Normandy Invasion, June 1944

Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
Note helmet netting; faint "No Smoking" sign on the LCVP's ramp; and M1903 rifles and M1 carbines carried by some of these men.

WW2 Pyramids Egypt

Airplane Flies Over The Pyramids During World War II, 1943 Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah – Arab Republic of Egypt

Bempton Cliffs 1900's: Egg collecting

These men are Egg collecting off the cliffs at Bempton / Flamborough. Otherwise known as 'climmers'. A rather dangerous persuit but it provided much needed food and income for communities around the turn of the 1900's. Some rare footage can be seen at the Yorkshire Film Archive.

Leeds City Square

Old postcard from Leeds. Not sure on the exact date but the mixture of trams and horses gives you a rough idea. The main circle of the square shape of the square remains but most of the buildings have long gone.

San Francisco, 1906 Earthquake

This photo was taken on April 18th, 1906. It is the most famous photograph of the devastation caused by the great fire and earthquake. It was taken by Arnold Genthe on a borrowed camera.

Camino Del Ray Spain

In 1901 it became obvious that workers at the hydroelectric power plants at Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide for transport of materials, and for the inspection and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway took four years and it was finished in 1905.

It recently became famous again due to daring climbers posting videos of  trips there.

African American Soldiers WW1

Photo taken 1919 "Some of the colored men of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action."

Ypres WW1 1917

Soldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres salient, 29 October 1917.

 

Iconic photo, must have been dense woods at some point prior to WW1. Look at the complete devastation left behind.

Gallipoli Campaign 1915

Australian sniper using a periscope rifle at Gallipoli, 1915. He is aided by a spotter with a periscope. The men are believed to belong to the Australian 2nd Light Horse Regiment and the location is probably Quinn's Post.

A few aspects of this photo worth discussing. How uninterested do the men look? they look shattered and most probably have had enough. How on earth can he fire that rifle with any accuracy? a wooden contraption holding it up.

World War 2 Blitz

World War 2: A double decker bus, advertising Swan Vesta matches, in a bomb crater in Balham, London, during the Blitz. October 1940