The Deer hunter Movie (Vietnam War)

There are many movies I like but one of my all time favorites is 'The Deer Hunter'.  Not only does is have some of best actors in history in it but its about War and in this case Vietnam. We all know how much of a failure Vietnam was for America but The Deer Hunter gave you a real insight into the minds of those that made it back alive. A deeply disturbing film and for me very sad worth a watch!

A photo from the Vietnam war. A downed chopper, men digging in and sorting out their packs. Maybe one or two getting medical attention. Many of the American troops were just young men, it reminds me so much of WW1 and the Somme, little did they know the horror that awaited them, to be lead by idiots into that hell.

Audrey Hepburn lost photos

Mark Shaw’s photographs of the lovely Audrey Hepburn. The photos were taken circa 1953 in miss Hepburn’s house in Los Angeles and on the back lot of Sabrina. This entire collection have lingered forgotten for more than fifty years in a box at the home of Mark’s first wife and were rediscovered again in 2008.

So classic, retro.

WW2 Dresden Destruction

A view taken from Dresden's town hall of the destroyed Old Town after the allied bombings between February 13 and 15, 1945. Some 3,600 aircraft dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the German city. The resulting firestorm destroyed 15 square miles of the city center, and killed more than 22,000.

WW2 Propaganda Posters

 

 Very clever (for the time) play on words here. They do like their cartoon images of the enemy dont they?

Hey I only wanted to get something from the shops and the wife was asleep! Dont lay a guilt trip on me. Every single thing in those days was targeted for the war effort.

WW2 D-Day Landings Full Boat!

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Interesting photo in the way it shows you how many soldiers filled the boats on the D-Day landings. The more famous photos and movies show smaller boats holding 30 max soldiers getting out, here its around 400 Canadian men ready for the invasion ahead. Posing for the picture waving looking rather happy!

British Trench Raiders WW1

Group photo of some British troops from the trenches in WW1. Very interesting photo as it seems they all wearing various types of headwear, including a german helmet!

Fall of Jerusalem by the British 1917

Not seen any photos of the time Jerusalem was taken by the British 1917. They marched into the centre with pomp and ceremony as Brits do!

WW2 & WW1 Propaganda Posters

 

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.

Oldest film's in the world: Leeds 1888 Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

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 Trench life

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.

Battle of the Somme - Video

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. 

A fine photo of the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake and fire

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!

WW2 Factory workers Texas 1942

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!

WW2 Stalingrad / Leningrad starvation

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.

Strange WW1 Propaganda Posters

 

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.