The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Categories: History |

Black-and-white images give the false impression that the events depicted on them took place hundreds of years earlier than they actually were. But as soon as you add color to the image, the image takes on a completely different look — it seems that you are looking at the frame for the first time.

We offer you to see the brightest and most interesting historical moments in color. 

The most iconic historical footage is now in color
The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Marilyn Monroe.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Booker Tagliaferro Washington, one of the leading advocates for the enlightenment of African Americans, in his office at Tuskegee University, 1906.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Picnickers in Sarasota, USA, 1941.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Armed troops block a road near the site of an explosion at an oil plant in Texas, April 17, 1947.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

General Robert E. Lee a week after the surrender of General Ulysses S. Grant, which ended the Civil War, on April 16, 1865.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

The boardwalk at Luna Park on Coney Island, New York, 1905.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Louis Armstrong rehearsing backstage, 1946.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, 1935.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Production of propaganda posters during the Second World War, Port Washington, 1942.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Portrait of a family near Muskogee, Oklahoma, during a drought, August 1939.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Madison Square, 1900.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Norman Rockwell enters Stockbridge Studios in Massachusetts, 1966.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

A man collects burgers, 1938.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial, 1939.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Comedian and singer Ernie Hare shows his attitude to prohibition, 1920.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

"Oasis in the Wasteland", Red Hawk of the Oglala Sioux on horseback, 1905.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

College students check the capacity of the car "Volkswagen beetle", 1965.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Tufts University baseball team, studio shot, 1890.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon (1970).

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Jimmy Stewart (30s).

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Pablo Picasso.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's assassin, November 23, 1963. He had only one day left to live.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Winston Churchill, 1941.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Albert Einstein, 1921.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

A boy delivering newspapers.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Japanese archers at the shooting range, ca. 1860.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

The crash of the airship "Hindenburg", May 6, 1937.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

British troops depart for the Western Front, England, September 20, 1939.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Joan Crawford on the set of Letty Linton, 1932.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Village shop Old Gold, 1939.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Mark Twain in the garden, circa 1900.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Albert Einstein, summer of 1939.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Audrey Hepburn in her kitchen.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Charles Darwin.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

"Easter eggs" from American soldiers to Hitler, Easter Eve, 1945.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Clint Eastwood, 1960.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Charlie Chaplin at the age of 27, without makeup, 1916.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Elizabeth Taylor on the set of The Giant, 1952.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Blues saxophonist Big J. McNeely and his fans, Los Angeles, 1953.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife Lucille in Cairo, Egypt, 1961.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

The boxing match between Ray Campbell and Dick Highland, May 1913.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

William Monroe, 1924. He bought and sold stolen goods.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Sophia Loren and Jane Mansfield, the 1960s.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

The three Kennedy brothers who became a powerful political triumvirate (1962): John became president, Robert became Justice Secretary, and Edward became a senator.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Clint Eastwood at work, 1960.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

A barber cuts the hair of an RAF pilot during a break between flights.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

Car accident in Washington, 1921.

The most iconic historical footage is now in color

President Lincoln with Major General McClernand and Alan Pinkerton, 1862.

Keywords: History | Photo | Frame

     

source