Of course, it would not be a true Minox-orientated website without the classic image of Chamberlain addressing the House of Commons in 1940. This is the much-discussed “Brabazon spy photograph”, taken apparently by Lord Brabazon, without permission.
“I have friends…” – Neville Chamberlain at the Despatch Box, House of Commons, 7 May 1940. Because photographs were then illegal, this surreptitious snapshot, taken with a Minox spy camera by Conservative MP John Moore-Brabazon, may be the first-ever of the House in session. Loss of definition is from repeated copying. On the front bench to Chamberlain’s right are Chancellor of the Exchequer John Simon and First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill. (Daily Telegraph/House of Commons Library)
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