. Between the two men is a modified 35mm Bell 7 Howell Eyemo. It was modified to use 400 ft film magazines. The lens board up front is unique. This was possibly Chinese modification. The power cable is wrapped...

A photographer walking the paths of a village in Yunnan province stops to engage a Chinese soldier. Hal Geer relates, "The tripod under his arm was the usual GI tripod that was issued with a Speed Graphic. I never knew anyone who bothered to use it. His camera looks a 35mm camera or an Eastman Medalist that shot 620 roll...

Hal Geer working with a movie camera in the CBI. Upon seeing this image in 2008, Hal responded: "This picture is a total surprise. The camera is a Wahl single system sound camera that arrived in China late in 1944. The sound amplifier is not along side it, so I assume I was just shooting some test footage. The camera...