‘The Sign Of The Cross’ (1932)
The Sign of the Cross (1932) is a pre-Code epic film released by Paramount Pictures, produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a screenplay by Waldemar Young and Sidney Buchman, and based on the original 1895 play by Wilson Barrett. Both play and film have a strong resemblance to the novel Quo Vadis, and like the novel, take place in ancient Rome during the reign of Nero.
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Old Portraits of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819 – 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
Below are some of old black and white portraits of Queen Victoria.
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Old Photos of Boxing 100 Years Ago
Boxing has fallen a long way over the past 100 years. The Library of Congress has a jackpot of boxing photos from the early 1910s that perfectly capture the strangeness and simplistic beauty of the bygone sport.
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Photos of Chinese People on Trains, c.1970s
Beijing-based photographer Wang Fuchun produced this series of incredibly vivid pictures of Chinese passengers on trains. A railway worker-turned photographer, Wang has been documenting all sorts of unique moments on trains for decades. From steam locomotives to bullet trains, the past three-decades of changes for China’ s railways have all been recorded in Wang’s photos.
Wang’s bond with trains first started several decades ago. Influenced by his elder brother, who had an established career in rail, Wang also became a railway worker in 1970 after he finished his military service. Due to his strong interest in arts, Wang was asked to take photos as part of his job responsibility during the 1970s.
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Wonderful Color Photographs of Life in Hawaii in 1959
Here, a number of color photographs of life in Hawaii from 1959, the year Hawaii officially became America’s 50th state.
- Foodland supermarket, Hawaii, 1959
- Black-sand beach, made by waves battering volcanic rock, on the Big Island, Hawaii, 1959
- Young Catholics at St. Catherine’s Church on Kauai, 1959
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The Thames Of Old London, c. 1910′s – 20′s
There is a dark and glistening river that flows through my dreams – it is the Thames of old London, carrying away the filth and debris of the city and, in return, delivering the riches of the world upon the flood tide rising.
- Tower of London from the river, c. 1910
- Billingsgate Market, c. 1910
- Houses of Parliament from South Bank, c. 1910
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Dancers of the Casino de Paris, c.1915
These beauties, from the lavish topless revue shows at the Casino de Paris at 16 rue de Clichy in Paris, grace hand-colored postcards which depict the accurate costumes and color of the famous theater. Patrons from around the world visit this establishment, and the influence of is extravagant costumes and topless dancers extends even to America.
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Fidel Castro Visits USSR, 1963
Exactly half a century ago, on the 27th of April, 1963, the leader of the Cuban Revolution paid his first visit to the USSR, that journey lasted for forty days. He managed to see a lot of cities and visit numerous factories, secret military bases, a nuclear submarine, walk along Moscow without security guards, talk to the authorities and ordinary people. He became the first foreigner who came up to the podium of the mausoleum and even received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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