Pretty standard WW2 poster, fighting in the Pacific meant alot of racial slurs on Asians and poster like this were common.
Looks appealing right? recruiting fellow Aussies ANZACs calls (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) Gallipoli,Turkey 1915. If only they knew of the bumbling idiots that would be leading them into certain death there.
Leeds has alot of history surrounding it but not many folks realise its the place where the 1st films in the world were recorded by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the Le Prince single-lens camera made in 1888. It was taken in the garden of the Whitley family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain, possibly on October 14, 1888. It shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley, (Le Prince's mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley and Miss Harriet Hartley. The 'actors' are shown walking around in circles, laughing to themselves and keeping within the area framed by the camera. It lasts for less than 2 seconds and includes 4 frames.
This is very close to where I live!
Filmed on paper filmstrips, this is Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince's second known film, produced in October 1888. Only photographic copies of it survive today. The Leeds Bridge was filmed because it provided action.
Battle of the Somme ( 1 July–18 November 1916). Trench life! Cheshire regiment. One of the best photos I have found, showing a lot of detail of the harsh conditions, men getting a sleep/nap wherever and whenever they can.
Yes I know its a photo site, but this is possibly my favorite video on YouTube. Not only the music and chilling scenes from the Somme but the feeling of a brutal, desperate, horrific place engulfs you as you watch the video. I always feel intrigued by the Somme, so much went wrong and was unnecessary, it cost lost of lives.
I know this is yet another photo from San Fransisco but to me this is a real special find. If you press on it for the full size, its really detailed and interesting. Families packed ready to leave their houses as the fire moves into the street. Crowds gather watching the carnage invading and slowly destroying the city that the quake did not take. Spot the police man on the roof of a building get a better view!
Workers on the Liberator Bombers, at Consolidated Aircraft Corp., in Fort Worth, Texas, in October of 1942. Some really interesting characters in the photo, the women near the front with the space age classes!
A farewell in Leningrad, in the spring of 1942. The German Siege of Leningrad caused widespread starvation among citizens, and lack of medical supplies and facilities made illnesses and injuries far more deadly. Some 1.5 million soldiers and civilians died in Leningrad during the siege - nearly the same number were evacuated, and many of them did not survive the trip due to starvation, illness, or bombing.
WW1 1916 Poster from London UK. For me this is a really strange poster, maybe nearly a 100 years later we see things differently now but the option to die away from home by a bullet it meant to encourage people to enlist into the War? Stopping air raids is a fine message to leave with people though!
Another WW1 poster, aimed at the troops either at home or away. Stay away from "Good time" girls, yes indeedy you have more important things to be doing.
This hardy soul sure it earning his money. Perched on the top of a chimney stack knocking it down, the rest of the building destroyed by the blitz in WW2. Did they have risk assesment in the 1940's? lol
A rare photo for this blog, one full of colour. Taken from the Northern lights over Finland. Worth doing a search online for some rather stunning views of the lights. Almost looks like a computer generated screenshot.
Boer troops lining up in battle against the British during the South African War (1899–1902). When I look at photo's of the Boer war it always seems the Boer troops/solders seem to be made up of all sorts, in this photo you can spot a few men that must not be older than 15! none matching guns, uniforms, helmets etc..the exact opposite to all the British empire force. Ultimatly this was telling, better artilerry, organisation, leadership meant only one winner.
During WW1 and WW2 women really had to work all the jobs normally considered for men only. Here we have two ladies on window cleaning duties, don't they look happy? It's almost a reservoir dogs type photo/walk.
There has always been huge interest in the battle of Stalingrad, generally because of the importance it played in WW2 and the downfall of Hitler. But also for me the films that have been made about it and the snipers that have grown into legends of war. Jude Law did a good job portraying a Russian sniper.
Based I guess on some of the famous snipers. Maybe Vassili, who had 242 confirmed kills and a much higher estimated count!
One of the female snipers Lyudmila Pavlichenko who again had a massive kill count of 296 Germans! These successful snipers not only killed alot of German troops but boosted moral of the Russians who worshiped them and were fed stories from the battlefront.
Stalingrad was a nasty street to street, building to building battle. Snipers were key in taking out soldiers and high ranking officers from afar. Here we can see snipers taking position in a ram shackled building. Sure looks cold.
