Place your cursor on an image for more information Click for an EyeWitness Account ADVERTISMENT   Inside... Index of EyeWitness Accounts - From the Ancient World through the 20th Century Photo Of The Week- A freeze frame of time. SnapShots - Photographic Gateways to History: World War I, America in the 20s, the Great Depression. Voices of the 20th Century- sounds from the past. History in Motion - film clips from the past.

Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.   Spotlight On: Making a Living. . . A Cowboy in Dodge, 1882 "On entering the main street... somebody of our party in the rear turned his gun loose into the air." Texas cowboys on the trail. Hobo, 1894: Hard Times in America "'Thirty days,' said his Honor. . .The trial of that hobo had taken just about fifteen seconds." Thousands of unemployed take to the roads and railways of America as economic depression plagues the country. Join one of these hobos.   Photo of the Week: "Hot Rodder", 1940.. "Gee, you oughta see him burn up the corners." Including: U-Boat Attack, 1917 Captured German footage of one of its submarines in action during World War I. The Hindenburg Explodes, 1937 The great German airship bursts into flames as it attempts to land at Lakehurst, NJ. The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor, 1941 Captured Japanese footage taken from their aircraft during the attack. Many More >>>   It Happened This Month: Gandhi Assassinated, 1948 "Just an old man in a loincloth in distant India: Yet when he died, humanity wept." A Battlefield Death, 1944 "They laid him on the ground in the shadow of the stone wall alongside the road." The death of one American soldier in the hills of southern Italy evokes the brutal reality of war.   Notable Quote: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." George Orwell (1903-1950) Including: Iwo Jima, 1945 The first wave attacks the beach in one of WWII's costliest battles. Theodore Roosevelt 1912 The "Bull Moose" candidate speaks during his unsuccessful campaign for President. Charles Lindbergh, 1927 The "Lone Eagle" speaks after his historic flight Many More >>> Please Contact us with your comments, questions or suggestions. Privacy Statement  | Awards |  Advertising Information

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