Photos From History Thread

[Flex0r]

Building of the Afsluitdijk or Closure Dike in English.
Build between 1927 and 1932 it's about 32 kilometers long.

 

[Liquid]

Invasion Of Normandy

 

[gnomefromnome]

George Nix, pioneer Alaskan football player

 

[Liquid]

Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill, 1886

 

[Dennisch]

Double V2 launch from the Hague region.

 

[Liquid]

Where I lived in Germany was where they built the V1 and V2s. Really fascinating history.

 

[Dennisch]

Where I lived in Germany was where they built the V1 and V2s. Really fascinating history.

Here's a time-line of launches.

3 2 1 we have lift off!

A rocket motor that landed on St. Stephens road on September 17 1944.

 

[Flex0r]

Double V2 launch from the Hague region.

Did you just watch Nazi mega structures on National Geographic?

 

[Dennisch]

Did you just watch Nazi mega structures on National Geographic?

Still watching. (edit. Great show btw.)

Ridiculous massive flak towers in Berlin.

 

[axletramp]

Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill, 1886

Buffalo Bill Bailey!

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill, 1886

Is it me or does that look like Paul McCartney?

 

[Liquid]

Buffalo Bill Bailey!

Is it me or does that look like Paul McCartney?

Well, here he is from another angle.

1875 - aged 29

1911 - aged 61

1890 - With his Wild West show entourage

 

[W3H5]

A Great War sniper and his camo (fake tree and rudimentary adaptive 'flage suit).

 

[gnomefromnome]

Definitely from an ice cave, not a soundstage

 

[Liquid]

Pilot Survives Low Altitude Ejection From English Electric Lightning

 

[gnomefromnome]

Anchorage, Ak *click image for current webcam pic*

1958 Fur Rendezvous Championship

On this day in History:

Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey in front of the Hudson and Essex dealership at the A.E. England Building in 1930, 424 N. Central, Phoenix, Arizona

 

[cmbeal317]

70 Years Ago Today - February 23, 1945

First flag raised on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima

Second flag raised on Mt. Suribachi

 

[PeterJB]

I can't even handle all this 'Murica right now.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

The crappy photos of NASA's golden era you never get to see

Here's a few from the link:

 

[Liquid]

THE LAND SPEED RECORD

The apex of adventure, in action. The pioneers from the golden age of speed records.

John Parry-Thomas & Babs, 1926

174mph / 281kph

Wrexham-born Parry-Thomas easily beat Malcolm Campbell's two year old 150mph / 242kph record in the Sunbeam 1000hp with Babs at Pendine Sands in his native Wales. Campbell wrestled the crown back in early 1927 and Parry-Thomas set about answering the challenge in March of that year. He became the first driver to be killed in pursuit of the land speed record, when a rear wheel failure pitched Babs into a hideous series of rolls, killing him instantly.

Babs: 27L / 1,600ci V12 Liberty aero engine (450hp).

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Henry Segrave & Golden Arrow, 1929

231mph / 372kph

As speeds increased, Pendine Sands' 7 mile stretch was insufficient for these machines to record a flying mile or kilometre. By early 1929 the record was, for the first time in 23 years, held by the United States. Henry Segrave duly obliged in the superb Golden Arrow by taking his machine over to Daytona and smashing the previous benchmark of 207mph; an increase of 24mph, all the more impressive considering this was Segrave's first attempt in the car.

Segrave set two land speed records and one water speed record and when he broke the water speed record in 1930 he became the first man to hold both records simultaneously.

Golden Arrow: 23.9L / 1,460ci supercharged W12 Napier Lion aero engine (925hp).

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Malcolm Campbell & Blue Bird, 1932

253mph / 408kph

Campbell, who set his first land speed record in 1924, used a variety of vehicles called Blue Bird (It was Donald who used "Bluebird"). He took this second incarnation of Blue Bird to South Africa in 1931 and set a speed of 246mph, besting that of Segrave's Golden Arrow. The next year, at Daytona, he became the first man to beat his own record with the same car and the first man to record a speed over 250mph.

All in all Malcolm Campbell set seven different land speed records and four consecutive water speed records.

Blue Bird: 23.9L / 1,460ci supercharged W12 Napier-Railton aero engine (925hp).

Bonus photo:

 

[axletramp]

A Spitfire delivering beer to the troops in Normandy post D-Day.

 

[Liquid]

Surely the barrels would shatter upon impact? They had to have been dropped into rivers or lakes.

 

[Lizard]

Surely the barrels would shatter upon impact? They had to have been dropped into rivers or lakes.

Or you know. The plane could land at a forward airfield.

 

[daan]

Surely the barrels would shatter upon impact? They had to have been dropped into rivers or lakes.

Or perhaps the Spitfire landed with them still attached.

 

[Liquid]

Or perhaps the Spitfire landed with them still attached.

Good point, I misread the point about it being after D-Day. Don't know why but I had the idea that these were air drops.

 

[daan]

Good point, I misread the point about it being after D-Day. Don't know why but I had the idea that these were air drops.

We had ran out of bombs so we dropped beer to the Germans in order to get them pissed so they'd be easier to fight.

 

[Lizard]

We had ran out of bombs so we dropped beer to the Germans in order to get them pissed so they'd be easier to fight.

It wouldn't be that weird.

The US tried to poison Castro with female hormones so his beard would fall out.

 

[Touring Mars]

We had ran out of bombs so we dropped beer to the Germans in order to get them pissed so they'd be easier to fight.

It was most likely English beer - it would be more humane to try to hit them with the barrels.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

It was beer - it would be more humane to try to hit them with the barrels.

FTFY.

 

[axletramp]

Surely the barrels would shatter upon impact? They had to have been dropped into rivers or lakes.

Yep, they landed with them intact. It was more of a publicity stunt than anything else, but a number of flights were made and well documented flying from the UK and delivering mainly to US troops in Northern France.