The name "Tunnan" or "Flygande Tunnan" means "Barrel" or "Flying barrel". Here seen next to the contemporary Gripen. Tunnan set the world record for average speed over a 500 km course in 1954.
Cool History Stuff
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Ah, now I get it. The guy who designed that plane body went on to design Saab cars as well.
God Bless America
And for the close in work...
A view of a now lost Athens from 1875. Before becoming a capital and subsequently a concrete jungle, the city of Athens was a small town that European “explorers†would visit to view Greece's great ancient past.
Digitally enhanced 106-year-old autochrome by Paul Castelnau, of a French military postman doing his rounds in Reims, France, during the height of the Great War.
It was taken on Thursday 5th April 1917 and is original colour (not colourised).
It was taken on Thursday 5th April 1917 and is original colour (not colourised).
Cleaned & enhanced rare autochrome of Charlie Chaplin on set in 1917.
It was taken by amateur photographer and furniture dealer Charles C Zoller (1854-1934).
It's original colour and not colourised.
It was taken by amateur photographer and furniture dealer Charles C Zoller (1854-1934).
It's original colour and not colourised.
Behind the scenes of The Shining (1980)
REDRUM!Behind the scenes of The Shining (1980)
Good video
had no idea of the fighting that raged in the area.
(At first I thought it was going to be a new movie
)
had no idea of the fighting that raged in the area.
(At first I thought it was going to be a new movie
)
The oldest throne room in Europe, at the heart of the Bronze Age Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete, 15th Century BC.
June 22, 1941
At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had began their invasion of the Soviet Union.
It was taken by Komsomolskaya Pravda, editor in chief. He was ordered to destroy it, but instead saved it.
At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had began their invasion of the Soviet Union.
It was taken by Komsomolskaya Pravda, editor in chief. He was ordered to destroy it, but instead saved it.
Green Boots
Is that "murder" spelled backwards?
The bathroom scene !
Backing down does not factor in here. This is Suzuki Vs Harley Davidson.
Armor of an Officer of the Imperial Palace Guard, China 18th century
