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[anonymous_abc]

Eadweard Muybridge
was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.

Interestingly the last person to be acquitted on the grounds of "justifiable homicide".

The movie about his life is fantastic!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2782868/

Some of his work in gif form, to liven up the thread.

 

[TheXfactor]

The attendance from above the ring for Jack Dempsey vs Carpentier. It had over 100,000 people in attendance and that was pretty typical for a Dempsey fight.

here is what it looked in the arena.

 

[ManUnkindH]

the real amon goeth ( from the schildren list) on plaszow camp

Although not NSFW, this is one of the most horrific pictures I've ever seen:

- looking at his face, you can clearly tell he just woke up maybe minutes before the picture was taken
- his face is swollen from alcohol, it's a known fact he was an alcoholic
- very big belly maybe due to liver problems
- having a cigarette, trying to wake up from a terrible hangover, rifle on his shoulder and looking for his next "target practice", maybe an unfortunate soul passing through his line of sight
- the picture has an unsettling quietness about it, almost like a lazy sunny summer day

This thread is absolutely fantastic.

 

[soco]

plenty have said it, but it bears repeating. This thread is amazing.

(Aside from the false color images which turns most of them into a creepy dystopian Disneyland pics, and their obnoxious tagging)

 

[DrM]

Huge crowd gather in Planica valley at ski flying competition (1985)

 

[Beren the Empty-Handed]

Since WW2 camps were brought up and I didn't see this one mentioned...

Unit 731. A Japanese biological and chemical warfare research center in WW2, and responsible for some of the worst war crimes committed by Japan. Somewhere between 3,000 and 12,000 men, women and children were experimented on in his one camp alone, and does not include victims from other sites. Experiments done on living victims were: vivisection without anesthesia; removing internal organs to study effects of disease; amputating limbs to study blood loss (some were re-attached to the other side of the body); stomachs being surgically removed and the esophagus attached to the intestines; inducing frostbite and chipping away at the frozen flesh; syphilis experimentation involving injections, rape, and forced pregnancy to study transmission; tests to determine length of time until death including high-pressure chambers, lethal doses of x-rays, injected with animal blood, injected with sea water, chemical tests in gas chambers, placed in centrifuges and spun until death, and burned or buried alive.

No researchers were tried for war crimes and instead given complete immunity in exchange for their data on human experimentation.

The New York Times did an article about this lack of prosecution here.

 

[Grandi]

More pictures of "non-Aryan" people in Nazi-uniforms during WWII.

The charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbushenskij, probably the last cavalry charge in history. August 24th, 1942.
"Some horses, even though riddled by bullets, would keep galloping for hundreds of meters, squirting blood at every beat, suddenly collapsing only a while after their actual death "
Wikipedia

The following pictures have not been colorized afterwards, but were originally shot on color film.

A Finnish second lieutenant smoking his pipe. April 1942.

Olavi Paavolainen (name of the man in the picture). Taken somewhere on the Finnish front, most likely in Karelia. August 1942.

A Russian POW. Taken in Alakurtti (Salla), northern Finland. September 26th, 1941.

Finnish flying ace lieutenant Hans Wind. 75 confirmed air combat victories during the war. Taken in Suulajärvi, August 26th, 1943. He was promoted to the rank of captain in October 1943.

Photos taken during Hitler's surprise visit to Field Marshall C.G.E. Mannerheim's 75th birthday. There's a ton more of these at sa-kuva.fi. Use "hitler" as the search term. A part of their discussion in that table was recorded in secret by sound technician Thor Damen from the Finnish public broadcasting company Yleisradio. Here's a link to that recording.

 

[despire]

The following pictures have not been colorized afterwards, but were originally shot on color film.

A Finnish second lieutenant smoking his pipe. April 1942.


Olavi Paavolainen (name of the man in the picture). Taken somewhere on the Finnish front, most likely in Karelia. August 1942.


A Russian POW. Taken in Alakurtti (Salla), northern Finland. September 26th, 1941.


Finnish flying ace lieutenant Hans Wind. 75 confirmed air combat victories during the war. Taken in Suulajärvi, August 26th, 1943. He was promoted to the rank of captain in October 1943.


Photos taken during Hitler's surprise visit to Field Marshall C.G.E. Mannerheim's 75th birthday. There's a ton more of these at sa-kuva.fi. Use "hitler" as the search term. A part of their discussion in that table was recorded in secret by sound technician Thor Damen from the Finnish public broadcasting company Yleisradio. Here's a link to that recording.

Cool pictures. Also AFAIK that recording is the only one we know of Hitler speaking in a normal voice and tone. All the other recordings of him are from his speeches.


This picture is not really that crazy but since we are posting pictures from finnish wars..

My fiancees grandfathers brother who died in the Winter War in 1940. He was only 22. My fiancees grandfather survived luckily.. Don't know if the picture was taken before the war or not..

 

[anonymous_abc]

Photos taken during Hitler's surprise visit to Field Marshall C.G.E. Mannerheim's 75th birthday. There's a ton more of these at sa-kuva.fi. Use "hitler" as the search term. A part of their discussion in that table was recorded in secret by sound technician Thor Damen from the Finnish public broadcasting company Yleisradio. Here's a link to that recording.

Not available in your country... -.-

 

[Paganmoon]

Strike-breaker being hoisted out of a ship he was working in during a big workers conflict in Sweden, during the early 1930's.

The after the strikebreakers arrival, there was a big demonstration that couldn't be controlled by the police, so military was brought in, resulting in the deaths of 4 of the demonstrators and one bystander. This was apparently the last time the military was brought in for any demonstrations (rightfully so I'd say).
I did not know about these events at all, until this thread prompted me to search for historical pictures about Sweden. It's quite eye-opening how much they "clean up" the history lessons in school.


Also not that long ago, but still of some historical importance/connection, from 1985:

Neo-Nazi "demonstration" (they were only 10 people), and a lady hitting one of them with her handbag. The lady had been in a concentration camp during WWII.

 

[jelly]

Since WW2 camps were brought up and I didn't see this one mentioned...

Unit 731. A Japanese biological and chemical warfare research center in WW2, and responsible for some of the worst war crimes committed by Japan. Somewhere between 3,000 and 12,000 men, women and children were experimented on in his one camp alone, and does not include victims from other sites. Experiments done on living victims were: vivisection without anesthesia; removing internal organs to study effects of disease; amputating limbs to study blood loss (some were re-attached to the other side of the body); stomachs being surgically removed and the esophagus attached to the intestines; inducing frostbite and chipping away at the frozen flesh; syphilis experimentation involving injections, rape, and forced pregnancy to study transmission; tests to determine length of time until death including high-pressure chambers, lethal doses of x-rays, injected with animal blood, injected with sea water, chemical tests in gas chambers, placed in centrifuges and spun until death, and burned or buried alive.

No researchers were tried for war crimes and instead given complete immunity in exchange for their data on human experimentation.

The New York Times did an article about this lack of prosecution here.

That's horrific. What an awful decision.

 

[koryuken]

I always love these types of threads


from one of the soldier's personal album. label on back said "Last Jew of Vinnitsa"

I hope that all of these assholes were killed by my Russian countrymen.

 

[strafer]

Not rare but just one of those photos that are etched into the brain.

Still crazy seeing it.

 

[Bernbaum]

I'm not American, and I was worldly enough in my late teens when the 9/11 attacks happened, but I still have a very tough time computing the imagery when I see photos and footage.

 

[dejay]

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, 1968 olympics

The white guy in the picture also has an interesting story. Ostracised for showing support to Smith and Carlos, he was not allowed to compete in the '72 games despite repeatedly qualifying. Both Smith and Carlos were pallbearers at his funeral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norman

 

[RedBaron17]

Novelist and Nobel Prize winner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, poses to the camera two days later after being punched by fellow author and close friend, Mario Vargas Llosa.
The two were inseparble up to that point, always praising each other's works and even living a few houses away in their years living in Barcelona. The reason for the dispute has been a mystery ever since because the writers have maintained a historic pact of silence between them. According to witnesses that day, the only thing Vargas Llosa told the Colombian before throwing the punch was: "this is for what you told Patricia" or the more popular version: "this is for what you did to Patricia". (Patricia was Vargas Llosa's wife.) The two never really reconciled their famous friendship. Hell, they never talked to each other again.

Calcio Storico

Calcio fiorentino (also known as calcio storico "historic football") is an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy. Once widely played, the sport is thought to have originated in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. Here it became known as the giuoco del calcio fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio; which is now also the name for football in the Italian language. The game may have started as a revival of the Roman sport of harpastum. The game is played on a field of sand with a narrow slit constituting the goal, running the width of each end. Each team comprises 27 players who are allowed to use both feet and hands to pass and control the ball. Goals (or cacce) are scored by throwing the ball over into the netting at the end of the field. There is a main referee, six linesmen and a field master. Each match is played out for 50 minutes with the winner being the team with the most goals scored.

This sport its crazy. If you have time check out some videos in youtube.

Not really historical or crazy but I love this pic:

Yeah, its just Miyamoto playing the banjo but I love it.

 

[Boem]

I'm not American, and I was worldly enough in my late teens when the 9/11 attacks happened, but I still have a very tough time computing the imagery when I see photos and footage.

I'm not American either, but I feel sort of the same.

I'm used to it now, but for the longest time I just couldn't progress the 'new' skyline of New York, with the Twin Towers missing.

It's turned around now, and whenever I see an older movie that has a shot with the towers I'm sort of shocked for a couple of seconds. Very unsettling.

The only time I visited New York (or the US at all) was one year before the attacks. I still want to go back at some point to see how much the city has changed since then - I suspect it's far more than 'just' two missing towers.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Since WW2 camps were brought up and I didn't see this one mentioned...

Unit 731. A Japanese biological and chemical warfare research center in WW2, and responsible for some of the worst war crimes committed by Japan. Somewhere between 3,000 and 12,000 men, women and children were experimented on in his one camp alone, and does not include victims from other sites. Experiments done on living victims were: vivisection without anesthesia; removing internal organs to study effects of disease; amputating limbs to study blood loss (some were re-attached to the other side of the body); stomachs being surgically removed and the esophagus attached to the intestines; inducing frostbite and chipping away at the frozen flesh; syphilis experimentation involving injections, rape, and forced pregnancy to study transmission; tests to determine length of time until death including high-pressure chambers, lethal doses of x-rays, injected with animal blood, injected with sea water, chemical tests in gas chambers, placed in centrifuges and spun until death, and burned or buried alive.

No researchers were tried for war crimes and instead given complete immunity in exchange for their data on human experimentation.

The New York Times did an article about this lack of prosecution here.

...damn

 

[Sickboy007]

Although not NSFW, this is one of the most horrific pictures I've ever seen:

- looking at his face, you can clearly tell he just woke up maybe minutes before the picture was taken
- his face is swollen from alcohol, it's a known fact he was an alcoholic
- very big belly maybe due to liver problems
- having a cigarette, trying to wake up from a terrible hangover, rifle on his shoulder and looking for his next "target practice", maybe an unfortunate soul passing through his line of sight
- the picture has an unsettling quietness about it, almost like a lazy sunny summer day

This thread is absolutely fantastic.

Weird how you can barely see his face, yet even without recognising him you just know he's a piece of shit.

The charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbushenskij, probably the last cavalry charge in history. August 24th, 1942.
"Some horses, even though riddled by bullets, would keep galloping for hundreds of meters, squirting blood at every beat, suddenly collapsing only a while after their actual death "
Wikipedia

What's crazy is that they won!

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

This is the best thread GAF of all time. Great work everyone.

 

[Ninja Dom]

THIS FUCKING DUDE!!!

 

[ManUnkindH]

Weird how you can barely see his face, yet even without recognising him you just know he's a piece of shit.

I don't know what's more idiotic - your statement or the fact that I'm replying right now...Got something to think about.

 

[mcz117chief]

After Mad Jack Churchill I present you another hero of WWII. This one is, however, a bit different, beware of cuteness overloads

Wojtek, the soldier bear who went with the Polish from Africa to Italy and helped it's division on many occasions, read more here

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Joe Strummer of The Clash after one of the numerous Marathons he ran

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Mr. Rogers interviewing Margaret Hamilton (Wicked Witch of the West) on playing a "scary" character and how acting is just make-believe.

 

[StayDead]

THIS FUCKING DUDE!!!

Oh man I didn't realise Bruce Lee died that young. That's awful

 

[Sickboy007]

I don't know what's more idiotic - your statement or the fact that I'm replying right now...Got something to think about.

I think you may have misinterpreted me there...

 

[ManUnkindH]

I think you may have misinterpreted me there...

Could be, if so..sorry. Maybe I didn't quite get what you were trying to say....

 

[Sickboy007]

Could be, if so..sorry. Maybe I didn't quite get what you were trying to say....

That he looks like a giant piece of shit?

 

[sonicfan]

Yup, however it got hard to feed people toward the end of the war when the Allies were blowing up your supply trucks.

True. My uncle was a medic in WWII, in Italy and France. He was captured by the Germans in late 44 or early 45 and was in a POW camp for the rest of the war. He was about 6 ft tall, when he was liberated at the end of the war, I don't think he even weighed 100 pounds. The story was the Germans just didn't have any food,for anybody, what little they had they ate themselves.

 

[More_Badass]

True. My uncle was a medic in WWII, in Italy and France. He was captured by the Germans in late 44 or early 45 and was in a POW camp for the rest of the war. He was about 6 ft tall, when he was liberated at the end of the war, I don't think he even weighed 100 pounds. The story was the Germans just didn't have any food,for anybody, what little they had they ate themselves.

Off topic, but how old are you? If your uncle fought in WWII, that's only like a generation apart.

 

[GutsOfThor]

THIS FUCKING DUDE!!!

Who's the woman?

 

[Summer Haze]

That he looks like a giant piece of shit?

Lol.

 

[Shuggananas]

That he looks like a giant piece of shit?

plot twist : it's his grandfather

Spoiler

jk don't hit me :<

 

[ebullientprism]

Shellshock victims, trying to walk.

Insane that some of these people were shot for cowardice at times.

 

[dubq]

I don't know what's more idiotic - your statement or the fact that I'm replying right now...Got something to think about.

You disagree that Amon Goeth was a piece of shit?

 

[Koozek]

Amazing thread. Love stuff like this.

 

[Sickboy007]

Lol.

plot twist : it's his grandfather

Spoiler

jk don't hit me :<

You disagree that Amon Goeth was a piece of shit?

We PMed and it's all resolved, it was just a misunderstanding. Please resume posting pics!

 

[E92 M3]

One of the best threads on GAF currently. History should never be forgotten.

 

[sonicfan]

Off topic, but how old are you? If your uncle fought in WWII, that's only like a generation apart.

Old.

I turn 54 this year. My uncle (Mom's side) died only last year, he was born in 1925. My grandfather on my Dad's side was in France during WWI in 1918.

 

[More_Badass]

Old.

I turn 54 this year. My uncle (Mom's side) died only last year, he was born in 1925. My grandfather on my Dad's side was in France during WWI in 1918.

Wow, that's incredible. So much history in your family. And I thought my uncle was old when he said he was in Vietnam.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Whether you're a fan of baseball or not, I feel like worldwide many people should be familiar with the Chicago Cubs.

The 1908 Chicago Cubs. This was the last Cubs team that has won a World Series.
Keep in mind, this was about six years before World War I started.

West Side Park, where the Cubbies called home before the famous Wrigley Field was built.

Just for reference, this is what Chicago looked like the year the Cubs won that WS:

As a fan of the Cubs, this is heartbreaking. As someone that appreciates history, this is fascinating.

Oh... and because Cubs fans have to have a sense of humor:

*not historically accurate

 

[bennywhatever]

Dempsey getting knocked out of the ring in the 1923 Dempsey v Firpo fight. It may not seem like much, but this fight was HUGE.

 

[lunchtoast]

Daughter of a resettled farmer, 1935.

Did not know All stars were made in 1917. Would be so weird seeing someone wear them casually for years to come.

 

[DieH@rd]

Motorcycle chariots from the 1920s

NOW THAT'S AWESOME

 

[Sickboy007]

Some cool pictures by ethnologist, writer and explorer Fosco Maraini.

Pema Choki, princess of Sikkim, on the Natu Pass between India and Tibet, 1948

Ainu people, 1939

Child in Basilicata, Southern Italy, 1950

Maraini himself

The year after his first visit to Tibet, keen to get away from Fascist Italy, he accepted a grant from Japan allowing him and his wife to settle on Hokkaido, where he studied the Ainu people and taught Italian literature at Kyoto University.

In September 1943, the Japanese ordered him to demonstrate his allegiance to Mussolini's new Fascist "Republic of Salo". He refused, and was sent with his wife and three daughters to a concentration camp at Nagoya, where they suffered incontinence through malnutrition. During a protest at the starvation diet, Maraini responded to his captors' taunts by picking up a kitchen chopper, calmly chopping off his little finger and throwing it at one of the guards.

 

[kruis]

Dempsey getting knocked out of the ring in the 1923 Dempsey v Firpo fight. It may not seem like much, but this fight was HUGE.

I just watched that fight on Youtube. That first round is insane. Firpo went down 7 times in the first round and then he came back and knocked Dempsey out of the ring. And I loved the comment about the ring announcer who shouted his announcements to the public because 'a microphone was for sissies.'

 

[Forkball]

I went to an exhibit about Pulitzer Prize winning photographs a few years ago and was amazed at how many I had never seen before. Of course there are those famous ones like Lee Harvey Oswald being shot, the young girl crying with no clothes on in Vietnam, Kent State shooting etc., but there are also many that aren't talked about.

The assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, the leader of the Japanese Socialist Party. He was very pro-Mao China and was giving a speech on television when a right-wing student ran on stage and killed him with a sword. There is video of it on Youtube, but you can't really see anything.

In 1976, white students in Boston protested a decision to desegregate buses. The protest eventually turned violent, and one student started to beat a black lawyer and activist named Ted Landsmark with a flag pole. Yes, this is a photo of a black man getting beaten with the American flag. This happened.

Not as romantic as it looks. The man dangling was suddenly shocked by electricity and the other worker is trying to resuscitate him. Fortunately, the man survived. It won the Pulitzer Prize for photography in 1968.

This site has a good collection with the background, but some pictures are very graphic.

 

[NaM]

anti tank dogs on ww2

 

[Nikodemos]

Thankfully they didn't really use them due to a fundamental flaw in their training: the dogs were trained using only Soviet tanks, and were unfamiliar with German ones, so they didn't approach them. After a couple close calls involving armed bombs, the programme was immediately stopped.