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PUBLISHED TO-DAY The River Doon

... , besides its geography. 128 pp. Demy Bvo., 32 pp. half-tone Illustrations, fronts. 15/- net The Camouflage Story by GEOFFREY BARKAS The build-up of supplies for the Alamein offensive presented many problems, but the successful solution to each of them ...

Published: Thursday 23 October 1952
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 214 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Sticks and string

... difficult. But it was done, by the ingenuity of man, with the help of sticks and string and canvas, says ex-camouflage man Geoffrey Barkas in The Camouflage Story (Cassell, 12s. 6d.). For until those massed guns blazed away —and the chameleon army showed ...

Published: Saturday 25 October 1952
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Bocks of the Week CAMOUFLAGE How the British Army deceived

... extensive and effective were the preparations which deceived Rommel so successfully. The book is “ The Camouflage Story,” by Geoffrey Barkas (Cassell, 12s 6d net). Mr, Barkas (or to give him his military description, Lt.-Col. G. Barkas, 0.8 E., M.C) served in ...

Published: Monday 27 October 1952
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 324 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM POST TUESDAY OCTOBER 28 1952 REPORT TO THE PUBLIC of Law’s Tale By Lord Macmillan (Macmillan 21s) By

... centuries Though the climax of the period Sir Stanley covers in his brilliant survey Concealment The Camouflage Story By Geoffrey Barkas (Cassell 12s 6d) By P F Stewart How important and how’ misleading can be the titles of books! The Camouflage Story gives ...

Published: Tuesday 28 October 1952
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 6465 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Artists fooled Rommel

... initiative beat Nazi intelligence throughout the war. THEIR story has been written by the man who organised this biuff—Geoffrey Barkas. film producer. It is called The Camouflage Story (Cassell, 12s. 6d >. Barkas was a film cameraman, temporarily unemployed ...

Published: Wednesday 05 November 1952
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

`SOLD-THE DUMMY' AND MADE HISTORY AT EL ALAMEIN

... `SOLD-THE DUMMY' AND MADE HISTORY AT EL ALAMEIN The Camouflage Story. by Geoffrey Barkas (Cassell. Its 6d). ATOT so long ago an Innumerable company through radio and Press thrilled to the inspiration of the tenth anniversary El Alamein reunion, a rousing ...

Published: Friday 07 November 1952
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 941 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Deception in the desert

... Deception in the desert The Camouflage Story, by Geoffrey Barkas (Cassell. 12s. 6d./. Here is a first-hand description which should interest artists. the W.VS., and Service men and women in general. of the app:ication of principles of camouflage In the ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 1952
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 433 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

In the Face of the Enemy

... THE DAWN. By Derrick Nabarro. (12s 6d. Cassell) ESCAPE—OR DIE. By Paul Brickhill. (Iss. Evans) THE CAMOUFLAGE STORY. By Geoffrey Barkas. (12s 6d. Cassell.) 1t s specially interesting to get so intimate and detailed a picture of the submarine war from both ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 1952
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1128 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Ruse at El Alamein

... Ruse at El Alamein THE CAMOUFLAGE BTOKY. Geoffrey Barkas. (Cassell. 12s. Bd.) FOURTEEN words, spoken by Mr. Churchill In the House of Commons on November 11, 1942, described one of the mo6t audacious feats of modern times. He was announcing the victory ...

MORE JOINING FILM _IC 4DEMY

... Donner, Guy Hamilton. Herbert Mason. Oswald Morris. Terence Verity (feature films): chairman. 1. D. Wrattcn. Messrs. Geoffrey Barkas, James Carr, E. Allan Crick. Martin Curtis, J. B. Holmes, Alan Lawson, and Grahame Tharp (documentary and specialised ...

Published: Thursday 06 January 1955
Newspaper: Kinematograph Weekly
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

SENTINEfr Tuesday May 10th 1955 All your hair needs the neat smart that firm but gentle control preferred by all

... extraordinary plan was devised and put into action The author of this modern Trojan Horse story is LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEOFFREY BARKAS OBE wellknown director of documentary films Here he tells of the Phantom Army of El Alamein which he devised as Director ...

Published: Tuesday 10 May 1955
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 3034 | Page: 8 | Tags: none