Early October 1941 - View from Dahr-el-Baidar Pass towards the Beqaa Valley & Anti Lebanon Mountains in Syria [now Lebanon]

IMAGE INFO

- Viewpoint is looking east-south-east into the Beqaa Valley, with the Anti Lebanon Mountains in the distance.

- Tom shot this pic approx. 600 metres further east, along the now Rue Ash Sham or Beirut-Damascus International Highway.

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SOURCE INFO

- Original B&W image was captured by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley of the Australian Army 2/1 Anti-Tank Regiment, 19 Brigade, 2 Australian Imperial Force, using a Kodak Six-20 Popular Brownie box camera with 120 roll film, during his unit's big convoy move from Julis re-training Camp, via Beyrouth, to Ras Baalbek operations camp in the Beqaa Valley, Syria (now Lebanon).

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PROCESS INFO

- Original very faded, blurry & grainy photo print was digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Latest version colourized & enhanced using Skylum Luminar Neo AI, Topaz Gigapixel AI & Adobe Photoshop CS2 softwares.

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