The Wind Tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (1950)
"Aerodynamic research into hypersonic speeds—perhaps in the region of 15,000 miles an hour—will ultimately be carried out"
20th Century
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Raising the US Flag on Iwo Jima (1945)
On 23 February 1945 one of the iconic photographs of the Second World War was taken on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Here it is in colour.
Outside The Chicago Theatre On State Street (1950)
The bright lights of the 'wonder theatre of the world' caught the attention of a young Stanley Kubrick
The Death of Vladimir Lenin (1924)
On 21 January 1924, the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died. Here's how the news was reported in Britain.
A View Of Mulberry Street In New York City (1900)
A glimpse into Manhattan's teeming streets at the turn of the twentieth century
Sandbags Inside Amiens Cathedral (1918)
A journalist describes a poignant service in a barricaded and subdued church
A Blacksmith in Illinois
Bert Wikle was a member of the German-American Community in the early twentieth century
Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939?
The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder
Harry Clifton and Brideshead’s Sebastian Flyte
The real-life inspiration for a classic character from fiction
