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Crowd Reactions to Historical Events

A series of images depicting large crowds reacting to significant events, featuring protests, riots, and police involvement in various historical contexts.

Crowds Rush Across Road at Holloway Prison, London, today to read official notice saying Ruth Ellis had been Hanged. Mounted Troopers and foot Police were called out to Handle Crowds outside goal. July 15, 1955. (Photo by AP).

For disarmament and against nuclear weapons in Germany. DEU, here on 25. 3. 1967 in the Ruhr area, Ruhr Area: Der Ostermarsch Ruhr 1967, Germany, DEU, Europe

British returning prisoners of war aboard Drottningholm during a prisoner of war.

05/31/1969. Traffic police at the Victory Parade.

Down with the New Tsars!: Soviet Revisionists Anti-China Atrocities on the Heilung and Wusuli Rivers. By March 1969, Sino-Russian border rivalries led to the Sino-Soviet border conflict at the Ussuri River and on Damansky-Zhenbao Island; more small-scale warfare occurred at Tielieketi in August.

Princess Beatrix brings an introductory visit to various parts of the Royal Navy. On the exercise site of the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) of the Marines in Doorn corps, various parts of the corps have been fitted.

The Black Brigade 'Aldo Resega' parading through the streets of Milan. Dated 20th Century

Everyday life of Bundeswehr recruits in a barracks on 26.05.1976 in Hemer, Germany, Europe

Navy band members perform for a local audience during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Port-Of-Spain Country: Trinidad And Tobago (TTO)

Anefo photo collection. Ajax against Feyenoord 5-0. Large crowds at the entrance gates. November 13, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Audience offering a Nazi salute, 1938, and a demonstration of guns on the Zeppelin Field, 1937, permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror", Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Count Ciano in Barcelona: Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, ***** at Barcelona on Monday afternoon on board Cruiser Eugenio Di Savoia. Count Ciano, on he the balcony of the Palace of Provincial Department in ***** talking the salute at the March past of Spanish troops. July 12, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

A Marine drill instructor at the Aviation Officer Candidate School teaches his class close order drill. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anti-war demonstrators gather outside the Pentagon as security policemen watch for any entrance blocking attempt. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crowds of Norwegians gather in Oslo; to celebrate the liberation of Norway after World War Two

Liberation of Paris, August 1944. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Last day Four Days Marches Nijmegen. July 20, 1973. Nijmegen

A meeting of the traditional associations of the Waffen- SS to honour their dead of the 6th SS Division North on 14. 11. 1971 in Hunrueck was accompanied by the Bundeswehr with officers and a squad of recruits, Germany, Europe

Hitler Youth in front of the Town Hall in Tomaszow, Poland, May 1941.

Home and welcome to Den Helder in March 1989 from the mine hunter Hr.Ms. Urk (1986-) After a mission in the Persian Gulf.

Recruitment poster in Barcelona attracts onlookers during the Spanish civil war

During the 1969 federal election campaign, here in Recklinghausen in August 1969, police brutally used a mounted squadron against demonstrators to protect the NPD and injured NPD opponents. Afterwards, the police investigated demonstrators and the media, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. 10-year commemoration installation New Guinea Council in Congress Building The Hague, President West Papua, Kaisiepo inspects honorary guard. December 1, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

The warfare of the US army in the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing opposition from the German public in the 1960s, especially from the youth and student movements. . Essen 1965. The warfare of the U. S. Army in the countries Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing rejection in the German public in the 1960s, especially in the youth and student movement

Berlin Marchers Spurn 'Uncle Sam' -- East German youths, their blue uniforms rain-sodden, bear a typical Red-inspired sign as they march along Berlin's Unter Den Linden today in long-prepared Whitsuntide rally. The German capital's biggest Communist show since the war proceeded without incident under the watchful eyes of West German police and allied troops. May 28, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Four Days Marches Van Nijmegen started, hikers en route. July 17, 1973. Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration of South Moluccans in The Hague leads to fights; Action with water cannon at Indonesian embassy. December 27, 1974. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Second day Four Days Marches Nijmegen. Claus is going to rest. July 26, 1967. Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. Four-day Nijmegen, third day, girl supports soldier. July 20, 1972. Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. Throne change 30 April, views of the dam; Overview with smoke bomb. April 30, 1980

The Four Days Marches of Nijmegen

Members of the R/S Milwaukee Delayed Enlistment Pool participate in a pistol shooting competition. Base: Milwaukee State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Harbor strike Rotterdam 1979. Staking port workers still call up working colleagues to be solidarity,. August 29, 1979. Rotterdam, South Holland

Hitler's heroes, the Knight's Cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht, here at a meeting in Kassel in 1970, celebrated their meeting with senior officers of the Bundeswehr and soldiers, Germany, Europe

The communist-oriented SDAJ (Socialist Workers' Youth of Germany) turned against the US war in 1968 in Hamburg, Germany, Europe

A demonstrator is carried away by five police officers, one of the 84 arrests made during the anti-fascist demonstration in the East End of London, in opposition to the proposed march there by Sir Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists. Date: 4 October 1936

Anefo photo collection. Action meeting Amsterdam police at 3.5%%. November 7, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Civilians stand in line to board helicopters for their evacuation from the island during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration in Gasselte against the storage of radioactive waste. Police on horseback at the demonstrators. 2 June 1979. Drenthe, Gasselte

Welders on Their Way to Work

12/31/1936. Machine Gun Section of Uribarri's Valencian Column Prepared for Combat.

During the election campaign of the right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), here in Essen in 1969, youth, students and pupils demonstrated against the NPD with ironic Hitler salutes. Against this, the police used massive use of water cannons, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Photographer (R. Mieremet) at the top of Paal to photograph Four Days Marches. 10 June 1969

Anefo photo collection. Fourth day hostage school in Bovensmilde; Someone is refilled. May 26, 1977. Bovensmilde

Anefo photo collection. Anti-atomic garments to Russian embassy. The Mars to the embassy. October 25, 1961

The strike action in the collective bargaining dispute of the Industriegewerkschaft Metall (IG Metall) from 19-21 March 1974 in Bremen and Bremerhaven, Germany, Europe

The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany was violently suppressed by tanks of the Group of Soviet Forces

03/20/1934. Photo from the German propaganda ministry.

Left-wing sympathisers of the Red Army Faction (RAF) protesting in Dortmund on 13.11.1974 after the death following the hunger strike of Holger Meins in the city of Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Evacuees wait to board a utility landing craft, for their transfer to a U.S. Navy amphibious ship. Approximately 600 Americans and third nation personnel are being evacuated from Beirut to Larnaca, Cyprus. Base: Juniyah Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Black and white photo of the debut of the new German Army; the reestablishment of obligatory military service in Germany, 16 March 1935; young conscripts in a goose-step march.

Election campaign appearances in 1969 by the radical right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) in Dortmund, Essen and Oberhausen not only triggered violent protests by democratic parties and organisations, but also led in part to the police being overtaxed and massively countering the protest, Germany, Europe

Police officers line up African Americans at an Black Muslim Mosque. In the early hours of August 19, 1965, Los Angeles Police were fired on when questioning several men carrying guns into the Mosque.

Demonstration of the DGB Youth on Anti-War Day. On 01.09.1980 in Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Victory Celebration in China - Citizens of Dairen, China crowd into the streets to greet U.S. Navy airmen on V-J day plus two. October 02, 1945. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photo)

A soldier of women's help corps (VHK) strokes the flag in the Princess Julianakamp in Kijkduin.

NEW YORK: Black Panther Party march along 42nd Street en route to a scheduled news conference at United Nations Plaza. The conference was called to protest the murder trial of Black Panther defense minister Huey Newton in Oakland, Calif. 7/22/68.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration / blockage Dodewaard nuclear power plant. Demonstrators flights tear gas. September 18, 1981. Dodewaard, Gelderland

Army Air Corps Cadets Randolph Field Texas USA

Hanoi, North Vietnam: February 19, 1973 American POWs await transfer to American officers after being transported by bus to Hanoi's Gia Lam aiport.

Photograph of Civilians Looking at Nazi V-1 Display.

Rising In Minneapolis WPA Strike -- General view of the Riot that preceded the more violent disturbance in Minneapolis, July 14, at a WPA sewing project, when police tried to escort 100 non-striking women through a hostile group of pickets. A cloud of tear gas is seen rising from the scene of disturbance. The riot that took place shortly after this scene resulted in the fatal injury of one person, gunshot wounds to two others and injuries to at least six, including five policemen. A volley directed from a police car killed one person, at which time the other were wounded. July 15, 1939. (Photo by ACME).

On 11. 4. 82, Ruhr area. Easter march 1982

State highway patrolmen search group of Negroes arrested during rioting on Feb. 26, 1946. The Columbia, Tennessee riot began with a minor business dispute between White clerk and a Black World War II veteran. Police reacted with illegal searches and seizures, arresting of over 100, and the death of two in police custody.

10/23/1975. Thousands of Moroccans, with Water Bottles and Portraits of King Hassan II, Participate in the Green March.

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the 84-85 r years, Ruhr area. IG Metall demonstration in favour of a 35-hour week ca. 1984

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Europacup Lyn against DWS 1-3 in Oslo, supporters. November 18, 1964. Oslo

Vietnam War Supporters ('Anti-Demonstration Demonstration'), Wakefield, MA, 10/29/67

Barcelona, January 26, 1939. Spanish Civil War. The national troops entered Barcelona together with the winning soldiers, a happy crowd walked through the streets of the city celebrating the end of the fight.

Warning strike by IG Metall in the collective bargaining dispute at Orenstein & paddock on 05.03.1981 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Crewmen from the Unitas XX task force participate in a game of football during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Robinson Crusoe Island Country: Chile (CHL)

Image of a jeep on which burgers climbed, in the Korte Minrebroederstraat in Utrecht, during the entry of the Allies.

The communist-oriented SDAJ (Socialist Workers' Youth of Germany) turned against the US war in 1968 in Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Schiphol, Arrival American soldiers in connection with exercise "Reforger". Arrivals, soldiers, exercises. September 11, 1983. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Going-away demonstration dedicated to Komsomol fighters sent to Wrangles front. Poltava. 1920.

Anefo photo collection. Memorial for Gerrit van der Veen revealed, widow van der Veen reveals memorial. May 4, 1973

Anefo photo collection. In Utrecht DEM. Vanannond Angre of the Government Youth London Reduction Also soldiers coincided (betting reduction). October 28, 1980. Utrecht

THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (1982), directed by PETER WEIR.

Ruhr area. Peace movement. Nuclear missiles, 80s

Surrounded by policemen (464)

8000 Turks and their families demonstrated against the military dictatorship in their country on 31.01.1981 in Cologne, Germany, Europe

An overabundance of police, some equipped with chakos, here in Bochum in 1969, protected a ludicrously occupied gathering of the radical right-wing NPD from a hundred young people who came to demonstrate against the neo-Nazis, Germany, Europe

Air Raid Shelters - (See Also: Israel Countries) - War File. January 27, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Officer Of East German Peoples Police Stands Guard At Control Point At Brunnenstarsse, A Workers District In East Berlin

Broken car glass with Mumbai Policeman s hat, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

About 7000 supporters of the peace movement demonstrated against new nuclear missiles and the Natodoppelbeschluss on the occasion of a commander's conference of the Bundeswehr in 1982, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Last day Four Days Marches from Nijmegen. 24 July 1970. Nijmegen

BLACK PANTHERS in Washington, DC, 1967. CSU Archives

International resistance fighters and persecutees of the Nazi regime demonstrated against the prosecution of Nazi crimes, partly dressed in the clothes of concentration camp inmates, in Strasbourg, FRA, France, 21 April 1979, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Service wider Kees Vellekoop demonstrates for Ministry of Defense for release service tenderer Ger Pouw that is in the higher strike. March 11, 1976

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration Consueral soldiers in Binnenhof against the governing statement. November 14, 1978. Binnenhof, The Hague, South Holland

DEU, Germany, Ruhr area The election campaign for the Bundestag elections on 10. 9. 1969 in the Ruhr area. Anti-NPD. NPD enemy of the DGB, Europe

War -cut exchange of German prisoners in Gothenburg. Boat with the text sver ...

Are These Liberators or the Army of Crime, Judaica - France

Police with man killed in riots, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1900s Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution (Chinese: 化大革命), was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, its stated goal was to enforce socialism in the country by removing capitalist, traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society, and impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The revolution marked the return of Mao Zedong to a position of political power, after he lost most of his political influence after his failed Great Leap Forward. Using only his name and credibility, he used the controlled anarchy of the cultural revolution to remove his inner-party opponents, most notably China`s president Liu Shaoqi. The movement brought chaos, as social norms largely evaporated and the previously established political institutions disintegrated at all levels of government. The Revolution was launched in Ma

The shooting of Cologne sailors Max Reichspietsch and Albin Koebes on 5 September 1917 in Cologne-Wahn for mutiny prompted youth associations to protest and lay a wreath in commemoration after 50 years, Germany, Europe

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