Historic Parades and Protests

A collection of black and white images depicting historic parades, protests, and military ceremonies, showcasing crowds and military formations.

USA, New York City, General Douglas MacArthur parade in April 1951

The battle of George Square, also known as Bloody Friday and Black Friday, was one of the worst riots on the streets of Glasgow. The Scottish TUC and Clyde Workers' Committee had called a strike to demand a reduction in working hours. By 31st January numbers had swelled to more than 60000 and clashes broke out between workers and police. Fearing a revolution, the government sent in army troops. Here police try to keep the roadway clear in George Square. 1919

Ku Klux Klan Parade, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, August 1925

Soldiers are an honorary guard at the Binnenhof at the opening of the States General. The Golden Carriage rides.

Anefo photo collection. Funeral of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium in Brussels; Guests when leaving the cathedral of Sint Michiel and Saint Goedele. November 30, 1965. Belgium, Brussels

Photograph of Field-Marshal Hermann Göring (1893-1946) a German politician and military leader, speaking to munitions workers. Dated 1939

U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division parade, Washington Square Park, New York City, New York, USA, Al Ravenna, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, January 12, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Waterlooplein Amsterdam Remembrance strike. March 4, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Implementation of police joint with police officer. November 10, 1961

Rally in the W-Z route tunnel in Warsaw on December 11, 1948.

Anefo photo collection. Visit of Eisenhower to Palace Lange Voorhout in The Hague. Eisenhower receives flowers on his arrival at Lange Voorhout palace. October 6, 1945. The Hague

08/31/1936. Militiamen Arrived in Bilbao, From the Towns of the Province of Vizcaya, Heading to Take Up Arms to March to the Front.

15th August 1947, celebration of Independence day Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

05/14/1915. The Explorers' party at Athletic. 1. -Ss. Mm. and Aa. Rr. in the Tribune. 2. -The Flags before the altar during the blessing.

Flag Day Parade For Ike -- A car bearing General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) makes its way slowly down Woodward Ave., here today on the way to City Hall where the general made a short, non-political speech. Thousands line the line of march to see Eisenhower while others threw confetti and paper from windows. At City Hall, 40,000 persons stood in a hot sun and repeated the Pledge of Allegiance with him at the end of his Flag Day address. June 14, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Sunday afternoon in Germany. A Nazi parade in a German street

Inaugural ceremonies at U.S. Capitol, and Inaugural Parade. Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Wide shot of Pennsylvania Avenue as police personnel pass with United States Capitol Building in the distance. Other parade participants follow.

Members Of The 92Nd Bomb Group 'Swing Out' With Their Partners To The Music Of The 'Skyliners' At A Dance At Cavaillon, France. 6 July 1945.

American Soldiers on Boat leaving Fort Slocum, David's Island, New Rochelle, New York, USA, Bain News Service, 1917

Funeral of Tom Lee, leader of 'On Leong Tong' which protected Chinatown's organized crime. His network for bribing corrupt police sheltered opium dens, gambling joints and brothels. . He survived the gang war against Mock Duck's 'Hip Sing Tong', and died of old age in Jan. 1918. (BSLOC_2018_1_57)

A group of Dutch naval people passengers in Rome, after they arrived with an aircraft from the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Klu) there.

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

The Man Who Built The Maginot Line.M. Maginot, the famous French soldier and War Minister making a speech to war veterans at the Invalides in Paris. It is to this genius that France now owes her feeling of absolute security against invasion from land. January 7, 1940.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War General view aboard HMS NELSON on the occasion of the visit of the ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) show 'Spring Party' whilst the ship was at Gibraltar. The deck and 16 inch gun turrets are crowded with sailors watching the show, the performers are out of sight. The show starred Beatrice Lillie, Leslie Henson and Vivien Leigh.

Australian troops seen marching in the Procession along the Mall watched with great interest by the huge crowds. June 2, 1953. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

Paris Celebrates The National Fete Day - "14th. Of July" - With A Big Military Review - Small tanks armed with small canons, passing in formation through the Place de la Concorde. July 14, 1936. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

War workers listening to a lunchtime concert by the Blech String Quartet in the central hall of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Squyare, London, 1943.

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Large Group of American Soldiers on Leave from France Sightseeing on Red Cross Omnibus Grosvenor Gardens, London, England, UK, American National Red Cross Collection, March 1919

Franklin D. Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt inauguration. Parade and presidential viewing stand. Washington, D.C. ca. March 4, 1933.

'Les chefs d'etat Allies a Paris; La victoria du roi des Belges et du president de la Republique, venant de la gare du Bois de Boulogne par les Champs-elysees, traverse, le 5 decembre 1918, la place de la Concorde, se dirigeant vers le quai d'Orsay', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Red Guards in Tiananmen Square Beijing holding copies of the 'thoughts of chairman Mao', during the Cultural Revolution. China 1967

Anefo photo collection. Annual commemoration of 1940-1945 at the honorary cemetery in Overveen. Overview of the ceremony. May 10, 1971. Noord-Holland, Overveen

An anarchist demo outside the Board of Trade, Chicago, is turned back by the police with a massive show of force. Date: 1885

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. Overview Expressing the Throne Speech. September 21, 1948

09/30/1915. The Kings in Segovia. Their Majesties on the platform from which they witnessed the blessing of the flag given by HM The Queen to the artillery academy.

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Anefo photo collection. Establession of Princess Wilhelmina, number 20 and 21 coffin bed with the tricolor. December 8, 1962

EDE, M. "Propaganda photography: the next generation of the guard and the rise of colors in the presence of Marshal Pétain, Vichy". Vichy, July 18. - / In this Sunday morning, the Marechal / de France, head of state, attended the lawyer of the La Garde. / N.P.M. The Marechal of France, pushing the sending of colors. / V.78.620. Gelatino-silver-bromide draw. Dactylographed legend in black ink. Between 1943-07-18-and 1943-07-19. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 144778-25

Workers at Tank Factory Visited by Soviet Ambassador

Many German banks were besieged with crowds eager to withdraw their deposits at the start of the war. Date: 1914

08/24/1944. Celebration of the liberation of Paris from Nazi control. A British flag before the Madeleine.

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. Tribute for princesses. September 19, 1961. The Hague, South Holland

Gathering of the Facist party hierarchy in the Foro Mussolini to celebrate the march on Rome, October 28, 1937, Rome, Italy, 20th century.

Fall of the Berlin Wall, night between Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th of November 1989, historic photograph, around 2 a.m.

Canadian Parliament Opens In Ottawa - Earl of Athlone, Governor-Generals reads the speech from the throne, dressed in the uniform of a Major-General. Seated by his side is Princess Alice. On the left of the throne is Prime Minister MacKenzie King; standing in front of it, on right, the new Sergeant-at-Arms, Lt.-Col. W. J. Franklin, holds the Commons Mace before him. On the Woolsack are the Judges of the Supreme Court, Members of the House are ranged along either sides while their wives occupy the benches behind them. When the Canadian Parliament assembled for its opening session in Ottawa - the first opening ceremony after the war - the occasion was a historic one in that it marked the last session in the Governorship of the Earl of Athlone and the first one in the re-elected Government of Prime Minister McKenzie King. March 24, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Photograph of boy scouts charging with flags during the parade up 5th Avenue, New York. Dated 1917

Anzac Memorial Service At Auckland -- The impressive scene in the immediate vicinity of the Cenotaph in front of the War Memorial Museum during the annual ceremony on April 25. May 17, 1932. (Photo by The Australia Weekly News).

04/30/1943. The generalissimo presides over a large concentration of 40,000 Falangists. Moment of the parade before the Caudillo stand, of the Concentrated Producers with their Agricultural Machines and work tools.

King George V and Queen Elizabeth open the South African parliament in Cape town 1947

Walter W. Waters, speaks to Bonus Army. On July 16, 1932, Veterans continued to protest the adjournment of Congress. Other vets attempted to break through police lines to protest inside.

Vintage Photograph. A high angle view of a massive crowd.

Statue From Great AP Picture -- This massive bronze statue from the famous associated press picture by Joe Rosenthal of the marines on Iwo Jima was dedicated outside Washington in early November. Rosenthal, now with the San Francisco Chronicle, was present for the ceremonies. January 12, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Trip to Ottawa, Canada: Wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial, Ottawa, Canada, 9:30AM. President John F. Kennedy prepares to lay a wreath at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Standing by President Kennedy: Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada, Gordon Churchill; Minister of National Defense of Canada, Douglas S. Harkness.

Inaugural ceremonies at U.S. Capitol, and Inaugural Parade. Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. United States Park Police Mounted Unit of the National Park Service with Capitol Building in distance.

Anefo photo collection. Waterlooplein Amsterdam Remembrance strike. March 4, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Pieces of artillery taken from the Austrians after the battle of Vittorio Veneto during First World War exhibited in Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, from the magazine L'Illustrazione Italiana, year XLVI, no 13, March 30, 1919.

September 19th 1919 address by General John Pershing to Congress in Washington DC; USA about the conclusion of the War in Europe (World War One)

Jon up of Melb. near Queue Hotel *****. December 31, 1944.

The Hungarian Regent In Kiel -- In the war port Kiel the Fuehrer received H.H. admiral von Horthy and Frau von Horthy. At the dockyard "Germania" he and his guests assisted at the launch of the cruiser "Prinz Eugen" the ceremony of baptism being executed by H.H. Frau von Horthy. The launch of the cruiser "Prinz Eugen" in Kiel. October 11, 1938.

Anefo photo collection. Funeral Princess Wilhelmina, Hortiekerwagen with Krans Dutch resistance. December 8, 1962

U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Woran, Chaplain of the 10th Mountain Division, leading group of men in prayer the day following the unconditional surrender of all German troops, Torboli (Nago-Torbole), Italy, U.S. Army Signal Corps, May 3, 1945

'La Nouvelle Europe; Le regime communiste a Budapest; un arc de triomphe, place Andrassy, le 1er mai 1919; le pilier de gauche porte, en hongrois, cette declaration: " Le soldat rouge ne combat pas contre ses freres proletaires, mais contre les capitalistes de la ligue des Nations"; et le pilier de droite: "Detruisez le capital pour que, sur ses ruines, nous elevions la societe mondiale communiste. " Dix-huit millions de roubles furent depenses a Budapest pour les decorations "rouges" de cette journee', 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2&quo

Gunmen arriving at Sing Sing, Whitey Lewis

Celebration of Admiral George Dewey's arrival in Washington 1899. President William McKinley and Admiral George Dewey at the Benediction. Cardinal Gibbons

Vladimir Lenin speaking in Moscow to Red Army soldiers departing for the Polish front, in 1920. Photograph by G. P. Goldshtein. Leon Trotsky and Lev Borisovich Kamenev have been airbrushed out of the photograph

Anefo photo collection. Last day Four Days Marches in Nijmegen. July 26, 1957. Nijmegen

Huge crowds line up to view the grave of President John Kennedy on the first anniversary of his assassination. Nov. 22, 1964.

50th anniversary observance of the First Battle of Bull Run, July 18, 1911. President William Howard Taft delivers the keynote address to a crowd of 10,000 people. 300 aged Confederates and 125 Federal veterans attended the Civil War Peace Jubilee (BSLOC_2017_2_120)

Anefo photo collection. End of four-day Nijmegen. July 27, 1956. Nijmegen

MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO. REINA DE ESPAÑA . 1858 - 1929. SE CASO CON ALFONSO XII EN EL AÑO 1879. " SESION DE APERTURA DE LAS CORTES , AÑO 1879 , COMO REINA REGENTE JUNTO A SU HIJO ALFONSO XII ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Anefo photo collection. Action open the village. November 27, 1962

The atmosphere during the 1958 victory parade.

Crowd at Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC, in 1922. The sculpture, two and one-half times life size, is on the west side of the Capitol grounds (BSLOC_2018_10_135)

Demonstration In Poland Demanding War On Lithuania -- The scene in the early hours of Friday morning when a huge crowd gathered outside the house of Poland's dictator, Marshal Smicly-Ritz in Warsaw, demanding War on Lithuania. The Marshal, who is commander-in-Chief of the Army, has arrive at Viena, near the Lithuanian border. March 20, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

Anefo photo collection. Journey from Queen Wilhelmina by liberated southern Netherlands (Zeeland, Brabant and Limburg). Queen Wilhelma visits the mining region. My Wilhelmina in Terwinselen. The management receives the Vorstin. March 22, 1945. Schaesberg, Terwinselen

Anefo photo collection. National memorial dam, overview of wreaths. May 4, 1964

Speech by Lenin in front of the Red Army, sent to the western front. Moscow, May 5, 1920. (Photo). Trotsky has been airbrushed (removed ) from the picture by the extension of the podium to the right side.

Exhibit of tank , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Tanks Military science, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Vintage Photograph. Large gathering of biblical warriors in movie still.

Military parade in Piazza della Vittoria, May 28, 1937, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

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Gabriele d'Annunzio holding a speech at the inaugural ceremony on the base of the monument to the Thousand, May 5, Quarto, Genoa, Italy, drawing by Gennaro d'Amato (1857-1947), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 19, May 9, 1915.

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. Open Caleche with princesses. September 19, 1961. The Hague, South Holland

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. President John F. Kennedy watches the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen) from the Navy side of the stands. Also pictured: Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Myrtle England DiSalle (wife of Governor DiSalle); Governor of Ohio, Mike DiSalle; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. Smokey Stover. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

State Funeral of President Kennedy: Lying in state at the United States Capitol, departure of Kennedy family. The late President John F. Kennedy lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter, Caroline Kennedy (both kneeling at left), kiss President Kennedy's flag-draped casket; mourners line the wall. Washington, D.C.

Munich (Germany), 09/06/1972. Attack against the headquarters of the Israeli Olympic team during the celebration of the 1972 Munich Olympics. In the image, a youth demonstration during the night of September 5 to 6.

China. Actos de celebración del XX aniversario de la República Popular en Pekín. Octubre de 1969. Foto Keystone.

Armistice Day Observance At Times Square -- Bugle calls halt traffic in times square, November. 11, as Boy Scouts representing the greater New York councils assembled on the marquee of the Hotel Astor for observanceOf Armistice Day. Servicemen stood at attention at the 11 a.m. memorial service, and civilians stood with bared heads. November 11, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

V-12 Regiment on Soldiers Field, Harvard prior to the Harvard-Tufts Game , Military personnel, Stadiums, Tufts College, Harvard University. Photographs of the First Naval District

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. Wide view of Municipal Stadium as Navy cadets stand in formation on the field at the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rally at Tempelhofer Feld (during the day) May 1, 1934. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

French Liberation Flag Unfurled In London -- The Lorraine Cross flag of the new France is Hoisted atop a building in London August 23 as news was received of the liberation of Paris by Allied forces. The flag was flown Alongside the old Tricolor. The dome of St. Paul's is in the background. Photo was received in New York by radio August 23 from London. August 23, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).

'Sur le Sol Americain; Le salut de Joffre a la Fayette', 1917. First World War: On American soil (the Joffre-Viviani Mission); Joffre salutes (the statue of) Lafayette (in Prospect Park, New York). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

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