Black Crook
(Kiralfy Bros.; 1879)
July 31, 2008
When Legends Gather #428
Liz Taylor drops by the set of Where Eagles Dare to hang out with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.
The City: Reno #2
Original Caption:
At Air Force "Escape And Survival" School
Reno -- The controversial "Escape And Survival" School operated by the U. S. Air Force at Stead Air Force Base near Reno, was opened to the press yesterday, and here is one of the realistic tableaux observed. The men with their hands on their heads are "prisoners" being herded by "enemy" captors into a compound under the menacing guns of a tank. The school teaches air Force men in a 17 day course how to take care of themselves if captured, ways and means of escape and methods of survival in enemy-held territory. It also teaches how to resist "brainwashing" techniques of their captors. (1955)
July 30, 2008
Seminal Image #847
In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
(In a Year of 13 Moons)
(Rainer Werner Fassbinder; 1978)
July 29, 2008
July 28, 2008
July 27, 2008
Before and After #140: Abraham Lincoln
Before
After
(fourscore thanks to Tommie Hicks for these images)
After
(fourscore thanks to Tommie Hicks for these images)
July 26, 2008
July 25, 2008
Politicians in Action #22
Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO) demonstrates that he can tell left from right
July 24, 2008
Adventures in the Fight Racket #21
Original Caption:
Titleless But not Undecorated.
New York -- Arturo Godoy, the Chilean challenger, walks to his dressing room after a futile fight to lift Joe Louis' heavyweight title. Arturo weathered almost seven rounds at Yankee Stadium without much damage; using the same crouch and cling tactics which carried him through 15 rounds of his first fight with the Brown Bomber. But Joe caught him right as the seventh round was ending. Arturo dropped. From then on it was a question of time, and not much time either. Arturo was dropped twice in the next round and referee Billy Cavanaugh stopped the bout to award Joe Louis technical knockout victory in one minute 24 seconds of the eighth round. Arturo may not have a title-but he is not entirely undecorated-notice his battered face. (1940)
July 23, 2008
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