A vinaigrette of historical footage from past years. Issue 187
Funny photos, interesting events and people who made history - all this in a new selection.
A couple sits on the roof of a futuristic seaplane, 1930.
A little girl has breakfast with a lion, year of shooting unknown.
Props from the Italian film "Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century". Italy, 1977.
Nuns' Vacation, 1960.
A worker sits down to rest on top of a steel beam. Empire State Building, New York, 1930.
Two women stand on giant turtles during a turtle race. Miami, USA, 1920s.
The French turbo-electric ship "Normandie" burned and capsized at the pier in New York, 1942.
Farmer Mrs. Maude Lee and her daughter Pat enjoy breakfast in the company of their pet sheep named Betty. England, Bristol, 1949.
Under the heel of the Statue of Liberty. USA, 1937.
Miss National Catfish Queen, 1945. Winner and recognized catfish queen Gail Hooper from Tennessee holds a 25 kg catfish at the New Yorker Hotel, 1945.
Project 941 "Akula", NATO class "Typhoon" - Soviet sailors at the stern, 1986.
American strongman Ben Darwin demonstrates the strength of his hair, moving a car weighing about 2.5 tons. New York, 1925.
NASA scientist Ellyn Hupp Hazard poses in the Mark 1 lunar exploration suit, or "marshmallow suit," he designed. California, USA, 1960.
Bubble dancer Sally Rand, circa 1930s.
Girl and eagle, 1939.
Crooked mirror in Rockaways amusement park. New York, USA. 1951.
Participants of the musical at the Radio City Music Hall theater in New York, 1937.
A forest of oil derricks at the Signal Hill oil field, Long Beach, California, 1937.
Georgians from "Buffalo Bills" performing as "Cossacks". USA, 1901.
A lineman working on an electric pole, 1920s.