There are some things that I would not have imagined that have been captured in a picture. Sometimes I think the importance of capturing moments. Moments can be lived only once, there is no discussion in that. However, knowing that we can actually capture that moment with a picture and then show it exactly how it happened to someone else is something that is quite impressive for me.
These moments captured that we’ll show you are moments in history that were important, and that we now get to forever remember as they were, because they were captured on film. Which one is your favorite?
1. A gifted kid
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Samuel Reshevsky. The prodigy child Samuel Reshevsky easily defeats several chess masters simultaneously, being just 8 years of age in 1920. Pretty amazing, right? I couldn’t believe it till I saw it in the picture.
2. Nine Kings at Buckingham Palace
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The 9 kings. In May 1910, all European royalty gathered for the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Look at their expressions, most of them are looking to a different place. That seemed a little bit weird to me. Did you noticed that too?
3. Solvay congress
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The Fifth Solvay Congress. In 1927, the world's leading scientists met and took the most famous and important picture in the science history.
4. Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke
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The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife. June 28, 1914, the day they were killed in Sarajevo, a fact that triggered the First World War. I can’t believe a moment like this could be captured. It is impressive.
5. Paradoxical
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Auschwitz SS officers and secretaries pose for picture at the Auschwitz concentration camp, in 1942 which seems quite nonsense. Look at those happy faces. I get they are just officers but i feel like those faces are really forced.
6. Hitler rehearsing his speech
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Hitler acting, he rehearses his speech in front of the mirror in 1925. Weird in a lot of ways, I personally didn’t know that this type of figure had to rehearse what he was going to say or not say…
7. Happy Stalin
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Joseph Stalin. The Soviet leader is captured in a relaxed and informal pose, in a picture taken by his personal bodyguard. I don’t think he could ever imagine that a picture like this could possibly exist.
8. Scary baby masks
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Small gas masks In a British hospital, nurses try gas masks for babies, in 1940. This picture looks quite creepy to me. I get that they are gas masks and that they are in a hospital., but it doesn’t matter their faces with those masks are too much for my eyes.
9. Goebbels
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Joseph Goebbels. The propaganda minister of the Nazi regime is photographed seconds after learning that the Life magazine photographer is Jewish. Something tells me he wasn't very pleased to know this, his face is priceless.
10. Love is in the air
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The kiss of 2800 years. Two bodies discovered in a grave in Iran, in 1972. Their tragic death occurred when the village was burned during a military attack. Even tough, they are just bones and they are already dead it looks like the most romantic way to die.
11. Hand in hand walk
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Vietnamese soldiers. Two fighters walk hand in hand in Vietnam, in 1971. This is one of the most romantic pictures I’ve ever seen in the world. You should think that they are not sure of how much time left they have.
12. Last guillotine execution
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The end of the guillotine. Last public execution in the guillotine, carried out in France in 1939. This is a drastic sentence. I am truly in favor of this decision. I mean, it was not only cruel but also inhuman. I feel like there are millions ways of changing a criminal so that it can live in society again.
13. Prohibition ending
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The end of the prohibition. Taken in a bar in the United States on December 5, 1933, the day the Prohibition was terminated. Everyone was so happy, look at their faces!
14. Hitler again
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The last picture of Adolf Hitler. The last image of Adolf Hitler, taken on April 30, 1945, hours before he committed suicide. Well, kind of. Some people don’t believe that he committed suicide, they think he was hidden somewhere for a long time. Quite a mystery…
15. Color picture
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Adolf Hitler in color. One of the few color pictures of him. I believe there are more original pictures in color of him. However, some others are photoshopped and were in black and white originally.
16. German soldiers
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Execution. German soldiers prepare to execute a communist militant in Munich, 1919. Can you possibly imagine yourself preparing for an execution? This doesn’t even fits in my own head. It should be quite difficult not only physically but also mentally talking.
17. Versailles treaty
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Treaty of Versailles. Witnesses stand on chairs and furniture to witness the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919. I would’ve done the same with no doubt. Imagine living that moment! Of course I would spy.
18. Nazi soldier’s oath
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Oath of Nazi soldiers. In 1938, a year before the start of World War II, Nazi SS troops take oath in Feldherrnhalle, Munich. Who would’ve thought that the second world war was going to take place one year after? Crazy…
19. Soviet soldiers
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Soviet soldiers in Berlin. In 1945, after the Nazi defeat in World War II, Soviet soldiers raise the flag of the USSR in Berlin. WOW, this picture looks as if it was taken from a futuristic movie, right?
20. Japanese
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The murder. A 17-year-old boy murders the leader of the Socialist Party of that country, Inejiro Asanuma, on October 12, 1960, with a traditional Japanese saber.
