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I live near NARA and periodically scan WWI and WWII documents and photo collections in the archive.  I then offer CD and DVDs with these images for sale.  Three of my products may be of interest to other members of this forum:

WWI German Military Activities Photo Collection

DVD with 477 jpeg images from two WWI photograph collections located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Photographs from the Rehse Archiv, 1914-1936." An eclectic collection of 364 photographs (scanned at 600 dpi) from the F.J.M. Rehse Archiv fuer Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, confiscated by Allied authorities after the Second World War. Most of the photographs were taken during the First World War depicting German troops, especially troops from Bavaria, both in the front lines and rear areas. Includes images of prisoners-of-war, various important personalities, aerial photographs of villages behind French lines. Includes a meter-long panoramic of the Verdun battlefield from Hill 378 east of Louvement. Most photos are captioned and dated. Many photos were taken by Heinrich Hoffmann who was later became the official Nazi Party photographer. "Photographic Album of the Aus den Kampfen nordlich Verdun (The Fighting North of Verdun), 1916." Album of 113 photos (scanned at 800 dpi) prepared by Artillery Survey Section 25 of the Bavarian Foot Artillery, showing captured positions, trenches, bunkers, dugouts, street scenes, and buildings in and around the destroyed village of Haumont; ruined buildings in Brabant and Beaumont; artillery pieces in position about LeFay; German camps in Caures Wood and bunkers near Ville; artillery and tank positions near Herbebois; and French POWs. A map appears before each section which indicates the position where the corresponding numbered photographs were taken. All photographs are captioned in German. $15

WWI German Aviation Photograph Collection 1917-18

CD with 160 jpeg images (600 dpi) of official WWI German photographs located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The collection contains photographs taken in1917 and 1918 depicting German military aviation, including observation balloons, anti-aircraft defenses, aviator's equipment, bombs, aircraft machine guns and mounts, and training and operating procedures. The photographs are from two collections (Record Groups 165 GK and 165 GB) of official wartime photographs prepared by the German Air Force High Command, Kommandierender General der Luftstreitkraft (KOGENLUFT), and the Bild und Film Amt (Bureau of Pictures and Films, or BUFA). Each photograph includes caption data to include approximate data, location, and activity. $10

WWI Italian Front Photograph Collection

DVD with 394 jpeg images (800 dpi) from two WWI photograph collections located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Austrian Military Activities on the Izonzo and Dalmatian Fronts, 1914-18" with 227 images loosely arranged by subject - artillery (51 images, including fortifications), aviation and anti-aircraft (3 images), cavalry (11 images), infantry (86 images), medical corps (9 images), and miscellaneous (67 images). The photographs may have been official Austrian photographs; many are marked "Korps Hoffmann" and captioned in English. "Italian Military Troops, Equipment, and Activities, 1918" with 167 images of troops on parade, in battle, and engaged in recreational activity; battlefields; and military equipment presumably taken by the Italian government. A few of the photographs are captioned.  $10

If interested, please PM me, or email me at digitalhistoryarchive(at)verizon.net

I am currently scanning a copy of the German Army Report on the tank battle at Villers-Bretonneaux in 1918.  i hoep to be able to offer that for sale soon!

Regards, Marc