This video has only been up for an hour, but I'm already finding myself deeply moved by some of the incredible historic photos you guys are sharing. Photos have their problems, of course, but they can still be extremely powerful symbols of what people felt to be the truth of the moment they were living.

@vladimirilyichulyanov4569

3 жыл бұрын

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@jonnathan1869

3 жыл бұрын

Photography is a very interesting subject, I might say.

@taintedtaylor2586

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks J.J. Photography does make people feel closely attached to the movements of people even if said movements or events are purely symbolic to the country of origin. I hope our suggestions make you learn a little about our countries!

@jossanecassar8683

3 жыл бұрын

Pro Pane I don’t want to be rude here mate, I know this definitely is not your first language, but you misspelled Photo, it is not foto, it is Photo.

@dagdom1280

3 жыл бұрын

The most searched government photo apparently in America is of Elvis and Nixon shaking hands. The story goes is that Elvis wanted a Drug agency badge to carry a gun on aircraft as well as occasional narcotics. So he went to nobody else but Nixon to ask for it. Nixon then used it as a way to fight drugs with ironically a drug addict.

Canada be like: that's a certified coin moment

@aero33888

3 жыл бұрын

Americans be like minting coins to temporarily resolve debt ceiling crisises.

@FakeSchrodingersCat

3 жыл бұрын

In Canada its called a Heritage moment and gets a 60 second tv commercial.

@aero33888

3 жыл бұрын

schrodingers cat Heritage Minute*

@aero33888

3 жыл бұрын

Who remembers the burnt toast one?

@FakeSchrodingersCat

3 жыл бұрын

@@aero33888 The toast one and the Arrow are the only ones I can remember.

I’d say that “Migrant Mother” from the Great Depression is also a good example of an iconic American photo

@the4tierbridge

2 жыл бұрын

The Transcontinental Railroad summit one would be another good contender.

I'm British but an American photo I find very powerful is the falling man from 9/11

@DaL33T5

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an American, and yes, it is quite powerful, to say the least...may he rest in peace.

Imagine living your own whole life but all anyone knows you as is '"Wait for me daddy" kid'

@Khazuki_

3 жыл бұрын

most people are known by hardly anyone, so *shrug*

Here are some more famous American pictures: - “Buzz Aldrin on the Moon” by Neil Armstrong - “Kent State Shootings” by John Paul Filo - “The Blue Marble” by all of the Apollo 17 crew - “The Falling Man” by Richard Drew

@isaacz.8349

3 жыл бұрын

The falling man just sends chills down my spine

@tinydong4586

3 жыл бұрын

Is the falling man the guy jumping off during 9/11

@generalgrievous2202

3 жыл бұрын

@@tinydong4586 yes.

@bendybus5165

3 жыл бұрын

or the dust lady photograph, also from 9/11?

@eken1725

3 жыл бұрын

I think the falling man might be the brother of one of the Village People. His family claims it's him on the picture.

If you don’t mind having another recommendation for an American photo, “Migrant Mother” is definitely a hugely significant one in American history. It’s practically synonymous with the Great Depression in America.

@ManateeOnRye

3 жыл бұрын

Seconded

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

Thirded?

@iammrbeat

3 жыл бұрын

Fourthed

@Wilmhill

3 жыл бұрын

Fourthed

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

Motion passes

A couple iconic Australian photos: 1945 - Dancing Man. The photo is a classic end of WWII celebration photo that's a must in every history textbook in Australia. 1954 - Bob Hawke sculling beer. This is a photo of Australia's future prime minister (1983-1991) sculling a yard of beer at Oxford. Bob Hawke is one of the most iconic Australian figures, being both an extremely intelligent and popular prime minister (enjoying an approval rating of 75% at one point), while also being a quintessential larrikin. Here, you can see him set the world record for downing a yard of beer in 11 seconds. 1975 - Gough Whitlam and Vincent Lingiari. Ten years before this photo, Indigenous Australians were not even considered as people in the eyes of the law. Here were the first steps to recognising Aboriginal right's to the land. Civil rights for Aboriginal Australians and Torres Straight Islanders has been one of the most shameful parts of Australian history, so this is one of the first moments where Australia began to do the right thing. 1993 - Nicky Winmar lifting up his jumper. Nicky Winmar was an Indigenous Australian who played in the AFL. In one match of the 1993 season, he was being racially vilified by members of the crowd. At the end of the game, he lifted up his jumper and pointed to his skin, which has become a powerful image of anti-racism in Australian football. This caused a big change in the attitudes towards racism in the AFL, and many clubs crack down hard on racism. However, it continues to be a huge issue in the sport, especially against indigenous players. 2002 - Steven Bradbury wins gold for Australia - Australia is not a traditionally strong winter sports country, especially against the giants like the USA, Canada, Russia and Norway, given its climate. The first gold in the winter Olympics came in 2002, when Steven Bradbury won the gold medal against all the odds in the 1000m speed skating. How did he win it? He battled hard to get into the final, but got lucky with disqualifications and a few people falling over. He decided not to change is strategy: stay behind and hope they all fall over. And that's exactly what happened. His look of surprise and amazement being the last one standing across the finish line encapsulates the moment perfectly.

@patrickmuscat2796

3 жыл бұрын

i was trying to think of memorable photos of Aus and all i could think of is sports or crime.

@dabluse3497

3 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Muscat I mean that's quite a large part of Australian culture. The head shot of Ned Kelly is quite iconic. I was also thinking about the side-on photo of Gary Moorcroft's mark in 2001. Absolutely stunning image of what is often considered to be the best mark ever taken in the AFL, which is what makes the game so unique. Didn’t want to go too sports heavy though.

@dcdproductions3890

3 жыл бұрын

@@dabluse3497 Sport is such a massive part of Australian culture, the first image I could think of was the mark of the century by Jesaulinko

@anzacxlag2606

3 жыл бұрын

Another one that comes to mind for me is Cathy Freeman after winning gold in Sydney running with the Aborginal and Australian flags.

@thecrazygainerguy

3 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that's 1984 for the Bob Hawke photo.

For the US there’s “Bliss”, I think everyone here saw it once

@Mentally_Will

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say that's less an American photo and more an Information Era photo

@mcmasters1484

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah nothing about that picture makes it nation specific but it’s very famous

@stefansandu2619

3 жыл бұрын

"Bliss" is a perfect photo in every single way

J.J is the cool Social Studies teacher we all wished we had.

@kapatidtomas

3 жыл бұрын

Tru

@halikarnak1862

3 жыл бұрын

Tru

@thelucas1146

3 жыл бұрын

Drinks 101 you did social studies, lol

@kylian8886

3 жыл бұрын

Durkheim would actually commit suicide reading this ..

@cmc8893

3 жыл бұрын

Wht does he bounce so much its annoying

As an American, Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" is one of our most famous photos. At the very least, it's in every child's social studies textbook.

@anguishbresneiv2223

3 жыл бұрын

damn beat me to it

@Abra_Dan

3 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely in the top ten for American photos

@insertnamehere3106

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It is impossible to learn about the Great Depression in the U.S without someone showing you that photo

@davids6898

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to mention this. But you described it better than I would have!

@ZephLodwick

3 жыл бұрын

The Moon Landing should also have been on there, that or the Blue Marble.

Australia: -Gough Whitlam pouring sand into Vincent Lingiari’s hands as he gained the land for his people back -Uluru/Ayers Rock for obvious reasons -That video of a guy punching a kangaroo that was attacking his dog, again, for obvious reasons

@3digitsonthebac156

3 жыл бұрын

Patrick Muscat those too, forget to mention them

@casual_moth

3 жыл бұрын

Guy: punch kangaroo Kangaroo: I KICK

@3digitsonthebac156

3 жыл бұрын

Куб_три that kangaroo: Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

@emrox4181

3 жыл бұрын

I would say the most famous Australian photo would be the one of an Australian soldier at Gallipolli carrying his friend to get medical attention. There's a similar photo in WW2 of Corporal Leslie (Bull) Allen MM carrying an unconscious American soldier. Also the Sydney Harbour Bridge getting built and maybe Ned Kelly. Gough and Vincent would probably make the list. I think Ayers rock/ Uluru is a bit general.

For Mexico I would nominate: 1- Soldadera: Taken during the Mexican revolution at the beginning of the XX century, represents a female guerilla fighter on a train. 2- Frida Kahlo (Vogue´s front cover): A very recognisable photo of the famous painter. 3- Bella Mujer en Madero: Image of a Mexico on the way to modernisation. Taken by famous photographer Nacho Lopez 4- Pancho Villa y Emiliano Zapata: Meeting of the main leaders during the Mexican Revolution. 5- Pedro Infante portrait: Iconic celebrity during the height of the Golden Era of Mexican cinema, wearing very recognisable "Charro" Mexican attire.

@ladrianojedav2360

3 жыл бұрын

Dont forget Francisco Vera’s execution, that one is iconic af

@church.mp4626

3 жыл бұрын

Viva Mexico

@jmnavaguillen

3 жыл бұрын

don’t forget the pictures from the Tlatelolco protests of 1968, any of them are very emotional and shocking

@k.n2574

3 жыл бұрын

Also the photo of the rubble of the Hotel Regis during the 1985 earthquake it is very iconic as it shows the great damage left by the earthquake.

@cristeromexico3366

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmnavaguillen or the ones taken during the Zapatista uprising

I feel like if you stretch the "photo" definition slightly, the cover photo for the Beatles' Abbey Road has to be one of, if not the most famous picture of Britain. A close runner up would be a picture of a Milkman delivering his milk after the bombing of a British street during the Blitz in WW2. It's been used for that stereotypical "keep calm and carry on" attitude of many Brits during the war

@jacklong1844

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget England’s victory in the 1966 World Cup

@tadhgknight3484

3 жыл бұрын

As @Jack Long says, the 1966 World Cup photo is definitely up there. I’d also put the Churchill ‘V for victory’ photo. Modern examples would probably include the picture of the Grenfell tragedy, or the one of Kate and William kissing on the balcony at their wedding, with Grace van Cutsem scowling in the corner.

@tadhgknight3484

3 жыл бұрын

Oh and I’d also like to point out that if non-photos were allowed, I’d say one of the most famous images in British history is the image on the Bayeux tapestry of Harold Godwinson with an arrow in his eye.

@collerz

3 жыл бұрын

I think the photo of Winston Churchill doing the peace sign is super iconic too

@johns123

3 жыл бұрын

Album covers are photos si

For Italy, there are two that came up immediately: Mussolini being hung upside down and Giovanni Falcone whispering to Paolo Borsellino. For the first one the symbolism is pretty obvious and the story is also simple being Mussolini being caught trying to escape and the furious people killed him and hanged him upside down (I don't suggest looking up the picture since it shows people being very much dead). This is used as a symbol in a lot of things like protests, paintings, art in general and so on. The second photo depicts two iconic people who were both great warriors against the mafia when it was at its worse. You can find more information on them on Wikipedia if you want. The picture is also used everywhere! I've seen it mostly in protests against modern day mafia and artwork that celebrates the life of the two legends and they also had an airport named after them (the ones I used to move to the UK :^)) . There is also an other iconic picture of Falcone where he smiles which is also used in artworks. There is also an other pretty iconic picture of a guy called peppino Impastato (the picture is the first one that comes up) which was taken a bit before he was killed. He also was an anti mafia politician but he had his own party (which didn't last long because of his death). Impastato even got his own movie (cento passi) and a song which I love. The most iconic part of the movie is when he counts cento passi (100 steps) to his uncle's house who was mafioso. Edit: Sweet Jesus how much did I write

@williammontorsi8958

3 жыл бұрын

Great choices but you forgot one important photo in my opinion: the foto of the young lady with the newspaper which headline was “È nata la Repubblica Italiana”, on June 6th 1946. In fact it was the first time that women could vote in Italy, after years of fascist oppression, and it marked the end of the Kingdom of Italy and the birth of the country we know today.

I'd say that these are the 5 italian most iconic photos: 1)"Mussolini marching on Rome" (1922) here you can see the moment when the National Fascist Party seizes power in Italy. The picture is set to portay Mussolini as this strong authoritative leader, a staple in later fascist propaganda. 2)"The Republic is born" (1946) this picture portays a young woman holding the most famous Italian newspaper titling "the Republic is born" after the 1946 referendum. This was a very harsh time in Italian history: the county was invaded just 3 years prior and spent these years split in a civil war, now it was once again very devided in a referendum: Republic vs Monorchy. The narrow victory of the Republic started a new course in Italian History that created a secular mithology with this photo at the centre. 3)"The Red Brigades kidnapping of prime minister Aldo Moro" (1978) This photo captures the most tragic point in the already tragic "years of lead" when a far left wing terrorist group kidnapped and killed the new centrist Italian prime minister Aldo Moro who just achieved a historic compromise with the Italian communist party led by Enrico Brlinguer. 4)"President Sandro Pertini playing scopa with Zoff, Causio and Bearzott" (1982) this picture has been taken on the return flight of the Italian football team after its victory in the 1982 world cup when 3 of the team stars play a card game with the Italian president using the worldcup as a table top. This photos for a lot of Italian represents a time of tranquility and prosperity: the economy was booming, large scales terrorosm was ended, the political scandal of the 90s were yet to start, Italy was having the most beloved president of all times and the world cup was won after more than 40 years. 5)"Materazzi and Zidane" (2006) this picture is the one with less relevancy in Italian politics and society, but its so iconic that everyone, even people born years after 2006 know about. The time was during the 2006 world cup final and "all" the country was watching a very tight match between Italy and its greats rival: France. The final was won by italy so this moment is remember rather happly.

@davidenicolosi8407

3 жыл бұрын

E la foto di Giovanni falcone e Paolo borsellino? Viene rappresentata ovunque

@davepubjail

3 жыл бұрын

Secondo me o la 2 o la 4

@cescobb4647

3 жыл бұрын

I think that "Dead Mussolini hang upside down in Milan" is more famous for the fascist years. And "Borsellino & Falcone" to symbolize the fight against mafia.

For India , the most iconic photographs that almost everyone knows are - 1) India liberates Bangladesh as Pakistani forces surrender, 16th Dec, 1971. 2) India wins the Cricket World Cup for the first time, 25th June, 1983. 3) India recaptures Tiger Hill in Kargil, 3rd- 7th July, 1999. 4) Gandhi and Spinning Wheel, Pune, 1946 5) Jawaharlal Nehru declares India as a free country, 15th August, 1947. Awesome video JJ !!

@lexicalrepository8036

3 жыл бұрын

India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

@gitajsingh3224

3 жыл бұрын

Salt march and Bengal famine

@gupta__g

3 жыл бұрын

had thought of the same events. could also include the implementation of emergency in 1975 and the babri demolition.

@gitajsingh3224

3 жыл бұрын

Partition of India

@gupta__g

3 жыл бұрын

@anonymous D yes absolutely. Completely agree with the rocket picture.

The five most iconic Photos for Germany are: 1. Soldier Jumping the wall in Berlin --> begin of east west divide 2. Frontview of KZ Auschwitz --> symbol for the Holocaust 3. People celebrating on top of the wall after the Mauerfall --> end of east west divide 4. Hitler shaking hands with Hindenburg --> begin of Nazi-germany 5. Willi Brandt kneeling in Warschau --> end of the 60s Protests

@sinphus

3 жыл бұрын

Jalchi destroyed Dresden is also famous and also Hans Martin Schleyer holding a sign saying that he is since 20 days captured by the RAF ( the communist one)

@omisan771

3 жыл бұрын

5 photos of depressing things...

@chairmanjoe4652

3 жыл бұрын

6. The RAF kidnapping Photos

@Jacobozoid

3 жыл бұрын

How about the painting of Kaiser Wilhelm I becoming the first German Emperor in 1871 in Versailles Palace?

@hundinger1

3 жыл бұрын

@@omisan771 How are number 3 and 5 depressing?

Can we please have more "most iconic photos of ____" videos??? I'm really loving this concept and the comment participation. I found the Truman pic a bit of an odd choice. I'd probably replace with lincoln standing outside a tent during the war, the woman sitting with her children during the depression, or the Wright brothers taking off in kitty hawk. Great video!!

@SuperSMT

2 жыл бұрын

Those, the Wright Brothers one in particular, aren't more famous as _photos_ than the Truman one. They all represent more famous events, but the Dewey defeats Truman photo is just one of the most iconic photographs of american history

@Rallego

2 жыл бұрын

I have literally never seen that lincoln one

For Vietnam, I always think of the photo of the Buddhist monk, Thích Quảng Đức, where he is being burnt alive. It's such a strong statement against the Southern Vietnamese Government. If you don't know about the history of that photo, I strongly encourage you to read up on it. Thích Quảng Đức became an icon of revolution in Vietnam and is still remembered today.

@misterjag

3 жыл бұрын

There's also the execution of Viet Cong Nguyen Van Lem by revolver.

I’d say for Russia it is “Raising a Flag over the Reichstag” depicting the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union.

@nikfeldmann9978

3 жыл бұрын

Edited or unedited?

@Yuukon_

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikfeldmann9978 edited is more famous

@Tsirkvava

3 жыл бұрын

Georgian******

@luka7158

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tsirkvava A Russian and a Georgian were ordered to raise it. Also people in the picture aren't even them just random soldiers to stage the photo shoot. Considering USSR doesn't exist anymore it's completely reasonable for a person to say that it's a famous historical picture for Russia.

@Tsirkvava

3 жыл бұрын

@@luka7158 Yes Georgian. remember brother Russia fereration rewrite this history than spit on us in streets. always remember this

As for Poland, the single most iconic photo in the recent history has to be Chris Niedenthal's "Apocalypse Now". The photo depicts a Russian armoured car stationed in front of the Kino Moskwa (Cinema "Moscow") in Warsaw. The billboard on the facade of the cinema advertises the F.F. Coppola movie "Apocalypse Now". It is one of the most significant symbols of the Polish martial law and the end of the communist regime. It was taken on 14th December, 1981, the day after gen. Jaruzelski and the communist government proclaimed martial law in Poland. The martial law was introduced in an attempt to throttle political opposition.

@alexanderbazylak7383

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree. "Dzieci z Wrześni" is a unique photo to Poland, and should be treated as a national picture. It depicts children rebelling against the germanisation in schools during the times of the polish Partitions. It shows one of the most important times of Polish history - the said partitions. Edit: I've just noticed you wrote "recent" in there. My bad.

@Peasant_of_Pontus

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderbazylak7383 Nobody knows about that one mate.

@marcinko27Pl

3 жыл бұрын

Some more examples of Polish photos that I could think of might include: 1. Germans breaking a barrier in September '39 by Hans Sonnke 2. Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto prob by Franz Konrad 3. This is more of a recording but a photo as well a symbolic gesture by Władysław Kozakiewicz at 1980's olympics in Moscow 4. Lech Wałęsa speaking from the gates of the Lenin Shipyard 5. Lech Wałęsa signing August agreements with an enormous pen containing a picture of John Paul II 7. Zbigniew Religa after a successful heart transplant 8. Independance day in 2018 photo with a girl sitting in her room with a backgroud red from smoke flairs

@BB-hx4mj

3 жыл бұрын

Also photo of Auschwitz and obliterated Warsaw

@mateusziwinski108

3 жыл бұрын

Also photo of Tadeusz Mazowiecki first non-communist prime minister since 1946 showing singn of victoria in parliament during his exposé

For Northern Ireland, I would point to the photo depicting an IRA member squatting behind cover as women and children approach his position. It paints a perfect picture of the Troubles, the violent and gritty world of the Nationalist and Loyalist paramilitaries, colliding with everyday life, and the innocents who inhabit it.

@oisinotoole9073

3 жыл бұрын

What about all the pictures of the tans and SAS doing the same, the burning of Bombay street etc. I think if you're not being a dickhead about it it's the Bogside kid with gas mask, or Bloody Sunday

@1ronDragon

5 ай бұрын

I'd also add the 2 Good Friday agreement photos, The one of Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Senator George Mitchell is probably the more known one, but the controversialness of Blair and Ahern since that time kind-of hurt it's reputation With the other photo being of John Hume and David Trimble (who would both win the nobel peace prize) with singer Bono Another photo that like those in the video features a newspaper being held is the photo of protestants loyalists in Belfast celebrating the end of the power sharing government in 1974

*Brazil:* 1- I believe it's unnamed, so I'll call it Estudante de Medicina Caindo na Cinelândia (med student falling, in Cinelândia), 1968. By Evandro Texeira Texeira's work during Brazil's very intense Military Regime were of most importance to document the chaos and people's revolt of the time. You literally can't open a history text book in Brazil without stumbling onto this photograph 2- Pelé: the heart of a king, 1970. By Luiz Paulo Machado This one is just beautiful, taken only two years after the preciously mentioned photo, this one captures the feeling of hope and community in the hearts of 100 million people, and quite literally the love of a whole nation for a sport. Taken on the day Brazil won a friendly match against Mexico in Rio's stadium, the Maracanã. 3- the Serra Pelada Gold Mine series, 1986. By Sebastião Salgado A brutal reminder of the dark, gruesome history behind Brazil's greatest gold fever that lasted 40 years, brought out 30 tons of gold total and costed many lives. The photographs taken from distant and high places make those thousands and thousands of lives look like just little black and white dots on a screen... Makes you think, who was getting all this gold? what were all these lives looking so insignificant for?

@gui18bif

3 жыл бұрын

I'd argue that no one cares about brazil

@AndreMarques45

3 жыл бұрын

Solemnly ignoring the jerk... I'd definitely add "A cobra está fumando" (the snake is smoking) depicting the Brazilian WWII hero Francisco de Paula charging a rocket launcher with a big smile in his face. The Brazilian Expeditionary Force to the WWII was also known as the Smoking Snakes. 🇧🇷

@leonardoxnauta

3 жыл бұрын

Eu acho que todo mundo é brasileiro nesses comentários, mas eu vou escrever em inglês, Beside the 1st one, about the dictatorship, I would put the one with the guy spraying "Abaixo a Ditadura" on the wall, imgur.com/IuRpUiJ, and the "suicide" of Vladimir Herzog And a more general one, i would put the one with Juscelino Kubitcheck taking of his hat at te inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's capital

For Russia, soldiers raising the flag over the Reichstag in Berlin is definitely one of the most iconic. Then, there is that picture of soldiers giving out condensed milk to some polar bears, the photograph of the Romanov dynasty, the last emperors of Russia, the picture of the olympic bear flying away in the skies during the Moscow-80 Olympics and finally, Boris Yeltsin on a tank in August 1991, pretty much symbolizing the fall of the USSR and the beginning of modern day russian history

@playnochat

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite is Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing. It isn't famous for artistic reasons or because people want really cherish the memory, quite a contrary :) www.iheartberlin.de/iconic-kiss-berlin-wall-eastside-gallery-bruderkuss

@igorkorneev5035

3 жыл бұрын

@@playnochat true, I completely forgot about that one :) But then the whole list would become pretty much USSR-centric, and there is so much more to Russia and it's history and culture than "that" period

@stevenmiller2820

3 жыл бұрын

As an American I can tell you that the Reichstag flag is at the introduction to every WW 2 documentary. I’ve seen it a thousand times on TV right here in little old Ohio.

@ArenBerberian

3 жыл бұрын

So Russia's most famous photo is of a country which doesn't exist anymore and which they are no longer part of in which a flag they longer use is being flown?

@stevenmiller2820

3 жыл бұрын

aren berberian, just like George Washington crossing the Delaware river under the old constitution.

“Canada has assembled 90% of their population on the southern border. Obviously preparing for an invasion” -Canadian Cold War movie

@Owen_Besharah

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, we just live there lol

@Yuukon_

3 жыл бұрын

@@Owen_Besharah That's the joke

@m.a.118

3 жыл бұрын

Canadian Bacon.

Probably the most iconic Italian photo is the one from 1946 depicting a girl smiling with behind her a journal that has written È NATA LA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA! which means "the Italian republic has born! ". This was because Italians had to vote after ww2 if they still wanted to have a king (who had just made a mess in the war) or they wanted to create a new republic. When talking about the born of the Italian republic this photo is always there, and the girl is pretty so it makes sense it became so iconic

The cool thing is that even two of the iconic photos mentioned around the 2 minutes mark, while both associated with US history, happen to have a strong connection to my home country, Slovakia. One of the marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima was named Sgt. Michael (Michal) Strank, born in what is today Slovakia and emigrated to the US with his parents, while on the "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" photo, the worker on the far right holding a bottle was also a Slovak guest worker named Gustáv Popovič. Other than these, the only somewhat famous photo straight from my country is "Bare-Chested Man in front of a Tank". It depicts a plumber named Emil Gallo standing in front of a Soviet tank, protesting the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August of 1968.

I always forget Canada had it's own form of "The Troubles."

@gavy4306

3 жыл бұрын

lmaoooo

@jetwaffle1116

3 жыл бұрын

Same time period as well!

@vinceellis673

3 жыл бұрын

That's really making a mountain out of a mole hill. Quebec was never oppressed by Canada like Ireland was by England. Quebecers have always had an entitled, jaded sense of self importance, and distinctiveness over other Canadians. The FLQ is ther perfect example of that. Today's politics in Quebec are equally abhorrent and antithetical to the Canadian values of inclusion and cooperation

@dsv0045

3 жыл бұрын

Almost every country had a terrorist extremist left organization in the 70's cause they where mostly financed by the USSR to establish international socialism

@jetwaffle1116

3 жыл бұрын

pepito joseph albert not really for the troubles though, the IRA were supported more by Gaddafi’s Libya, even though they were and are socialist. However, that was probably an exception

For Finland : Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the point between Norway, Sweden and Finland on 27 April 1945, which marked the end of World War II in Finland.

@anton2192

3 жыл бұрын

I think the photo of the machine gun crew during the winter war might also count

@malfoym8951

3 жыл бұрын

That one came to my mind first as well. Another one I'd say would be the last war reparation payment train going to the USSR in 1952 (www.finna.fi/Record/musketti_rautatie.M014:VR1:670 )

@Riiseli

3 жыл бұрын

Three country cairn definitely. Others good suggestions. I'd nominate Paavo Nurmi lighting the Olympic flame in Helsinki.

@tFighterPilot

3 жыл бұрын

What about Simo Häyhä standing and smiling with his rifle?

Argie here: The most iconic photos of this country are, in my opinion, these three: 1- Juan Domingo Perón saluting his supporters from a balcony. He is the man who *defines* the argie political/economical landscape even to this day, love him or hate him. 2- Maradona being carried by the national football team while he himself carries the World Cup in his arms, smiling. 3- A photo of the argie pilots being captured by UK soldiers during the Malvinas War, but being saluted by these for their bravery, bc argie pilots flew a few meters above the ocean to avoid being detected by the uk battleship sensors. 4&5- Aaaand as a bonus one, I believe in coming years the photo of Bergolio assuming the Papacy, and of Messi crying in the 2014 Brasil World Cup will become even more iconic.

@Santiago-ts6ko

3 жыл бұрын

I think you missed "el abrazo del alma" of 1978. Taken when Argentima won the world cup at home and Filliol, Taranti and a man with no arms are hugging each other And also the crying messi one is on the Copa America of 2016, I think what ypu are reffering to is the one pf Messi looking at the cup after loosing in 2014

@petergrennonviel7270

3 жыл бұрын

@@Santiago-ts6ko si, yo propuse esa también. Faltaría agregar el cruce de los Andes o la revolución de mayo

@Santiago-ts6ko

3 жыл бұрын

@@petergrennonviel7270 no hay fotos de esas cosas Xd

@francobecvort960

3 жыл бұрын

I would add Cavallo "1 peso 1 dolar" photo

For Australia the best ones I can think of are: Vincent Lingiari: When Prime minister Whitlam gave a land deed to Vincent Lingiari then poured sand into his hand. This became the icon of Aboriginal land rights. Kangaroo at the pyramids: Australian soldiers in ww1 garrisoned in Egypt feeding a kangaroo. The mugshot of Ned Kelly: The mugshot taken the day before he was hanged. Honorable mentions go to the paintings of: The Eureka stockade, the founding of botany bay/Sydney and federation day.

@patrickbunney2398

3 жыл бұрын

Not to add too much to Whitlam, but the picture on the steps of the old parliament is also incredibly iconic

For the UK, I'd have to say, in no particular order: 1) "St Paul's Survives" - Anything to do with the Blitz/WW2 always has that photo 2) Bobby Moore holding the Word Cup, World Cup Final against West Germany 1966 - Older generations really remember this 3) Falklands War - Soldier walking away from camera with a flag coming out of his backpack - most iconic photo of the war 4) Empire Windrush ship, stern view, full of new arrivals waiving and an anchor - used to symbolise people migrating from colonies and former colonies after WW2, now often called the "Windrush Generation" 5) Thatcher crying in a car leaving Downing Street after "resigning" - symbolises her political demise (less well known than the others) Oh and obviously Abbey Road often symbolises the late 60s.

@grahamdavis2589

3 жыл бұрын

3) *marine

@poke-champ4256

3 жыл бұрын

İ aint british but..where is Winston Churchill showing the Victory/Peace Handsign?! İmmediatly the first and only thing i could think of

@alantyrrell153

3 жыл бұрын

maybe "peace in our time" as well

@willemsimcox6656

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I’m biased cos I’m from Middlesbrough but thatchers Walk in the Wilderness photo symbolise post-industrial Britain (Even if it’s not as well known)

@heretic_engineer391

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda odd to not include any of Churchill's iconic photos: his V for Victory sign outside Downing Street, him holding the Tommy Gun, and the "Roaring Lion" photo of him in the Canadian parliament are all found in almost anything to do with Churchill, whether in support of or in opposition to him (in fact my 2 Churchill T-Shirts actually have two of those photos on them). Also in regards to photos of the Blitz, I'd say that "The Milkman" is a much more potent symbol of how Britain sentimentalises the bombings, considering it shows a milkman walking through mounds of rubble to continue with his day-to-day job in spite of everything. Though in my school we were often shown a photo of Aldwych Tube Station being used as a communal bomb shelter to show how Britain really 'came together during the trying times of the Blitz'.

An iconic photo from Sweden is when we switch from left-hand traffic to right-hand traffic September 3, 1967 at 4:49 a.m.

@crypticcorgi8280

3 жыл бұрын

The H Day photo.

@uriber71

3 жыл бұрын

Things I don't understand about that photo: 1. It appears to be in broad daylight. 2. Why are there so many people and vehicles on the street at 5 a.m.? 3. The Wikipefia article says all non-essential traffic was banned from 1 am to 6 am (and longer in Stockholm and Malmö). Was the depicted traffic all "essential"?

My nominations for Germany: - "Kniefall von Warschau" - Soviet soldiers raising the soviet flag on the Reichstag - German soldiers breaking a polish barrier literally crossing the border by force. - Not a single picture but the video clip of Hitler receiving the child soldiers in the final days is pretty iconic. To bad there is no single most iconic picture of the fall of the wall. Therefore my final pick is: - The one millionth guest worker who was gifted a moped.

@Hans_R._Wahl

3 жыл бұрын

The most Iconic Photo in Germanies History: Hitler greeting the President and Fieldmarshall von Hindenburg in front of the Garrison Church in Potsdam at March 22nd 1933.

@patriciahiddings3273

3 жыл бұрын

The soldier jumping over the fence at the closing of the inner-German Border in Berlin

@VictorLepanto

3 жыл бұрын

What? Any image of the people singing & dancing on the Berlin Wall? That isn't one image I guess but many of those you mentioned aren't either.

@f_f_f_8142

3 жыл бұрын

@@VictorLepanto there are multiple images of the Kniefall and the guest worker, but they all show exactly the same thing like JJs Marilyn Monroe example. The Berlin wall ones are all similar but they have different people on different sections, if it passes the "rules" that is fine with me - that is why I mentioned it.

@benediktd.8072

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the front entrance to auschwitz with the rails leading through the gate and the "Arbeit macht frei" sign

Some that I would pick to represent Brazil are: - Santos Dumont Flying 14-Bis from 1906 - The "Garota de Ipanema" from 1960 - The March of the 100,000 from 1968 - Pelé and Jairzinho winning the World Cup in 1970 - Vladimir Herzogs "Suicide" from 1975 - The Gold Mine of Serra Pelada from 1986 - Senna Winking from 1989 - Inequality in Sao Paulo from 2004 I only included one Evandro Teixeira photograph but honestly this list could be made up of mostly just his pictures

@demenezes6394

3 жыл бұрын

Faltou aquela do predio chique proximo a favela

@enzolabre6295

3 жыл бұрын

A very good and well curated list, great job Da Best! Evandro Teixeira has loads of impactful photos. I personally think that "Queda do estudante de Medicina na Cinelândia" is a defining example of the Brazilian dictatorship. I agree with Mano Fantasma, Tuca Viera's 2004 photo of the Paraisópolis slum next to the pent house is a staple of Brazilian geography Books. Also, it is a great representation of inequality in Brazil. I hope J.J. puts your list in the next video, it would be very interesting!

@canisjay

3 жыл бұрын

Excelente lista

@SmoshTheMovieHDRipmkvsYouTubeC

3 жыл бұрын

I've created a drive folder for you guys to edit, add, or correct some of the images i found, enjoy drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LLfec_HNvUEHXMovIVZyeFUDnr12_nD9?usp=sharing

@aitor.online

3 жыл бұрын

these are all very good

I think a pair of pretty iconic photographs in the UK's history would be the "Peace for our time" photo that shows Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the Munich agreement in 1938 declaring that war with Germany had been avoided, and the other is the VE Day photograph of Churchill on the balcony in Whitehall giving the victory sign to the crowd.

@immortaltyrant2474

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@pauledmond98

3 жыл бұрын

On the WW2 theme, I would add St Paul's Survives - which shows the dome of St Paul's surrounded by smoke during the blitz and has been endlessly reproduced.

@AeromaticXD

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that Neville Chamberlain one is very iconic

An iconic photo of another country that comes to mind is of the Afghan girl with the bright colored eyes on the cover of Nat Geo Magazine. Though I wonder if the photo is as iconic in Afghanistan itself than it is for the rest of the world

@scottyslearningcorner6080

3 жыл бұрын

I would say it is not! If we are thinking about the iconic young girl on the cover of national geographic, then I would say not in 2002! That's because they did a follow up in 2002 and she had mentioned that she had never seen the photo until they followed up with her in 2002 I remember because ever time around the third week of the month my brother and I would tear through the mail excited about national geographic. She was on the cover again and they followed up on her. I didn't realize at the time in 2002 that it was that iconic because I hadn't seen it. But they explain in the article from 2002 that it was super iconic in the article. I've seen it a lot since then. But my first time seeing it was in the April 2002 article. She had never seen it, and it wasn't popular in Afghanistan but of course it is very popular in the US and iconic here. but that was 18 years ago! edited from my recollection to more closely reflect what the more accurate details that I looked up haha

@seriousbees

3 жыл бұрын

Almost certainly not. That girl was coerced into taking that photo. Even not knowing that, With the conservative morals of that place, I cant imagine them being interested in an unmasked girl

It’s quite hard for Australia: 1 gough Whitlam handing back the deeds of wattie creek to the gurindji people 2 the last miners being lifted out of the Beaconsfield mine collapse 3 the crying fireman from the black Saturday bushfires 4 bob hawke in the Australia suit after the americas cup win (boomer moment) 5 hostage elly Chen escaping the Sydney cafe siege

@kaedenfournier-lewis9263

3 жыл бұрын

Number 4 should come with a speaker that calls you a bum

When you can’t find people discussing your country: :(

@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039

3 жыл бұрын

where you from?

@lightuponair2916

3 жыл бұрын

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist I’m from Cuba!

@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039

3 жыл бұрын

@@lightuponair2916 i cuba have internet?

@lightuponair2916

3 жыл бұрын

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist Oh, I moved elsewhere but yes, they have internet.

@paulludwigewaldvonkleist4039

3 жыл бұрын

@@lightuponair2916 hehe epicc cuban internet

“Everybody’s favourite” Quebec: 👀

Not a photo but the image of JFK jr saluting his dad is an iconic American image

@winchesterchua3390

3 жыл бұрын

Poor son

@ericveneto1593

3 жыл бұрын

Even worse: it was his birthday!

@aotoda486

3 жыл бұрын

Wdym by it's not a photo?

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

3 жыл бұрын

The one I always think of for America is the Iwo Jima flag raising photo. It's one of the most iconic photos in history.

@octoberboiy

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen that photo

For the Philippines: -Jose Rizal's portrait -General Douglas Mcarthur returning to Leyte -Marcos declearing Marshal law -The Bataan death March -Mother holding her child like the virgin Mary which got international outroar.

@candacen7779

3 жыл бұрын

"Mother holding her child like the virgin Mary which got international outroar." Was it staged? Why did it cause an uproar?

@VictorLepanto

3 жыл бұрын

What about Aquino laying dead on the runway after being shot?

@marvinuhilarious

3 жыл бұрын

I've lived a good chunk of my life back home in the Philippines and I've never heard of that last one.

@xejashtondejesus1592

3 жыл бұрын

How about the nuns holding rosaries?

@charlemagnethegreat2916

3 жыл бұрын

@@marvinuhilarious the drug war one

As an American I really like the 5 photographs you picked for our nation. All of them are great picks for American culture and history, though personally if we allow paintings as well the famous painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence would also have to be there.

Spain: the falling soldier Brazil: protester fleeing police Vietnam: Burning monk Germany: Jumping soldier US: Migrant Mother

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

You successfully guessed my list, you win 1 internet!

@matthewvandenel9827

3 жыл бұрын

Germany: The wall being climbed by protesters

@matthewvandenel9827

3 жыл бұрын

Namibia: Independence from south africa

@matthewvandenel9827

3 жыл бұрын

South Africa: DeKlerk ends Apartheid

@matthewvandenel9827

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe for germany, the RAF kidnapping photograph

I feel that "migrant mother" by Dorothea Lange always rang to me as very important photograph for America. It was in every history book I ever had growing up

@pascalausensi9592

3 жыл бұрын

That one with the photograph of african americans standing in line in front of a "There's no way like the American way" poster kind of sump up the Great Depression.

My nominations for Poland have to be: -Pictures of Lech Wałęsa showing the peace symbol or holding a bouquet of flowers -Though the original source is a video, the still image of it is equally as recognisable; the image of Wojciech Jaruzelski (chairman of the polish communist party) announcing Marshall law in 1981 which was a period of great fear for most people -Though it is a German photo, a picture of Wermacht soldiers breaching a Polish border barrier is possibly the most iconic ww2 photo -The photo taken from the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto where the little boy has his hands up which is known outside of Poland too -Idk how well known this one is amongst other Poles but to me the photos of the opening of the first Burger King in Poland in 1992 is also quite iconic

@Halo_Legend

3 жыл бұрын

No ja osobiście nie znam tego ostatniego

For Poland, Some of my more predictable nominations: - Photos that picture a group of people carrying the body of Zbigniew Godlewski, a young Gdańsk shipyard worker who has been shot by the militia. Though not the first man to be killed in December 1070 strikes, Zbigniew became sort of a symbol of these strikes - Some of the angles and also there are videos, of Lech Wałęsa signing the "Gdańsk Agreement" which ended a month long strike period, and allowed creation of famous Solidarity party. Lech signed it with a quite big pen, so now this pen is going on tours around poland and is widely known about. he can be seen in those photos. These moments not only helped polish people to stand against kommunist opression, but made sort of an example to other countries that were at the time part of the communist bloc to rebel. - Another little thing is, again, Lech Wałęsa, but this time photos that show him meeting with the Pope John Paul II. - Pope John II meeting the man that shot him in 1981, Mehmet Ali Ağca, and forgiving him for what he has done. There is really only one angle of this meeting that is widely spread. Poland has been a big catholic country so those moments are obviusely important for us. - Lastly, Doctor Zbigniew Religa exhausted, sitting in the operation room right after succesfull heart transplant, while his assistant is sleeping in the corner. This is in fact not a photo of THE FIRST heart transplant done in poland, but it is very often mistaken for being it. This photo is a part of National Geographics 100 most important photos of all time list. That's all, some may be more stretched out than others, our history in photos really rovolves around the fight against the commies so there are not many other topics to pick from. Hope this will satisfy you JJ :)

I think that the "H day" photo and "The woman with the handbag" are quite iconic in swedish culture. Some other notable images might be the photo of the blood of Olof Palme with roses on the ground.

@Linkan1998

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i can totally agree. Another one that for sure be iconic is one of the ones taken in the aftermath of the 2017 terrorattack in Stockholm. Can't say anyone specific but the ones with the flowers on a police car will be iconic in the future

@eldpost4-535

3 жыл бұрын

I would say the picture of the protesters in Ådalen (1931) shortly before they were fired upon by the home guard for a still (more or less) unknown reason

For Austria this would be definitly the picture of forgein minister Leopold Fiegl ,standing on the balcony of the Belvedere Palace, holing the treaty that gives Austria back it's Independence after the occupation of the allies after WWII and speaking the famous words: Austria is free. It became a picture standing for austria after WWII and therefore standig for the modern Austria.

@Mreasyplay2

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. This is the most "important" photograph of Austria.

As an American, I find this incredibly interesting. I find out that I know very little about Canadian history, and your channel is amazingly informative. Thank you

Philippines: 1. photo of Pres. Marcos declaring Martial Law 2. Photo of nuns during the EDSA Revolution of 1986

@scottyslearningcorner6080

3 жыл бұрын

There is a photo of Corazon Aquino being sworn in I feel is pretty iconic. It isn't really like capturing something spontaneous happening, but I feel like it is also pretty iconic. At least to me as an overseas Filipino. What do you think?

@judasreyes8859

3 жыл бұрын

Does the photo of Douglas McArthur walking in the beach count?

@skyes4552

3 жыл бұрын

How about the people atop the light posts?

@bradleyilagan3939

3 жыл бұрын

Insert the Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.

@quadroxism6645

3 жыл бұрын

Ilustrados?

In the photo " wait for me Daddy" , that was my fathers Regiment. We see him about 7 or 8 soldiers back. I remember when I was a young boy in the 60's my dad stopping at the Shaunassy hospital to visit some veterans from that regiment, still in hospital as a result of the war. ( I waited in the car) Alot of those guys came back pretty damaged. Lest we forget.

south african here: i think the most iconic photo for us would be the photo of mandela and f w de klerk holding hands when mandela was released from prison , its usually commonly used in news articles or media when talking about either mandela or de klerk :)

For Norway the top 5 has to be: -Sinking of Blücher -King Haakons chaotic escape -Amundsen's Norwegian party stand at the South Pole -Einar Gerhardsen holding a speech at Youngstorget -King Haakon and crown prince Olav standing in front of a birch tree

@HopefullyHopeful

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the king in the tram paying for a normal ticket as anyone would! :D

People from Sweden say "the lady with her purse" or "dagen H", but for me, the most iconic one would be Grodan Boll with his Ikea pants. It's a truly historic picture.

@ultrahevybeat

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to say the lady with her purse untill you reminded me of grodan boll

South African: - Hector Pieterson during the Soweto uprising -Francois Pienaar lifting the trophy in 1995 with Nelson Mandela -Anglo boer war of a 13 year old, his father and grandfather. All with guns, ready to fight -There is an iconic photo of Steve Biko - Nelson and WInnie with their fists in the air after Mandela was released.

@jonnyOysters

3 жыл бұрын

I'd add Nelson Mandela and F W De Klerk lifting each others hands. That's the second to come to my mind after the Soweto uprising photo!

@lukepretorius8359

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonnyOysters I agree, I think those 2 are the most iconic

@ongeziwemaliwa5950

3 жыл бұрын

All my niggas sorta dont like FW

@daryldaniels4860

3 жыл бұрын

All excellent examples.

@fabiog9566

3 жыл бұрын

This list NEEDS to be in the second video

Germany is an interesting case for iconic photos since there’s really little romanticisation of the past here. So most iconic photos tend to be somewhat depressing since german history is sadly filled with suffering. A good example for a photo expressing this would be Conrad Schumann jumping over the barbed wire to leave east Germany and enter the west. He was supposed to watch over this part of the border, since two days earlier construction on the Berlin Wall began, but he took the opportunity to flee. Very few other pictures quite embody the German partition like this one and it fits most of your criteria; even having a monument dedicated to this moment in Berlin.

@jalchi8367

3 жыл бұрын

I would say Mauerfall and Willi Brandt kneeling, although not as iconic as the jumping Soldier are iconic Photos that are "positive". But I would argue that the most iconic german Photo is the frontview of Auschwitz wich would also be the most depressing Photo edit: Grammar

@luisdergroe8944

3 жыл бұрын

Jalchi oh Mauerfall! That’s the one that I totally forgot about! Certainly most iconic event in German history, but I don’t think there’s one iconic picture, but several ones sharing a similar aesthetic. I thought about Willy Brandt and I while this is also very iconic I wanted to choose one picture (I’ve seen people making endless lists; I don’t think this is helpful). Wouldn’t describe it as to positive though, since it’s a symbol for Germany accepting its past and while I’m very proud of our nations progress and extraordinary level of doing this, it’s hard and certainly not a lot of fun. An important picture, but it can’t be divorced from its connection to the Nazi regime that made this gesture necessary in the first place. Last, but not least: Auschwitz. Very weil known, certainly the picture symbolising Nazi rule. I chose the jumping soldier, because it’s more human and tells a story, leading to its wide spread. It also fits J.J.s description a bit better, seeing how it gets recreated and memorialised, while Holocaust memorials usually are very abstract.

@robertjarman3703

3 жыл бұрын

I am thinking of the photos of those who scaled the wall in revolution in 1989.

For Czechia, these are the most famous: 1) Klement Gottwalďs communist coup - „I have just returned from the (Prague) Castle” 2) The suicide of Jan Masaryk 3) Klaus - Mečiar meeting in the Tugendhat villa - division of Czechoslovakia 4) Many photos from the Velvet Revolution

Egypt: • Celebrated Egyptian singer Abdul Halim Hafez shakes hands with Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1960. • Music legend Louis Armstrong entertains his wife, Lillian, in front of the Sphinx during a trip to Egypt in 1961. • With Jimmy Carter applauding, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat embrace in the East Room of the White House, where the Camp David Summit was concluded Sept. 17, 1978, with the signing of a 'Framework for Peace' in the Middle East. • A Muslim holding the Koran and a Coptic Christian holding a cross in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the period of interfaith unity on February 6, 2011.

@deda9829

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-jb9md7eg2q yes, definitely. But I wouldn't say any one picture of her is specifically noteworthy. I'm sure there is one that specifies the date/song she was singing but I couldn't find one.

A good Swedish one would probably be "Kvinnan med handväskan" or "The Woman with the Handbag" from 1985 with features Danuta Danielsson (a Holocaust survivor) hitting a marching neo-Nazi on the head with her handbag. It has become a symbol for, among other things, the Swedish people's resentment against intolerance, hatred, racism and so on. There's even statues of her here in Sweden. One in Alingsås and the other in Varberg. Danuta unfortunately committed suicide in 1988. RIP

@evawettergren7492

3 жыл бұрын

Actually came to suggest that exact picture. Another one that I think is kind of iconic is when we 'switched to driving on the right' side, at exactly 5 in the morning on the third of september 1967. A picture of pure chaos. My mother still remembers it.

@Linkan1998

3 жыл бұрын

Yes i can totally agree. Another one that for sure be iconic is one of the ones taken in the aftermath of the 2017 terrorattack in Stockholm. Can't say anyone specific but the ones with the flowers on a police car will be iconic in the future

I would say two other American photos that weren't mentioned are the "Migrant Mother", and that one picture of all the guys in line for the soup kitchen, both from the Great Depression.

@Nicholaskgaming

3 жыл бұрын

Also MLK at his, "I have a dream," speech.

For Spain I can think of some examples of iconic photographs: The first 3 have a lot to do with our modern history (mainly the battle between democracy and fascism in our country). One would be the "No pasarán" photograph of Madrid as the Republic's last bastion in the Spanish civil war, which they ultimately lost. As flawed as the system might have been, it is a highly romanticised period and images like that evoke a sense of 'resistance' against fascism. On the same topic, there is a very iconic photograph of a militiamen and his partner kissing in Barcelona before going to the war. Also, the 1981 Feb. 23 military coup has a very iconic photograph in the image of Tejero, a lieutenant colonel that in 1981 tried to bring back Spain to a fascist regime after Franco's death and the implementation of democracy in a peaceful transition. He thought that he would be backed by the newly appointed king of Spain, but was deterred by him as he defended democracy. Also from the transition, the photograph of the welcoming of political exiles to Congress is one that appears in all History text books. As of sports, the inaugural ceremony of the 1992 Olympic Games, held in Barcelona, has a very iconic photograph of the Spanish parade. As a more recent event we have the 2010 football world cup, which we won against the Netherlands. There is a very iconic photograph of Casillas (our captain) holding the trophy in the Soccer City Stadium, or the photograph of the goal by Iniesta un the final, or of the miraculous save by Casillas (pretty cool pics btw). I can also think about the photographs of the 11M incident, the second biggest terrorist attack in Spain by ETA in 2004, and the 'Indignados' (indignants) movement called the 15M in 2011, where a big part of society went to the streets to demand equality and reforms for all citizens, against the 'austerity policies' of the time after the 2008 crisis, which changed the way we understand Spanish politics (a party born from that movement is currently in office). I also find the handshake between Hitler and Franco to be a very iconic image as it depicts the close relationship between the two fascist regimes.

As a swede, i would say our most recognized photograph is the 'the woman with the handbag" at least in the category of international friendly nominees 😊 very powerful and sentimental for us

Chile- “El hombre de la bandera” and “the last picture of Allende alive” are probably the most recognized pictures in the country’s history . A more recent one, “chile despertó” by Susana Hidalgo, depicting the most massive protest in chilean history, like 2-3 million people on the streets of Santiago on October 25

@cesarsantis5116

3 жыл бұрын

They are pretty iconic photos. In the ugly side I'd add: "La moneda bombardeada" and "Pinochet in dark glasses" by Chas Gerretsen

@lonco2421

3 жыл бұрын

César Santis yeah i was going to add that, but I couldn’t find the name of the specific picture, I just found a lot of different pics about the bombarding but not a specific one

@vincenzorutigliano5435

3 жыл бұрын

La moneta bombardeada aguante

@andresolivercuevas3829

3 жыл бұрын

I would also add "Pinochet muerto" or "Dead Pinochet", a picture depicting the former dictator dead in 2006.

Here in Indonesia, we have : - Declaration of independence - The arrest of pangeran diponegoro (its technically a painting) - The fall of soeharto regime (1998 mass protest and riots) - Yamato hotel incident - Bung tomo speech - Aidit speech (the leader of indonesian comunist party, which is banned)

@jesusalbertoguerrero5330

3 жыл бұрын

Mexican here! The Bung Tomo's picture look so iconic, I think it's at the level of the Che Guevara's picture.

@jasonalexanderlukas10

3 жыл бұрын

I'd add the picture of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby's destroyed car to that list

For Germany I think it's definetly "Kniefall von Warschau" and the soldier that jumps the newly built wall in Berlin. There is no single picture of the third Reich that is particularly famous but I think what many people know are pictures from the barracks of the concentration camps. There is also no single picture of the fall of the wall but generally pictures of people dancing on it are very famous.

@fallen_cookie

3 жыл бұрын

I think the burning Reichtags building would fit pretty good. Especially because of the speculations that the fire was set by the Nazis themselves

For Singapore: “General Percival Marching to the Ford Factory to Surrender to the Japanese” is the most iconic one I can think of. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore#/media/File%3ASurrender_Singapore.jpg. It’s often used in textbooks to depict the Fall of Singapore, and indirectly the beginning of the end of the British Empire.

@shravankrishnan75

3 жыл бұрын

Another really iconic one is the one of LKY crying while announcing the separation from Malaysia

@jacobchevalier1909

3 жыл бұрын

Singapore is a country?

@Narry121

3 жыл бұрын

Jacob Chevalier Yes :D

@jacobchevalier1909

3 жыл бұрын

Narry I thought it was a city but ok

@suressh

3 жыл бұрын

Jacob Chevalier Singapore is one of 3 city states in the world, the other two being Monaco and The Vatican City. It’s a giant city that is a country in its own right.

For India I think that these events have iconic photos 1. The Dandi march: it was done in defiance of the salt act in 1930. 2. Partition of India : Boy in a refugee camp, holding his head with both hands. 3. Bengal famine: it's all photos I consider iconic. 4. Tryst with density: The photo of nehru giving the speech. 5. 1971 war : The surrender photos is considered to iconic!

@rishabhthakur7559

3 жыл бұрын

Most definitely the Dandi March. Maybe some other partition photo though. For tragic photo perhaps that b/w photo of dead child after Bhopal Gas Tragedy.

@saptarshisengupta8235

3 жыл бұрын

For Indian Sport: Kapil Dev holding the Cricket World Cup Trophy at Lords in 1982.

@harshbansal7982

3 жыл бұрын

Why is it that in the top of my head I can on remember the 1971 war one .

@makarandparab918

3 жыл бұрын

tryst with destiny should be replaced with 83 world cup, cause nehru photo was great but not that iconic and memorable for everyday normal indians, while cricket is like religion for us it should be included

@rizulkalra9511

3 жыл бұрын

kalpil dev world cup or dhoni 2011 world cup..

For the U.K. (FYR: I was born in the 80s) - Bobby Moore being held aloft by the England soccer team, holding the World Cup trophy - EITHER Churchill giving the V-sign to a huge crowd outside Whitehall OR him standing with the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace (both taken on VE Day) - The wreckage of the Number 30 bus hit in the 7/7, 2005 London terrorist attacks Well, hope that’s useful. Great video idea!

@cricketman1322

3 жыл бұрын

What about the Falklands war and the British Paratrooper or Royal Marine walking with his fellow paratroopers with the Union Jack hoisted on his backpack.

@crn8

3 жыл бұрын

Also the picture of the two workers (from France and UK) building the Channel Tunnel meeting up and swapping flags?

@cricketman1322

3 жыл бұрын

@@crn8 Yes that's a big one

@cally033

3 жыл бұрын

Neville Chamberlain holding up the paper promising peace in our times after meeting with Hitler is rather famous too. Maybe the picture of rubbish building up during the winter of discontent too?

Hey JJ, great video. I liked your list of Canadian photos. Another contender for the top 5 would have to be the standoff at Oka photo from 1990. This dramatic picture depicts a Canadian soldier and a Mohawk protester facing off during a land dispute in Quebec. To me, the photo serves as a metaphor for the long and checkered history between the federal government and indigenous people in Canada. It is instantly recognizable to any Canadian over the age of about 30 who lived in Canada during that time. It looks like something out of an action movie. If you make another video on Canadian photos, the Oka standoff photo should definitely be in it. Cheers! ✌️

Here in Portugal we've got: -"Taking down Salazar", a picture of two soldiers in a school taking down a mandatory portrait of Portugal's dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. -"Brothers in Arms", a picture of Portuguese and British military officers shaking hands during WW1. and -"The Chiado Fires", a picture of a big brand storehouse named Armazéns do Grandella in downtown Lisbon engulfed in flames with firemen trying to extinguish them during the event of the same name in 1986.

For Australia, I can only think of one: "The Dancing Man." It's similar to the sailor kissing the lady as it symbolises the joy that everybody felt at the end of World War Two, and is so pervasive that we have a commemorative $1 with the picture on it.

@ryaningham5374

3 жыл бұрын

I would also say Gough Whitlam pouring red sand into the Gurindji leaders hand, or even the photo of him saying "God save the queen, because nothing will save the Governor-General". Also the classic iconic photo of Uluru front-on In sport, I would say the image of Don Bradman with his bat held back The photo of Ned Kelly in his armour with his gun The photo showing the Sydney Harbour Bridge almost complete

@sherlockpotter4653

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryaningham5374 love that photo of gough, totally iconic

@andyuey9858

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryaningham5374 also Steven Bradbury with a shit eating grin.

@mrmcgeese9813

3 жыл бұрын

As for sports: that picture of Steve Bradbury at the Olympics with his arms out and the other two ice skaters fallen over in the background. (Some one got to it first haha) Cathy Freeman with both flags. Political: Kevin Rudd's sorry speech photo of him in parliament with his head bowed. War: in my opinion the most famous photo is of Simpson and his Donkey.

@MaiaEdge31

3 жыл бұрын

Another one would be the photo of Fred Hollows pointing at a child's eye

I would say that one of Denmark's most iconic pictures is a picture of Danish King Christian the Tenth riding into the reunified part of Southern Jutland in 1920. Another iconic Danish photo is also of King Christian the Tenth from 1940 where he is riding around Copenhagen without any guards on his birthday.

Some important Hungarian photos: -Miklós Horthy rode to Budapest on a white horse on 16 November 1919 after the fall of the short lived Hungarian Soviet Republic collapsed. He later became the regent of the Kingdom of Hungary leading it into WWII on Hitler's side to regained Hungary's lost territories from WWI. He is a controversial political figure to this day. -The Hungarian committee walking out of the Trianon palace on 4 June 1920 after signing the Treaty of Trianon. This was the Hungarian peace treaty after WWI and is controversial even today because the new borders weren't ethnical and 3 million Hungarians became minorities. -The retreating Wermacht blew up all bridges across the river Danube in Budapest. The last one was the Széchenyi Lánchíd on 18 January 1945. The bridge and the whole city of Budapest had to be rebuilt in the following years. -Protesters waving the Hungarian flag with the Rákosi (communist leader of the country) coat of arms cut out on 23 October 1956. What started as a protest in solidarity for the Polish people who also had a revolution turned into a peaceful revolution. After shots were fired into the mass of people, they tore down the Stalin statue. The government stepped down and Imre Nagy became the PM. Soviet troops began leaving the now independent country but on 4 November they returned and struck down the uprising. -On 16 June 1989 Imre Nagy and others from the revolution of 1956 were reburied. This was a major event during the regime change. The communist leader of Hungary, János Kádár, who came to power after the revolution was still alive to see this moment. -On 19 August the border between Austria and Hungary was opened, ending the iron curtain. This event is called the Pan European Picnic where people who fled to Hungary from the GDR could cross the border and go to West Germany from Austria. This was a huge factor in the unification of Germany as many East German citizens escaped through Hungary.

Slovakia: One that comes to mind is a pretty recent one. In 2018, Jan Kuciak (a journalist) and his fiancée were murdered as he was writing about the ties between some major politicians and the mafia. this sparked large protests across the country and lead to the "de-throning" of the leading corrupt "social-democrat" party SMER. there's a picture of their faces that was used all around the protests and it became a symbol of no longer accepting the status quo and the longing for justice.

In South Africa, the one that jumped out almost instantly was the picture of Hector Peterson after the Soweto Uprising. Super powerful and it is everywhere

@daarisbaaris

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah was in my 8th grade history text book

@otterno.1128

3 жыл бұрын

There's also that one of Mandela voting, and the AWB members being shot outside their car during the 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis

@christeebs

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the photo of Mandela awarding Francois Pienaar the Webb Ellis cup as well

@daarisbaaris

3 жыл бұрын

1996 africa cup of nations and mandelas casket reaching its final resting place would be good choices aswell

Some of the most iconic British photos I can think of: Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing in front of some chains www.ssgreatbritain.org/download/image/1194 Bobby Moore holding the World Cup in 1966 img.fifa.com/image/upload/t_l1/pujtkr6kzjmsin0vm9yk.jpg Father Edward Daly waiving a blood stand handkerchief during Bloody Sunday upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Edward_Daly_Bloody_Sunday.jpg St Paul's Survives, a picture of St Paul's Cathedral during the WW2 Blitz upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/Stpaulsblitz.jpg/290px-Stpaulsblitz.jpg Many, many others exist, but these are the ones I always think of

@trolllol3048

3 жыл бұрын

Two recent examples: Ed Miliband's infamous bacon sandwich picture and Boris Johnson getting stuck on a zipwire.

@jamesdavison1786

3 жыл бұрын

I thought Churchill doing the peace sign Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band Freddie Mercury at live aid Lord kitcheners sign

@joelong7273

3 жыл бұрын

@@trolllol3048 can we throw in Theresa May dancing?

@owensmith6215

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesdavison1786 Yeah Churchill throwing up the deuces is the first thing I thought of too I think this photo is pretty iconic but I might just be thinking that because I used to live near a statue of it upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/British_55th_Division_gas_casualties_10_April_1918.jpg/1024px-British_55th_Division_gas_casualties_10_April_1918.jpg @Troll, bruh those are way too recent and insignificant. No-one's going to remember Milliband's stupid sandwich in 20 years, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who does in 5

@jamesdavison1786

3 жыл бұрын

@@owensmith6215 I agree with you I have no idea what he's talking about

obviously those photos you listed for america are truly iconic, but one photo i think could be included is the woman holding her children in the great depression. it's in almost every history textbook i've ever had, and is the first thing i think of when i hear the words dust bowl, great depression, the 30s, etc

Interestingly, one of the most famous U.S. photographs is the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads in 1869) , very similar to Canada's version in 1885. I would argue that and the Apollo 11 landing of 1969 are two of the most iconic American photographs also separated by 100 years. That said, yours are excellent choices. Well done.

For Ireland I'd say the photo of Jim Larkin's speech during the 1913 lockout would be a prime contender. The lockout was a strike for the right to unionise and better working rights, as at the time Dublin was one of the poorest cities in Europe. 300 emplouers responded by locking 20,000 workers out of their jobs. There was police violence against strikers which led to the formation if the Irish citizens army to protect the workers, who'd later fight for irelands independence from Britain and be formed into the Irish Republican Army, or IRA. The strkes were largely defeated as starving workers had to give up and go back to work to feed themselves and their families. It normalised unions in Ireland, and the British lack of caring about the situation sowed seeds for the war of independence 6 years later. Another contender, and arguably the most ironic for northern Irish history, would be that of the 1972 "Bloody Sunday", where British troops, believing some to be armed members of the IRA, fired on a crowd of civil rights protesters. The photo itself shows a priest waving a bloodied handkerchief as a white flag while guiding a group of people carrying a body to safety. It was part of the troubles, a sectarian and political conflict in northern Ireland from the late 1960s to the late 90s. It began with Catholics protesting a system they believed was rigged against them in favour of protestants. The IRA also got involved, agreeing with this catholic position, along with the idea that Northern Ireland should be a part of the Republic of Ireland rather than the united kingdom. It was bloody, with many atrocities committed by both sides. And its still a contentious issue, so if you talk about it at all, do a bit of research and note my biases as a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland.

@candacen7779

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a great summation. Ta!

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@PuckishAngeI

3 жыл бұрын

Man and machine and nothing there in between A flying circus and a man from Prussia

Candidates for Famous Irish Photos: 1. Any photo of Michael Collins, revolutionary leader who led the IRA through the Irish War of Independence. 2. Nelson’s Pillar just after it was blown up in 1966. 3. Patrick Pearse surrendering to the British forces after the Easter Rising. 4. Boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb in The Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland during the Northern Ireland Troubles in 1969. 5. The front cover of U2’s The Joshua Tree album. 6. Jim Larkin speaking to a crowd. 7. The 1916 Proclamation. 8. The Cliffs of Moher. 9. Photo of Eamonn DeValera (founding father and our most famous statesman). 10. The First Dail (first assembly of the first Irish government). Edit: That’s all I can think of. Any suggestions?

@adamstuff8968

3 жыл бұрын

As an Irish person I would say the 1916 proclamation

@adamstuff8968

3 жыл бұрын

As the most famous*

@padraigosullivan9885

3 жыл бұрын

In a sporting sense, it might be the old man crying when we got to the quarter final in the 1990 world cup, or that photo of a certain Frenchman's hand, for different reasons...

@SamOGr

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamstuff8968 I think Jim Larkin would be mine

@oisinryan150

3 жыл бұрын

And Fr. Edward Daly protecting civilians on Bloody Sunday (1972)

Great video as always J.J.! I didn’t know that Canada had a “Miracle on Ice” before we did!

In Mexico, there’s three very important photos I can think of right now: 1.- “Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa sitting on the presidential chair.”: This happened during the Mexican revolution, the two most famous Mexican rebel leaders sit in the president’s chair as a way to show how the Mexican people had won over the aristocratic ruling class. 2.- “Niño Revolucionario” is a picture of kid with a rifle walking towards the cameraman. It shows you The social brutality of how Mexicans did their best to kill each other during the revolution of 1910. 3.- There’s this very famous photograph of Mexican students being stripped down and put against the wall by the army during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, where the government shot down some students that were protesting for better universities. The photo doesn’t have a name, but you can find it easily by googling “Fotos de la Masacre de Tlatelolco 1968.” (EDIT) 4.- After looking up some more, I actually found another pretty important picture. “La Adelita” is a a picture of a Mexican teen girl that’s dressed up in a standard Mexican revolutionary outfit with a Mexican flag, and the reason It is very important it’s because it points out to the “Adelitas” which were women who fought in the revolution and it signals on how the New Democratic government paved the wave to women’s rights and equality. You can check a lot of these photos in color in this news article: www.google.com/amp/s/heraldodemexico.com.mx/tendencias/revolucion-mexicana-fotografias-a-color-alta-resolucion-porfirio-diaz-pancho-villa-moto-1910/

@CarlosRayMty

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with these three and i would also add in more recent history, the photo of Felipe Calderón wearing a military jacket that fitted a bit large. It since has been used to represent the starting of the Drug War and has been use for satire a lot. Also the "Adelitas" photo when theres a girl hanging from a train goin to the Revolución. And the photo of Hotel Regis after the Earthquake of 85.

@ruberhernandez-ruberyuka

3 жыл бұрын

A better description of the Photography is this "Estudiantes detenidos por militares y puestos en línea en el corredor entre la Iglesia de Santiago Tlatelolco y la antigua sede de la SRE" (Students detained by the military and placed in line in the corridor between the Church of Santiago Tlatelolco and the former headquarters of the SRE.)

@ellonico

3 жыл бұрын

Rolando de Jesús Robledo Alanís i fucking love that calderón photo.. the amount of times i’ve seen it used in satire is insane

@antoniog8425

3 жыл бұрын

I do not think that any photo of Calderón will be remember. One that I think is more important is the roqueseñal...

@randommodnar7141

3 жыл бұрын

id also say in recent history the pictures of the ezln right after nafta took place

Poland has a lot of symbolic pictures due to our, uhh, complicated history so I'll list the most important ones first: - *German battleship Schleswig-Holstein firing at Polish positions on the Westerplatte Peninsula* , thus beginning WWII, 1939 (the most famous one is the one with smoke coming out of the Battleship's cannons) - *The gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau* concentration camp showing the words "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work sets you free), alternatively The Train Tracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1940-1945 - *Czas Apokalipsy (Apocalypse Now), 1981 by Chris Niedenthal* - it shows a soviet armored vehicle before Kino Moskwa (The Cinema 'Moscow') and a huge banner with the words Czas Apokalipsy (en. Apocalypse Now), advertising a 1979 war movie. The photo was taken a day after the Communist Party of Poland declared martial law due to unrest caused by the Solidarity movement, the picture just perfectly summarised what was going on during that time. Probably everyone in Poland knows this picture. - *Kozakiewicz's Gesture* - it shows polish athlete showing brass d'honneur (the equivalent of the middle finger in Poland and other places in Europe) to the booing Soviet crowd during Moscow 1980 Olympics, he basically flipped off the entire USSR. The photo was incredibly famous during that time and today and signified what's to come in the following decade Other famous ones are: Lech Wałęsa doing the peace sign during 1981 protests in Gdańsk - symbolizes the fall of the iron curtain and it's replicated by every presidential candidate in Poland nowadays to get support from boomers Drzymała's Wagon, 1886 - there is a pretty funny story about bullshit Prussian laws and censorship connected to this photo but kinda too long to write here German soldiers tearing down the Polish border sign, 1939 Zbigniew Religa after his succesful heart transplant, 1985

@Garrmenn

3 жыл бұрын

Add any photo of Wałęsa doing the V (victory) hand gesture in Gdańsk shipyard

@twojstarypijany8153

3 жыл бұрын

And the one with a girl looking at ruins of Warsaw.

From Indonesia here I'm still fairly young so I don't know much about iconic photos but there's a few that pop in my mind first they are: 1. Bung Tomo's speech during the battle of Surabaya 2. Occupation of the the parliament building in 1998 during the overthrow of Soeharto 3. Proclamation of Indonesian independence I don't know any of the photos name so I just describe it.

Probably the most famous photograph from my home state of Wisconsin is an 1886 picture called The Jump. H H Bennett was the photographer and this photo helped make The Wisconsin Dells a popular tourist destination before becoming the waterpark meca it is today. H H Bennett was a photography innovator who developed a faster shutter . The photo depicts Bennett’a son leaping between 2 cliffs (Dells) about 50 feet high. It’s a facinating combination of history and innovation

I'd say the most iconic photo for the UK would be the Lord Kitchener poster.

@JamesTilsley1

3 жыл бұрын

ethanr__ It’s not strictly a photo it’s a painting but I agree it’s probably the most iconic British poster ever.

@holytriplem5959

3 жыл бұрын

There's also the 7/7 bombings pictures, any picture of Winston Churchill, and the picture of the working class boys looking at the Eton students

@brockjohnson100

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ratchet4647 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Do_It!

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the British Uncle Sam poster? Edit: sorry just read the other comments in the thread. Yes that and uncle Sam are perhaps the most iconic posters in history? I can't think of any others close but I'm a white American of European descent so I'm biased I'm sure

@a.t8147

3 жыл бұрын

or the image of people marching screaming vindaloo

I'd say the single most iconic Irish photo is that of Fr Edward Daly holding out a bloody handkerchief on Bloody Sunday 1972 as four men carry a wounded man behind him. It's often seen as "the image" of the troubles and holds a very personal emotional kick for those who see it.

@cillian94

3 жыл бұрын

That's what came to mind for me too. I was trying to think of any others, possibly the one of Collins in his uniform looking over his shoulder. Not many photos come to mind.

@Gallalad1

3 жыл бұрын

@@cillian94 absolutely boss. I feel like I need to find my old LC history book now and check for the iconic stuff

@saint4life09

3 жыл бұрын

That wasn't in the Republic though.

@Gallalad1

3 жыл бұрын

@@saint4life09 At the time it could be argued it was though as Ireland only gave up its dispute to its lost 6 counties in the 90s. Either way though Irish people, overwhelmingly consider the North to be Irish

One of the most iconic pictures of the Dominican history is "Man facing a marine in 1965" from that year's the American Invation, and it shows a man with his fists up facing a marine that was threatening him with a riffle for not following an order of picking up some random trash in the street. It has become a symbol of nationalism here.

For Finland i'd like to add the picture of Lasse Virén falling down in the olympic games of 1972. He was running the 10,000 metres final when he fell down with two other runners and got 20m behind the leading pack. He got up, caught up and won the race and broke Ron Clarke's 7-year-old world record.

Greece: • Greeks pilling up in the port of Smyrna trying to escape from the turkish army and the burning city. (1922) • Members of the National Organisation of Youth giving the Roman salute to Metaxas inside the parliament. (1938) • German soldiers raising the German War Flag over the Acropolis. (1941) • A tank rolling up to the gates of Polytechnio after protests against the Junta. (1973)

@00fgytduydrtu

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you,I forgot to include Smyrna in my answer

Russia/USSR: The Socialist fraternal kiss between Brezhnev and Honecker. The picture of Barmaley fountain with burning Stalingrad behind it.

@jonnathan1869

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously, what's with Brezhnev and his kissing? I'll never understand that

@aulenika

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonnathan1869 way better than Putin and his wars

@jonnathan1869

3 жыл бұрын

@@aulenika haha, agreed 😄

@user-ft5jc9zv9m

3 жыл бұрын

+ ' shelling the Russian White House' ( idk exact pic name)

@theghostinthemirror8158

3 жыл бұрын

Jon Nathan it’s a traditional greeting between Russian men. As she said, often called the ‘Socialist Fraternal Kiss.’

I am from Sweden, and the first iconic photo I thought of from my home country is the photo ''The woman with the Handbag'' or ''Tanten med handväskan'' in Swedish. It has its own Wikipedia page, but it is basically and old lady hitting a nazi on his head with her handbag. The lady's mother was in a concentration camp

I had a hard time thinking of something for Australia. We have a tonne of iconic paintings like 'Shearing the Rams', but a photo that made it's way to the top of my mind was the medal ceremony for 200m run at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, featuring Australian Peter Norman on the silver podium standing by as Tommie Smith and John Carlos - black Americans who won Gold and Bronze respectively - raised their gloved fists in a black power salute. Norman had lent the men his black gloves, one for each raised hand, and in doing so virtually ended his career. The three remained great friends. Smith and Carlos were even pall bearers at Norman's funeral.

"The Last Spike" seems like the Canadian version of the "Golden spike". A famous US photo from the late 1860s about the First Transcontinental Railroad.

@00fgytduydrtu

3 жыл бұрын

another thing canada ripped of from the us.

In France a relatively well known image that is kept in the national psyche is the graphic that the TV news used to announce the victory of François Mitterrand in 1981. It was the first time that a leftist led France for decades. It was also the first time the TV news used a graphic as opposed to just having a newsreader read out the results so the novelty of the graphic helped the image stay in the national memory.

@JJMcCullough

3 жыл бұрын

What would I google?

@aethiis

3 жыл бұрын

I agree and I'd add the image of Charles de Gaulle pronouncing the "Paris outraged, Paris martyred, but Paris liberated" speech after the liberation of Paris.

@alexandercosgrave

3 жыл бұрын

@@JJMcCullough Mitterrand election graphic should do

@jonnathan1869

3 жыл бұрын

It's kinda interesting, because you guys were one of the few countries who had a leftist as a leader in the 1980s, along with countries such as Sweden and India.

@PaulEIvory

3 жыл бұрын

@@JJMcCullough Not entirely sure of a specific query but it's the first picture in this article (information.tv5monde.com/info/10-mai-1981-mitterrand-elu-souvenirs-des-ministres-communistes-6273) so if you reverse image search it it'll probably be more helpful.

great idea, cannot wait for next week's video!

As a student at Kent State University, the school famous for getting invaded by the national guard during the height of the Vietnam protests, it was always the photo of Mary Ann Vecchio screaming over the body of Jeffrey Miller for me. That stretch of pavement has been reproduced in countless american history textbooks and I walk by it literally every day to go to class