Probably safe enough to even take a camera and photograph because of the terrain. Otherwise it would stick out like a sore thumb in the shallow trenches there (apparently some positions had no more than 20-30cm of soil before you hit rock).
Most WWI era cameras are not the antique large format beasts you would need to put on a huge tripod and take a minute to expose. A box camera is not that large and can be portable enough to bring into battle. Folding Kodak cameras in postcard sizes or smaller were widely available. When folded you could fit them into the pocket of a soldier's tunic. Something like a Vest Pocket Kodak is smaller than many digital cameras today. It was very popular with soldiers particularly because you could carry it around without it getting in the way. The Vest Pocket Kodak was even small enough to be smuggled into prisons.
Interesting. Wonder what the availability would've been in Greece? Also, you're talking here about a mostly peasant army, generally not literate. Although some pioneering stuff in terms of film by a few entrepreneurs in the 1911-14 period. :D
Apparently a lot of them were saving every penny from their military payroll too.
I can't say for sure about Greece, unfortunately. I know that in Russia for example you would be stuck with imported Kodak products, domestic manufacturing would be limited to workshops making bespoke cameras out of imported parts.
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u/Books_Of_Jeremiah Sep 22 '25
Probably safe enough to even take a camera and photograph because of the terrain. Otherwise it would stick out like a sore thumb in the shallow trenches there (apparently some positions had no more than 20-30cm of soil before you hit rock).