FRANCE. Near St. Lô. July 26th-30th, 1944. American soldiers resting.
FRANCE. June/July, 1944. An American chaplain comforts a dying German soldier as prisoners of war look on.
FRANCE. Nice. August 1949. Henri MATISSE in his studio.
USA. Hollywood. 1946. April/May 1946. Filming of “Notorius” Director: Alfred HITCHCOCK. Starring Ingrid BERGMAN, Cary GRANT, Claude RAINS and Louis CALHERN. Ingrid BERGMAN et Alfred HITCHCOCK. Hollywood May 1946 The Director Alfred HITCHCOCK supervising the close up frame of the cameraman directed on the hand of Ingrid Bergman (which was holding a hidden key to a wine cellar)) during the filming of NOTORIOUS.
USSR. Moscow. September 1947. Hungarian born photographer Robert CAPA focusing his Rolleiflex in the mirror during a portrait session with American writer John STEINBECK. U.R.S.S. Russie. Moscou. Septembre 1947. John STEINBECK, écrivain américain, photographié par Robert CAPA.
FRANCE. Saint-Denis, near Paris. May 3rd, 1936. Legislative election. The Popular Front, a coalition between socialists, communists and other antifascist parties which governed France between 1936 and 1938, won the elections.
FRANCE. ICP 054 Montrouge. 12 juin 1936. Défilé populaire au vélodrome Buffalo. Paris. 1936. A march at the Buffalo velodrome. Supporters of the leftist liberal Front Populaire coalition government.
FRANCE. May 1939. Near Biarritz. Orphans of the Spanish Civil War under the care of the “Foster Parents’ Plan for Spanish Children”, largely financed by the United States.
SPAIN. November 7th, 1938. Near Fraga, the Aragon front. Loyalist troops during an offensive on the Rio Segre.
SPAIN. Spanish Civil War (1936/9) ICP 237. Aragon front. Battle of Teruel. January 3rd, 1938. Republican soldiers inside the Governor’s Palace, the last bastion of the Fascist resistance. Earlier that day the Republicans had detonated mines powerful enough to blow away an entire wall. Aragon. Teruel. Décembre 1937. Offensive républicaine pour reprendre la ville aux franquistes. La prise de l’aqueduc “Los Arcos”. The Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, when part of the Spanish army rebelled against the Second Republic, a democratic government elected in 1931. It gained international dimensions when Fascist Germany and Italy began supporting the military uprising, led by General Franco, with weapons and soldiers. The USSR helped the Republic, and a significant contingent of volunteers joined the International Brigades and fought for the Republic. The conflict became the symbol of a larger conflict between Fascists and Communists. The war ended in 1939 with Franco’s victory over the Republicans.
SPAIN. Madrid. Winter 1936-1937. After an Italo-German air raid. The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from November 1936 to February 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany started helping the Nationalist forces, and the USSR the Popular Front government.
SPAIN. Madrid. Winter 1936-1937. A building destroyed by Italo-German air raids. The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from Nov. 1936 to Feb. 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany started helping the Nationalist forces, and the USSR the Popular Front government.
SPAIN. Madrid. November-December 1936. A member of the International Brigades.
SPAIN. Barcelona. August 1936. A Loyalist militia woman.
ICP 525. July, 1943. A member of the American Medical Corps treats a German prisoner of war.
SPAIN. Spanish Civil War (1936-9) ICP 254. Mora de Ebro, the Aragon front. November 5th, 1938. The Fascist rebels bombed the bridge over the Ebro River and opened the dams in the north hoping to prevent the Republicans from crossing the river.
FRANCE. Arras. March 23rd, 1945. An American Parachutist preparing to board the plane for the jump accross the Rhine River.
FRANCE. Cherbourg. June 28, 1944. American soldiers and French civilians celebrating the liberation of the city in front of Cherbourg’s city hall.
SPAIN. Madrid. November-December 1936. A member of the International Brigades.
USA. Sun Valley, Idaho. October, 1941. American writer Ernest HEMINGWAY with his son Gregory.
CHINA. April 7th, 1938. Taierchwang, Suchow front. The Battle of Taierchwang represented Japan’s first defeat and created a widespread optimism on the possibility for China of defeating Japan.
CHINA. Hankou. March, 1938. Children playing in the snow.
CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. July-September, 1938. After a Japanese air raid.
CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. March, 1938. Young women being trained as Nationalist Chinese soldiers. After having lost Shanghai and Nankijng to the Japanese troops, CHANG KAI SHEK retreated to Hankou, where he resisted until late 1938.
FRANCE. Brittany. Pleybon. 1935. A crowd gathered in front of Mr Pierre Cloarec’s bicycle shop. The owner of the shop is racing in the Tour de France.
SPAIN. Seville. April 1935. At the annual Easter fair.
SPAIN. August-September 1936. A checkpoint near Barcelona.
SPAIN. Aragon front. Battle of Teruel. Republican soldiers trying to conquer this strategically located hilltop town on one of the major routes to Barcelona. December 1937-January 1938.
SPAIN. Spanish Civil War (1936-9) icp 283 Barcelona. January 1939. Entertainment for children who were being evacuated from the city, which was being bombed by fascist planes, as General Franco’s fascist troops rapidly approached.
CHINA. 1938. Training Nationalist Chinese soldiers in the tactics and skills of guerrilla warfare.
CHINA. April 1938. Taierchwang, Suchow front. The Battle of Taierchwang represented Japan’s first defeat and created a widespread optimism on the possibility for China of defeating Japan. After the battle, the wounded walked several miles in order to reach the railroad track.
CHINA. Hankou. April 29th, 1938. Crowds leaning out windows to watch the air battle between Japanese and Chinese planes over Hankou
CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. July-September, 1938. After a Japanese air raid.
CHINA. Hubei. Hankou. July-September, 1938. After a Japanese air raid.
CHINA. Near Zhengzhou. June/July, 1938. As the Japanese advanced on Zhengzhou – the crossroad between the two major railroad lines of northern and eastern China, and the gateway to the Hankow region, CHIANG KAI SHEK ordered to blow up the dikes of the Yellow River. The flood, which halted the Japanese only temporarily, inundated eleven cities and four thousand villages, destroyed the crops of 4 Provinces, and rendered 2 million people homeless.
CHINA. Near Zhengzhou. June-July, 1938. Peasants rowing across flooded waters
CHINA. 1938. A Chinese pilot.
CHINA. Xian. May/June 1938.
SPAIN. Madrid. Winter 1936-1937. After an Italo-German air raid. The Nationalist offensive on Madrid, which lasted from November 1936 to February 1937, was one of the fiercest of the Civil War. During this period Italy and Germany started helping the Nationalist forces, and the USSR the Popular Front government.
Spectators waiting for the tour to pass.
icp 518 Palermo, July 23rd,1943. A member of the American Medical Corps, just after the liberation of the city.
icp 550 Chiunzi Pass, above Maiori (near Salerno), Sept 1943. FORT SCHUSTER, a farmhouse overlooking the road leading to Naples, which was used by American troops to control the whole area. A soldier informs a British officer located in the nearby villages about the situation.
ITALY. 1944. Drivers from the French ambulance corps near the front, waiting to be called.