A thread similar the one about interesting historical photos but I think there might be more to discover here. Naturally most of that can be found on youtube but perhaps someone can dig out something new from some archives.
Queen Victoria (1898) youtube.com/watch?v=6jXwGKusIPM There are a couple pieces of footage of Vicky but this is the best one we have because we actually see her face for a moment.
US soldiers landing in Cuba during Spanish-American War (1898) youtube.com/watch?v=pNNsFTj7RvQ Most of the footage from the war is fake but this one is real. There are a couple more of American ships and a victory parade.
Robert Falcon Scott and the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1912) youtube.com/watch?v=PyMLx2mv1Qg There's more footage in the documentary that is pretty easy to find.
Hiroo Onoda, lieutenant of the Imperial Japanese army. photographed right after his surrender in Philippines, 1974. Until then he waged a 30 year guerilla struggle against Filipino goverment, refusing to believe that his country capitulated. He gave up only when his commanding officer came from retirement to convince him to surrender. Filipinos forgave Onoda, and he came back to Japan, where he died in 2014
This photograph was strictly censored in Nazi Germany. It shows Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's favourite film director, shocked and terrified after witnessing execution of 22 civilians during her filming of conquest of Poland, 1939. According to her memoir she tried to stop the execution, but soldier threatened her with gun.
Brandon Morgan
I was curious if there was any footage of Rasputin and it looks like me may have caught a glimpse of him.
That's Sedan. 1870. Considering American Civil War has wonderful photos I'm gonna disagree. I've heard that the first was Second Anglo-Sikh War from 1848 though there are also some photos from Mexican-American War which started in 1846 so perhaps this one is even earlier.
But you probably meant first photo of actual battle taking place. Are there really no such photos from American Civil War?
Justin Sanders
Damn look at those smug flips, they couldn't grasp national honor even if it was slathered with dollar bills and honey.
Tyler Thompson
Ok I looked for a bit and those photos from the 1863 attack on Fort Sumter (Second Battle of Charleston Harbor) of firing ironclads and exploding shells are the first combat photos.
Connor Perry
>wasting 29 years of your life on something completely pointless
Figures he'd be a hero to chanlets.
Colton Moore
Any pictures from the Crimea war?
Levi Sanchez
Obviously.Lots of them. And it's interesting considering it's one of the few large conflicts during Pax Britanica with some veterans of Napoleonic wars.
>Spending 30 years fighting for a nation you still had hope in, never losing faith in your country or your emperor. Figures that cucks wouldn't understand.
Eli Carter
Rio was poor in the 1950s though.
But looking at Buenos Aires in the 1960s and today makes you want to cry. No comparison.
Samuel Hill
Which makes the downfall of Argentina a lot more interesting to see. Funny how economic ignorance can destroy a country
Andrew Smith
Yeah, that and political instability.
The first coup in 1930 ended 70 years of unbroken constitutional rule, free trade and rule of law. From then on the country stagnated from being Australia or Switzerland-tier in the 1940s to becoming Portugal or Poland-tier today.
Very depressing and a unique case in modern history.
Bentley Myers
Kind of an obscure feel here but >tfw will never get a chance to go through hours of high quality historical footage of everyday life from the 20th century that's usually just stored away
Mason Flores
>pointless Tell me more about your glorious life and your sense of duty.
Cooper Ortiz
The difference is I don't have to chew grass and fuck coconuts while living my pointless life.
Also, >sense of duty
Kek, more like brain damage. You'd have to be pretty dense to sit in your foxhole for that long and not go "Gee, I guess I should go see how the war's going"
Onoda and Suzuki became friends, but Onoda still refused to surrender, saying that he was waiting for orders from a superior officer. Suzuki returned to Japan with photographs of himself and Onoda as proof of their encounter, and the Japanese government located Onoda's commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, who had since become a bookseller. He flew to Lubang where on March 9, 1974, he finally met with Onoda and fulfilled the promise made in 1944, "Whatever happens, we'll come back for you," by issuing him the following orders:
1. In accordance with the Imperial command, the Fourteenth Area Army has ceased all combat activity. 2. In accordance with military Headquarters Command No. A-2003, the Special Squadron of Staff's Headquarters is relieved of all military duties. 3. Units and individuals under the command of Special Squadron are to cease military activities and operations immediately and place themselves under the command of the nearest superior officer. When no officer can be found, they are to communicate with the American or Philippine forces and follow their directives.
—Hiroo Onoda, Onoda 1999, pp. 13–14
Why does this make me so emotional when I read it?
