What was the world like 50 years ago: August 1970

Beautiful girls, the pain of war, defiant fashion, experiments in cinema, the first sex fair and much more. All this you will find in a selection of interesting retro photos taken 50 years ago in August 1970.

August 1970. Paris. Canadian actress Francine Raset.

August 1970. Vietnam. Khamdyk base. Photo by Christopher Jensen. This C-130 Hercules was damaged by enemy small artillery during landing in May 1968. After landing, there were control problems, the plane moved off the runway and crashed into a helicopter at the end of the landing run. None of the crew members were injured, there were no passengers. Since it was impossible to repair the aircraft in local conditions, when the base was evacuated in 1968, it was destroyed.

August 2, 1970. Aspiring Australian actress Katie Manning.

August 3, 1970. Fashion. Lace panties.

August 3, 1970. American actress Victoria Principal. Photo by John Downing.

August 3, 1970. The premiere of the British film "Performance" (Performance). The film was shot in 1968, but the premiere was postponed due to lengthy censorship approvals — the film was given a category excluding wide distribution. Pictured is James Fox.

August 1970. A car cinema in San Francisco. The movie "Valley of Dolls". Photo by Arthur Schatz.

August 5, 1970. Vietnam, Da Nang. Interrogation.

August 5, 1970. Vietnam, Khamdyk base. After the repulsed attack on the base. The corpse of a Viet Cong commando. Photo by Christopher Jensen.

August 6, 1970. The Endeavour II ship. A memorable hike dedicated to the 200th anniversary of James Cook's first circumnavigation of the world.

August 6, 1970 - the premiere of the British horror film "Goodbye Gemini" (Goodbye Gemini).

August 6, 1970. Great Britain. Ron Storm is an artist who uses female images on stage.

August 1970. Iggy Pop.

August 1970. Sweden. Bernhard Gustavsson, captain of the Balder. Photo Stig Hjelm.

August 7, 1970. British actress Sally Farmilo.

August 7, 1970. Naples. Italian film director, poet, novelist, communist Pier Paolo Pasolini. He will be killed on November 2, 1975 in a very cruel way. The crime will not be solved.

August 1970. Manchester. A kind of weight loss device.

August 8, 1970. British actress Joan Collins at Heathrow Airport.

August 1970. Progresso fotografico magazine. Italian actress Silvia Dionisio.

August 1970. Astrakhan region. Evacuation of a cholera patient to an infectious disease hospital in Astrakhan. Georgia, Crimea, Kherson and Astrakhan region. Odessa and Kerch are quarantined. More than 1.5 thousand people became ill, more than 50 died.

August 9, 1970. Ismailia, Egypt, an Israeli soldier. The first day of the truce between Egypt and Israel.

August 1970. Filming of the erotic film "Zodiac Couples". Photo by Arthur Schatz.

August 1970. Beach fashion.

August 12, 1970. Paris. French actress Carole Andre.

August 12, 1970 - the premiere of the American film "Lovers and Other Strangers" (Lovers and Other Strangers).

August 12, 1970. Northern Ireland, Londonderry.

On August 12, 1970, the premiere of the American comedy film "From the Basement" (Up in the Cellar).

August 13, 1970. Linda Kasabian was taken to the courthouse in Los Angeles, where the trial of the Manson family is taking place. Linda Kasabian, who was not directly involved in the murders, was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying against Manson and other members of the "Family". Now Linda Kasabian lives in Washington State, she has four children.

August 19, 1970. American actress, singer and model Peggy Lipton. Photo Vernon Merritt III.

August 1970. Dennis Hopper is in his house. Taos, New Mexico. Photo by Lawrence Schiller.

August 21, 1970. West Germany. The first sex fair in the history of Offenbach. Sex model from Munich presents its wax breasts for sale.

August 1970. The children of the pilots of the British 43rd squadron "Fighting cocks" on the "phantom".

August 24, 1970. Great Britain. Model. Photo R. Jones.

August 24, 1970. Kings Road, Chelsea, London.

August 26, 1970. Women's March in Toronto.

August 26, 1970. Women's March in New York. The girl from the "League against Motherhood". The poster reads "Free the female body from pain and inequality. Put motherhood in a test tube." Photo by Fred W. McDarrah.

August 26, 1970. Cambodia, Prek Tamak district. Cambodian troops are conducting an operation against the Viet Cong forces.

August 27, 1970. Jimi Hendrix exactly one month before his death.

August 27, 1970. Pop Festival on the Isle of Wight.

August 1970. Vogue. Canadian actress and model Joanna Shimkus. Photo Gianni Penati

August 1970. France, Saint-Tropez. Photo by Jean-Claude Deutsch.

August 1970. Marlene Jobert and Jean-Paul Belmondo during the filming of the film "The Bride and Groom of the Year II", Romania. Photo by Jean-Pierre Bonnotte.

August 28, 1970. Hamburg. German actress Eva Renzi. Photo by Peter Timm.

August 28, 1970. Paris. Fashion by Yves Saint Laurent.

August 1970. Norway, Galven.

August 29, 1970. London, Heathrow Airport. Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, their son Marlon before flying to Sweden.

Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg on the set of the movie "Performance".

August 31, 1970. Danish and French actress Anna Karina at the Venice Film Festival.

August 31, 1970. Danish and French actress Anna Karina at the Venice Film Festival.