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Levi Bettweiser

One of the images Levi Bettweiser developed from among 31 rolls of World War II film for his Rescued Film Project.

These never-before-seen WWII photos are ‘just the tip of the iceberg’

Culture

Finding and developing previously-forgotten film has been Levi Bettweiser’s hobby for almost two years, and he created the Rescued Film Project to document his finds. Now a big new trove of World War II photos has the project in the spotlight.

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