https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/world-war-2-soldiers-manned-13048757

要約
第二次世界大戦中の1940年、兵士達が余興の笑劇を開催中にスクランブル発生し、女装したまま任務に就く様子を写真に撮ったが、英政府は英軍の「ダメージ」になるとして80年間封印してきた。ついに公開！


World War 2 soldiers manned anti-aircraft guns in full DRAG after they were scrambled during panto photo shoot

The wartime government had the lighthearted photographs banned so as not to 'damage' the image of British servicemen

ByLaura Forsyth
10:22, 8 AUG 2018

Recently unearthed photos reveal one of the lighter hearted moments of World War Two , as British soldiers are seen manning anti-aircraft guns in full panto drag.

However 80 years ago the wartime government had the pictures banned so as not to 'damage' the image of the British soldier .

Taken in 1940, pictures show the gunners going about their business in dresses, complete with their usual helmets.

Others show the men applying makeup to each other, running up steps as their dresses blow in the wind and showing off their undergarments on stage.

This set of photographs, taken by John Topham while working in RAF intelligence, was censored by the British Ministry of Information when they were taken during the Second World War.

But now the photographs can be seen for the first time after the originals were found in the archive of the veteran Fleet Street photographer.
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Wartime government banned the pictures so as not to damage the image of the British soldier (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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The unit wearing their dresses are seen running up a grass embankment, in response to the air raid sirens (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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British soldiers are seen performing on stage in full panto-drag (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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The images were taken by photographer John Topham while working in RAF intelligence (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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The photographs were found in the archive of the veteran Fleet Street photographer John Topham (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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With no time to change back into their uniforms, soldiers had no choice but to return to their battle stations in drag (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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Men were seen performing on stage in bonnets, dresses and black stockings (Image: TopFoto / Retronaut / mediadrumw)
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