TOP 100 Hidden Photos You WON'T Find In History Books!

Summary

This script unveils 100 astonishing historical photos, revealing untold stories and challenging common perceptions of the past. From Soviet practices to enhance children's health to the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing, each image captures a unique moment in history. The collection includes Einstein with scientific minds, a young boy witnessing space exploration, and a glimpse into the lives of notable figures like Albert Einstein and Queen Elizabeth. It serves as a reminder that history is rich with stories beyond textbooks, shaping our understanding of the world.

Takeaways

• 😴 In the 1950s Soviet Union, a practice was to let babies sleep outside for fresh air and sunlight to boost their immune system.
• 👑 An American soldier was pictured wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, taken by Nazis from Austria in 1938.
• 🚔 George Carlin was arrested for violating obscenity laws in Wisconsin after his 'seven words' routine in 1972.
• 💍 A photograph from circa 1945 shows thousands of wedding rings taken from Holocaust victims by the Nazis.
• 🤫 Mobsters at Al Capone's trial in 1931 hid their faces from the camera, despite their violent crimes.
• 😴 A Serbian soldier was pictured sleeping with his visiting father on the front line, reflecting Serbia's heavy losses during the war.
• 🌞 U.S. Army nurses were photographed sunbathing beside an anti-aircraft gun during World War II.
• 🏛 German troops raised the Nazi flag over the Acropolis in 1941 after capturing Athens.
• 🕶️ Albert Einstein was captured in a photo with Hideki Yukawa, John Wheeler, and Homi J. Bhabha, showcasing great scientific minds.
• 😷 A young newsboy was photographed in front of a closed theater due to public gathering restrictions during the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918.

Q & A

What was the unusual practice in the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s for children's health?

In the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s, it was a practice to make small children sleep outside for fresh air and sunlight to strengthen their immune systems.

What significant artifact was found in a cave in Siegen, Germany, on April 3rd, 1945?

On April 3rd, 1945, American Soldiers found the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Siegen, Germany, which had been taken by the Nazis from Austria in 1938.

Why was George Carlin arrested on May 27, 1972?

George Carlin was arrested on May 27, 1972, for violating Wisconsin's obscenity laws after performing his controversial routine 'Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.'

What does the photograph showing thousands of wedding rings signify?

The photograph showing thousands of wedding rings signifies the extent of the Holocaust, as these rings were removed from victims by the Nazis before their execution.

Why were mobsters hiding their faces at Al Capone's trial in 1931?

Mobsters hid their faces at Al Capone's trial in 1931 because they were comfortable committing crimes but feared the camera and the public exposure it could bring.

What emotional impact does the photograph of a Serbian soldier sleeping with his father have?

The photograph of a Serbian soldier sleeping with his father, who came to visit him on the frontline near Belgrade during 1914-1918, conveys the emotional toll of war and the human connection amidst conflict.

What unusual activity did U.S. Army nurses partake in 1945, as depicted in one of the photographs?

In 1945, a group of U.S. Army nurses were photographed sunbathing beside a 40-millimeter anti-aircraft gun aboard a coast guard manned troop transport returning to the states.

What historical event is marked by the photograph of German troops raising the Nazi flag over the Acropolis in 1941?

The photograph of German troops raising the Nazi flag over the Acropolis in 1941 marks the capture of Athens by the German second Panzer Division during World War II.

How did Albert Einstein interact with the civil rights movement in the United States?

Albert Einstein defied the prevailing racial climate of the time by visiting Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, the first degree-granting black college in the U.S., to teach a class in 1946.

What historical significance does the photograph of a young newsboy in front of a Seattle theater have?

The photograph of a young newsboy in front of a downtown Seattle theater is significant because it captures the effects of the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918, which led to the closure of public gathering places like theaters.

What was the unique method used by a man to support war relief funds during World War One?

During World War One, a man known as the 'human squirrel' performed daredevil stunts by scaling New York City skyscrapers to support war relief funds.

Outlines

00:00

📸 Hidden Historical Photos

This paragraph introduces a collection of 100 shocking historical photos that are not commonly found in history books. It covers a range of topics from the Soviet Union's practice of letting babies sleep outside for health reasons in the 1950s to a photo of Albert Einstein with other scientific minds in 1954. It also includes images of historical figures like George Carlin, Al Capone, and scenes from World War II, the Spanish Flu, and the Holocaust. Each photo comes with a brief description, providing a glimpse into the past that challenges common historical knowledge.

05:01

🎉 Moments in Time

Paragraph 2 delves into various historical moments captured in photographs. It includes a Christmas party in a London bomb shelter during World War II, the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing, and the rescue of Jewish prisoners from a death train. There are also images of cultural and political figures like Robin Williams, an anti-fascist militia fighter in the Spanish Civil War, and a young Japanese prisoner used for target practice. The paragraph showcases the diversity of human experiences and the resilience in the face of adversity.

10:04

🌍 Global Historical Snapshots

Paragraph 3 presents a series of historical photos from around the world. It features a crashed East German MIG-21, the evacuation of a Yugoslav partisan, and a young boy learning to trade in West Virginia. The paragraph also includes images of Soviet peasants listening to the radio for the first time, concentration camp survivors being freed, and President Lincoln's funeral procession. Each photo tells a story of a different era, reflecting the struggles, achievements, and everyday life of people from various walks of life.

15:05

🏭 Industrial Age and Social Issues

This paragraph focuses on the social issues and historical events of the industrial age. It discusses child labor, as seen through the eyes of a young laborer in a factory in 1908, and the efforts of the National Child Labor Committee. It also touches on the human 'squirrel' who performed daring stunts for war relief during World War One. The paragraph includes images of a wounded soldier from the American Civil War, the integration struggle of Elizabeth Eckford, and the early days of Santa Claus's modern image. It provides a window into the societal changes and challenges faced during this period.

20:08

👑 Royalty, War, and Cultural Icons

Paragraph 5 highlights photographs featuring royalty, war, and cultural icons. It includes a photo of Nicholas II and George V, showcasing their friendship and similarities. There are images from the Battle of Britain, the entrance of Finnish civilians into bomb shelters, and American soldiers experiencing the beauty of European churches. The paragraph also features Betty White, John F. Kennedy, and Fidel Castro, capturing moments from their lives that are historically significant. It ends with a photo of Babe Ruth in the National Guard and a young Frederick Douglass, emphasizing the diverse range of historical figures and events.

25:09

🏡 Life on the Home Front

The final paragraph brings the historical narrative closer to home with images of everyday life during times of war. It features a young boy watching televised images of the moon, a family's mule wearing a gas mask during World War One, and Queen Elizabeth in her early years. The paragraph also includes a photo of Salvador Dali working on an unfinished cartoon film, a young hairdresser in Paris, and a farewell photo of English soldiers before being sent to the front in 1939. It concludes with a photo of one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans, emphasizing the personal stories that make up the larger tapestry of history.

Keywords

💡Hidden Historical Photos

This term refers to rare or previously overlooked images from the past that are not commonly found in history books. In the context of the video, these photos reveal surprising and often shocking aspects of history, challenging viewers' preconceived notions. For example, the script mentions '100 hidden shocking historical photos' that astonish and intrigue.

💡Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, also known as the USSR, was a socialist state that existed from 1922 to 1991, covering a large part of Eurasia. In the video, it is mentioned in relation to a practice where 'babies left to sleep outside' in the 1950s to 1970s for fresh air and sunlight, illustrating unique cultural practices of the time.

💡Holocaust

The Holocaust was a genocide during World War II in which millions of Jews, along with other targeted groups, were systematically murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators.

Highlights

Babies in the Soviet Union were made to sleep outside for fresh air and sunlight in the 1950s to 1970s to boost their immune system.

An American soldier was pictured wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, taken by the Nazis in Austria in 1938.

George Carlin was arrested for violating obscenity laws after performing a controversial routine in Wisconsin on May 27, 1972.

Thousands of wedding rings were removed from Holocaust victims before their execution, as shown in a circa 1945 photograph.

Mobsters hid their faces at Al Capone's trial in 1931, revealing their fear of the camera despite their violent crimes.

A Serbian soldier was photographed sleeping with his father during World War I, reflecting the heavy losses Serbia suffered.

U.S. Army nurses were pictured sunbathing beside an anti-aircraft gun aboard a troop transport ship in 1945.

German troops raised the Nazi flag over the Acropolis in 1941 after capturing Athens, symbolizing their victory.

Albert Einstein, Hideki Yukawa, John Wheeler, and Homi J. Bhabha were captured together in a 1954 photograph, showcasing some of the greatest scientific minds.

A young newsboy was photographed in front of a Seattle theater closed due to the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918.

Indian soldiers were seen burying dead Pakistani soldiers after Pakistan refused to accept their bodies during the Kargil War in 1999.

Albert Einstein defied the racial climate of his time by teaching at Lincoln University, the first degree-granting black college in the U.S., in 1946.

A four-year-old girl was photographed shucking oysters in Dunbar, Louisiana, in 1911, highlighting the harsh conditions of child labor.

Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, was hit in the head with stones during a speech in October 1937.

A Christmas party in an underground shelter in London on December 25, 1940, showed families celebrating amidst the terror of war.

American planes bringing food to West Berlin were greeted by people in 1948 during the Berlin Crisis, which ended in 1949.

A photograph taken minutes after the nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 documents the immediate aftermath of the 21-kiloton plutonium device known as 'Fat Man'.

A man took a selfie in 1957 using a stick of wood to activate the camera, showcasing an early form of the modern selfie trend.

James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder, involved in a fatal crash on September 30, 1955, is remembered as the car of a young star.

A robber was disabled by a pistol shot while trying to snatch a lady's handbag in Germany on April 3, 1950, where civilians were not allowed to carry firearms.

A group of Jewish prisoners were photographed after being liberated from a death train in 1945, as the war was ending.

The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French people to the U.S. in the late 1800s, was constructed with the intent to commemorate various aspects of the two nations' relationship.

A lone man, August Friedrich Landmesser, was photographed refusing to do the Nazi salute in June 1936, an act of defiance against the regime.

The only known photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg was discovered in 1952 by Josephine Cobb in the National Archives.

A young boy named Jay Bodner watched televised photos of the moon's surface taken by Ranger 9 moments before it crashed, reflecting the impact of space exploration.

Queen Elizabeth II was once a young girl, as shown in a photograph from circa 1942, a stark contrast to her later image as a more austere monarch.

The chaos of German attempts to get rid of Soviet slave laborers is captured in a photograph from April 1945, showing the desperation of war.

Betty Page, a timeless beauty, was photographed at the beach in the 1950s, a period when she was famously private and only modeled for a short time.

On June 5, 1944, the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in an operation to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany.

Albert Einstein was photographed wearing his Levi's Menlo Cossack leather jacket throughout the 1930s, a symbol of his fame as a scientist.

A young British girl was photographed outside a bombed home during the Battle of Britain in 1940, a poignant image of the war's impact on civilians.

Eleanor Roosevelt is seen in a school photo from 1898, years before she would serve as a volunteer teacher for impoverished immigrant children.

The Buchenwald concentration camp is depicted in a photograph from April 16, 1945, showing the harrowing daily life of its prisoners.

Actress Betty White, known as the first lady of television, had the longest television career of any entertainer, spanning over 80 years.

John F. Kennedy campaigned in West Virginia in 1960, highlighting the struggles of rural people and earning the state's support.

Fidel Castro visited New York City in 1959 before becoming a notorious figure, enjoying a period of popularity and acclaim.

Salvador Dali worked on paintings for the unfinished cartoon film 'Destino' in 1945, collaborating with Walt Disney.

Babe Ruth, even as a member of the National Guard, spent most of his time playing baseball, as shown in a 1924 photograph.

Frederick Douglass, a national leader of the Abolitionist Movement, was photographed in 1865, embodying his purposeful stance against slavery.

A group of English soldiers smiled in a farewell photo before being sent to the front in September 1939, masking the gravity of their situation.

Transcripts

imagine exploring a past that was once

hidden from view a past that will

astonish Intrigue and challenge

everything you thought you knew here are

100 hidden shocking historical photos

that you won't find in history books

number 100 babies left to sleep outside

and forcing immune system

1958 in the Soviet Union in what is now

Russia there was a practice in the 1950s

through 1970s to make small children

sleep outside for fresh air and sunlight

Come Morning number 99 American Soldier

wearing the crown of the Holy Roman

Empire in a cave and Siegen Germany on

April 3rd 1945 the crown had been taken

by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. number

98 George Carlin being arrested for

violating Wisconsin's obscenity laws

after performing the controversial

routine seven words you can never say on

television May 27 1972 number 97 wedding

rings that were removed from Holocaust

victims before they were executed Circa

1945. this Photograph shows the

thousands of wedding rings that the

Nazis removed from their victims during

the Holocaust Number 96 Mobsters hide

their faces at Al Capone's trial

1931. these Mobsters were comfortable

committing horrific crimes and acts of

violence but they were scared of the

camera number 95 a Serbian Soldier

sleeps with his father who came to visit

him on the front line near Belgrade

between 1914 and 1918 Serbia lost 27

percent of its population both on the

front lines and because of Civilian

massacres number 94 U.S army nurses

sunbathing

1945. this group of U.S army nurses

sunbathed beside a 40 millimeter

anti-aircraft gun and its crew aboard a

coast guard manned troop transport

returning to the states

number 93 German troops raising the Nazi

flag over the Acropolis 1941 after the

German second Panzer Division captured

Athens they raised the Nazi German flag

above the Acropolis as a sign of Victory

number 92 pin on future fashion

1945. this is possibly how people in the

past thought the future would look

number 91 Albert Einstein hideke yakawa

John Wheeler and homie J bappa in 1954.

one photographer was able to capture

some of the greatest scientific Minds

all in one photo number 90. a young

Newsboy stands in front of a downtown

Seattle theater the theater closed down

after mayor Ole Hansen's Proclamation

concerning public Gatherings during the

Spanish Flu pandemic 1918. number 89 in

Dad's uniform 1916

young Germans could volunteer for a year

and pay for their military training if

accepted some patriotic Germans did so

to serve number 88 Indian soldiers

burying dead Pakistani soldiers after

Pakistan refused to accept their bodies

Cargill War

1999 there were dozens of freshly dug

Graves of unknown soldiers men who India

insists are pakistanis number 87

children in front of the world's largest

log cabin in Portland Oregon USA 1938

built in 1905 it burnt down in 1964.

forestry building was constructed as

part of Portland's Lewis and Clark

Centennial Exposition number 86. Albert

Einstein defying the prevailing racial

climate of the time he visited Lincoln

University Pennsylvania the first degree

granting black college in the U.S to

teach a class in 1946 number 85

four-year-old Mary who Shucks two pots

of oysters a day at Dunbar her mother is

the fastest shocker in the place

earns one dollar fifty cents a day works

part of the time with her sick baby in

her arms Dunbar Louisiana

1911 number 84. leader of the British

Union of fascists Oswald Mosley being

hit in the head while giving a speech in

October 1937 he was hit by two stones

thrown by crowd members after he

delivered a fascist salute to 8 000

people number 83 the assassination of

Reinhardt Hedrick 1942 on May 27 1942 an

assassination of Reinhard heydrich the

architect of the Holocaust was

undertaken by Yosef gabchik and Jan

kubish in Prague number 82 a Christmas

party in an underground shelter in

London

December 25th 1940. this stunning photo

shows families celebrating in a London

bomb shelter as the nation rallied in

the face of Terror number 81 people

greet American planes bringing food to

West Berlin which was surrounded by

Soviet troops Germany

1948 the crisis ended on May 12 1949

number 80. Senator John F Kennedy and

his wife Jacqueline Kennedy campaigned

in New York October 1960. on November 8

1960 Kennedy was elected president of

the United States number 79 minutes

after the nuclear bomb was dropped on

Nagasaki 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped

on Nagasaki on August 9th a 21 kiloton

plutonium device known as fat man number

78 man takes a selfie in 1957. this man

takes a selfie using a stick of wood to

activate the camera number 77 the erect

remains of actor James Dean's Porsche

550 spider shalam California USA

September 30th 1955. the young star died

during transport to the hospital number

76 this robber who tried to snatch the

lady's handbag is disabled by a pistol

shot of colored lie April 3rd 1950 the

new shock weapon is on sale in Germany

where civilians aren't allowed to carry

firearms number 75 an American Soldier

kisses his girlfriend on the grass

photographed in Hyde Park London 1945

they hadn't any clue whether they would

ever be reunited with the one they loved

number 74. a group of Jewish prisoners

after being liberated from a death train

1945 as the war came to an end Nazis

made attempts to evacuate concentration

camps before Allied troops arrived

number 73

Titanic's stern photographed by Thomas

Barker in 1912 a newspaper photographer

who boarded the ship during her brief

stop at Queenstown Ireland on April 11

1912. number 72 the prince of Naples

later King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

holding a picture of his grandfather

Victor Emmanuel II

1873 a hesitant and indecisive ruler his

Reign was plagued by political violence

and instability number 7 31 a U.S

soldier runs past a burning house in

Saigon

1965. North Vietnamese and communist

Vietcong forces launched a coordinated

attack against a number of Targets in

South Vietnam number 70. French biplane

France

1916. this is from an album of aerial

photography of the Paris Camp May 4th

1916. number 69 Japanese soldiers using

blindfolded Sikh prisoners for target

practice during the Battle of Singapore

1942 the Japanese treatment of prisoners

of war in World War II was barbaric

number 68 dog completing a parachute

shop during training

1944 animals have been used in war

throughout history the second world war

being no exception however training dogs

to parachute was exceptional number 67

the commune in Paris

1871. this was a barricade at the corner

of the Rue westfroy and the Rue de

Charon on March 18 1871 number 66 r

Robin Williams 27 years old this was a

few weeks after the Airing of Mork and

Mindy and he is on his way to Studio 54

to attend a party celebrating his

Newfound Fame New York

1978 number 65 an anti-fascist militia

fighter in the Spanish Civil War of

1936.

on July 18 1936 troops under the

leadership of General Francisco Franco

began an uprising against the

democratically elected government of

Spain

number 64. the great gamma gulam

Muhammad bakish but he was a pewani

wrestler in British India and a strong

man in the early 20th century he was an

undefeated wrestling champion of the

world 1910 number 63. in 1975 a mig-21

of the East German Armed Forces crashed

on an apartment Block in katbus the

pilot and five people died on the spot

number 62 Lepa radich of the Yugoslav

partisans being evacuated in 1943. she

said that she was not a traitor and that

her comrades would reveal themselves

when they Avenged her death number 61. a

young boy in Morgantown West Virginia

October 1908 a young boy learns to trade

from his boss who started working in the

same place at the same age and has been

with the company for 30 years number 60.

Soviet peasants listened to the radio

for the first time

1928 peasants during that time suffered

horrendous living and working conditions

number 59

concentration camp survivors being freed

in 1945 sensing the end was near the

Germans attempted to transport out three

trains each carrying 2500 prisoners

number 58 President Lincoln's funeral on

April 25th 1865 this picture was taken

of Lincoln's funeral procession as it

moved through New York City number 57 a

priest conducts mass for Irish soldiers

during the Civil War in this rare

Battlefield photo from 1861 a Catholic

priest conducts mass in a makeshift tent

for Irish Union troops number 56

constructing the Statue of Liberty the

French people bestowed The Incredible

Gift of these Statue of Liberty on the

U.S in the late 1800s to commemorate a

variety of things number 55 students at

an Indian training school in the 1800s

the boys seen here were educated in

blacksmithing at the Forest Grove Indian

training school in the late 1800s

number 54. this donkey did not play

animals of All Sorts have regularly been

utilized in war and some were even

awarded medals for their efforts number

53 a lone man refuses to do the Nazi

salute this photo was taken in June of

1936 and features a lone man named

August Friedrich landmasser refusing to

participate in the Nazi salute number 52

the only known photo of Abraham Lincoln

at Gettysburg in 1952 Josephine Cobb

discovered this photo of the event in

the National Archives

number 51 recording the MGM lion

the one in this photo was named Jackie

and it's his Roar that appears at the

beginning of the Wizard of Oz number 50.

African-American nurses in the U.S Army

Nurse Corps in 1944 little by little the

RB nurse Corps recruited more black

nurses but their numbers still remained

low

only 247 by the end of 1944 number 49

Helen Keller meets Dwight Eisenhower

this touching photo was taken of the two

when Keller asked President Eisenhower

to meet her number 48. three Athletes

Training for the 1896 Olympics

the first modern Olympics were held in

April of 1896 in Athens Greece with 241

all male contestants from 14 different

countries around the world number 47

Judge Roy Bean conducts Court in his

Wild West Saloon there were few Wild

West characters quite as colorful as

Judge Roy Bean Bean was appointed the

sole judge of a remote region of Texas

in the 1800s

number 46 child survivors of the

bergen-belsen Concentration Camp Wendy

Camp was liberated in April 1945 500

children were found alive While others

were freed on trains or other camps

they've been relocated to number 45

Geronimo with a group of fellow

shirakawa Apache prisoners among the

chirakawa Apache prisoners pictured here

is the famous Apache leader and Medicine

Man Geronimo third from the right in the

first row number 44 an American

anti-suffrage Union in 1919 while some

of us take boating for granted today

it's important to remember that American

women didn't even have the option until

1920. number 43 women waiting to be

taken to a Japanese internment camp

Japanese Americans were forced to

relocate into prison style encampments

until 1946. number 42 child laborer

looking out a factory window in 1908

in 1904 the national child labor

committee was formed to send out

investigators to look into child labor

conditions number 41 the human squirrel

scaling a New York City skyscraper

during World War One this guy came up

with a way to support War relief funds

in 1918. known as the human squirrel he

performed all sorts of insane stunts

number 40. wounded soldier during the

American Civil War this wounded soldier

was just one of many subjects

photographed by Matthew Brady during the

American Civil War number 39 a young

newsie in 1910 Michael the boy pictured

here was found selling newspapers during

a huge rainstorm just days after

recovering from his second bout of

pneumonia number 38. Santa Claus visits

Chicago in 1902. Santa's classic red

outfit and plump figure weren't always

as standard as they've become

Santa was actually pretty thin at some

early incarnations

number 37 a lava cruises NYC in 1957.

she was snapped here by Inca marath back

in the 1950s as part of an assignment

for Life magazine number 36. Elizabeth

eckford integrating into an all-white

School in 1957. Elizabeth and a group of

eight other students known as The Little

Rock Nine enrolled in Little Rock

Arkansas's all-white Central High School

number 35 a young boy watches televised

images of the moon's surface

here a young boy named Jay Bodner

watches televised photos taken by Ranger

9 moments before it crashed into a large

crater number 34 wife of Apollo 13

astronaut James a Lovell this photo

details Marion level listening to a

broadcast detailing the dangers facing

the crew number 33. soldiers and their

mule in World War One gas masks during

World War One chemicals like chlorine

and mustard gas were weaponized in

attempts to defeat enemy troops number

32 Queen Elizabeth cracking up President

Reagan during a speech as the world's

longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth

II met with 12 American presidents from

Truman to Trump number 31. Al Capone's

Depression era soup kitchen the men

stood in line for a soup kitchen in

Chicago run by Al Capone number 30. a

woman and her dog get matching waves in

1920. Miss Agnes O'Loughlin the proud

Pooch owner was out to get some killer

waves which was no easy task back then

number 29 Princess and later Queen

Elizabeth Circa 1942 it's crazy to think

that Queen Elizabeth was once but a girl

we're so used to seeing her the way she

was older and wiser and more austere

number 28 liberated Soviet slave

laborers being rescued from a seller

after it was locked and set on fire by a

German policeman April 1945 this shot

shows the chaos that came with the

Germans attempting to get rid of

laborers number 27 a group photograph of

Japanese officers taken by Felicia De

Otto Japan late 1860s

Felicia beato was one of the first

photographers to travel to East Asia and

capture shots of people going about

their daily lives number 26. Betty Page

at the beach Circa 1950s a Timeless

beauty page may be famous but she was a

private person and really only modeled

for a short period of time number 25 the

eyes of the world are upon you June 5th

1944 the Allied Forces stormed the

beaches of Normandy to liberate Western

Europe from the clutches of Nazi Germany

number 24. Albert Einstein wearing his

Levi's Menlo Cossack leather jacket he

was photographed wearing the jacket

throughout the 1930s a decade when he

became the most famous scientist in the

world number 23 Bridget Bardot in front

of the Eiffel Tower in the early 1950s a

Transcendent beauty of Bridget Bardot

was even more apparent in this gorgeous

colorized photograph of her early years

in Paris number 22 a tunnel rat about

out to enter a Vietcong tunnel with a

suppressed revolver Vietnam

1960s aside from working underground

tunnel rats were also tasked with

finding and disarming Minds number 21

Nicholas II and George V almost twins in

royalty these two Royal cousins were

more than just look-alikes they were two

of the best friends that ever existed in

a rarified era of kings and queens

number 20. acrobats on the Empire State

Building

1934

acrobats Charlie Smith Jewel waddock and

Jimmy Carrigan Twisted themselves into

this pretzelsque human statue High atop

New York City number 19. young British

girl outside a bombed Home Battle of

Britain

1940 this poor young girl stuck outside

in the rubble and the debris with

nothing but a stuffed animal to keep her

company number 18. Eleanor Roosevelt age

14. from a school photo taken in 1898 by

the time she returned to the city she

was already serving as a volunteer

teacher for impoverished immigrant

children number 17. Finnish civilians

enter a bomb shelter in Helsinki as air

raid siren start with Soviet bombers

inbound November 30 1939

the campaigns lasted from 1939 to 1944.

number 16. American Soldier inside a

church somewhere in Europe 1945 seeing

this Soldier take in the breathtaking

Majesty of this Priceless art is an

amazing portal into life during World

War II number 15. the grant duchesses of

Russia Olga Tatiana Maria and Anastasia

have long held a place in the minds of

historians number 14. buchenwald

concentration camp April 16

1945 life in buchenwald as in every camp

like it was a waking nightmare every day

was filled with a new miserable

experience

number 13. actress Betty White Betty

White had the longest television career

of any Entertainer spanning over 80

years

she was known as the first lady of

television

number 12. John F Kennedy campaigning in

the hills of West Virginia 1960.

Kennedy went all out and did his best to

shine a light on the plight of rural

people something that endeared him to

the state number 11. Fidel Castro won a

visit to New York before he was Public

Enemy Numero Uno he was the toast of the

town when he visited New York City in

1959. number 10. Salvador Dali making

paintings for the unfinished cartoon

film Destino

1945. he wrote the script and helped

storyboard the film but Walt Disney was

in dire Financial Straits following

World War II number nine Babe Ruth after

enlisting in the National Guard

1924. even as a member of the military

Ruth spent most of his time on the

baseball diamond number eight Bean

picker

1941. in the 1940s Farms were still a

family affair with everyone chipping in

to make sure the crops were sowed and

implanted number seven soldiers laughing

at the Bob Hope Show at Seoul Korea in

1950 in the midst of war the one thing

that can wipe away the memories of

bullets whizzing by and the fear of the

enemy is laughter number six Frederick

Douglass

1865 as a national leader of the

Abolitionist Movement Frederick Douglass

was known as a man with a purpose number

five

okoso watari 17 years old hairdresser of

the officers of the Tycoon Embassy in

Paris born in yedo Japan

the wildest part of this is that

watari's outfit came with a honking

sword number four A Farewell photo of

English soldiers on the train before

being sent to the front in September

1939. these smiling faces of these young

men belied the horrible predicament that

they've been put into number three

Toronto resident Jose Morel grenetstein

age three in regulation service uniform

supporting the war effort on the home

front

1914. number two FDR as assistant

Secretary of the Navy

1913. long before he was president of

the U.S FDR served as the assistant

Secretary of the Navy number one William

Hutchings age 100 one of the oldest

surviving American Revolutionary War

veterans photographed 1864. William

Hutchings enlisted in the military at

the age of 15 and fought to defend his

State's Coast remember history is more

than just what's written in textbooks

it's the untold stories the unsung

heroes and the unexpected twists that

shape our world alright that's it for

today thanks for watching

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