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October 4, 2012
Rare and Awesome Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"
October 04, 2012
1980s, behind the scenes, celebrity & famous people, humor & hilarious, movies, photography
Raiders of the Lost Ark (later marketed as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first (chronologically, the second) installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. It pits Indiana Jones (Ford) against a group of Nazis who are searching for the Ark of the Covenant which Adolf Hitler believes will make their army invincible.
Here is a gallery of rare behind the scenes photos from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” that you’ve never seen before.
Here is a gallery of rare behind the scenes photos from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” that you’ve never seen before.
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Stuntman Vic Armstrong films the legendary chase sequence |
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Steven Spielberg setting up a shot of miniatures |
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Spielberg, Harrison Ford and a corpse |
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That's noted Indiana Jones stunt double Vic Armstrong standing to the left of Harrison Ford |
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Ford and Karen Allen |
October 3, 2012
Vintage Portrait Photos of a Young Hillary Rodham Clinton at 1969 Wellesley Commencement Speech
October 03, 2012
1960s, celebrity & famous people, event & history, female, politics, portraits, students
In 1969, the 21-year-old then known as Hillary Rodham delivered the first-ever Wellesley college student commencement speech. The class leader of Wellesley College talking about student protests which she supported in her commencement speech.
Ruth Adams, then-president of Wellesley, introduced Clinton, calling her “cheerful, good humored, good company, and a good friend to all of us.”
“Fear is always with us but we just don’t have time for it. Not now,” Clinton said during the 1969 speech.
Read the complete remarks from Clinton’s graduation ceremony on May 31, 1969 on TIME.com.
(Photos: Lee Balterman/LIFE archives)
Ruth Adams, then-president of Wellesley, introduced Clinton, calling her “cheerful, good humored, good company, and a good friend to all of us.”
“Fear is always with us but we just don’t have time for it. Not now,” Clinton said during the 1969 speech.
Read the complete remarks from Clinton’s graduation ceremony on May 31, 1969 on TIME.com.
(Photos: Lee Balterman/LIFE archives)
October 2, 2012
The 60s' Paper Dresses
It was 1967, psychedelia was just becoming hip and as the Sixties really started to swing anything went including Yellow Pages dresses and the Mini-Paper which as its name suggests was a mini skirt cum dress made from a newspaper.
October 1, 2012
Photographs of General Motors Cars and Trucks, 1902-1938
Here, principally black and white photographs for the automotive and truck lines of General Motors, during the years 1902-1938.
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01 The Evolution of GMC Trucks, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1915. |
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Rapid Motor Vehicle Co. 1-ton Rapid Truck. Model of 1905. |
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The Improved Chassis of 1906. |
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Model V First light duty truck developed by General Motors Truck Co., Pontiac, Mich. |
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Model F 11A. |
A Gallery of 18 Funny Grotesque Celebrity Puppets From "Spitting Images" (1987)
October 01, 2012
1980s, celebrity & famous people, humor & hilarious, illustration, portraits, work of art
In 1987, Harcourt Brace Jonavich published Spitting Images, a collection of photographic portraits of some of the puppets, with accompanying text by National Lampoon’s Sean Kelly.
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Bette Midler: America's Happiest Camper |
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Bruce Springsteen: For unto Us a Savior is Born in the U.S.A. |
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Johnny Carson: He Do Re-run-run-run, He Do Re-run-run. |
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Bill Cosby: Call Him a Doctor? Okay. He's a Doctor. |
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Clint Eastwood: Dirty Harry Says, "Have an Ice Cream. Or Else!" |