| Show The Ten Most Continued front page 16 Memorable News Pictures Of Our Time How Many Of These k sinking of a ship — memorable photographs are seldom accidental The image caught by the skill of a cameraman to react instantly for a news photographer cannot afford to be surprised He must be alert to capture the instant which can never be repeated Images in news pictures often become universal symbols The mushroom cloud of the the symbol of the nuclear age became known to the world through photography Years before World War II the horrors of modem warfare were symbolized for millions by the tragic picture of a lone wailing Chinese child abandoned in the bombed-o- ut ruins of Shanghai The symbol of victory which Americans put on postage stamps and cast into a bronze monument for the nation’s capital was a news photograph (see Page 2) of Marines raising our flag at lwo Jima We have learned that photography the faithful witness can do more than record It 'can inspire us and make us thoughtful self-train- ed America AUSTRIAN lad Crow CHILD WITH SHOES 1947 In rapturous expression of a capturing the clutching to his breast a pair of new shoes presented by the American Junior Red Cross photographer Gerald Waller succeeded in a difficult assignment: He was able to photograph joy and measure charity O Nw THE VESTRIS SINKS 1929 VoA Just Nm before (My sailing crew member Fled Hanson bought a Camera When disaster struck off the Virginia capes he used it with the skill of a professional to produce this unique picture of a moment which steads for every shipwreck since the beginning of navigation Wido Weld OCCUPIED FRANCE 1941 As the historic flags of defeated French regiments were marched down the streets of Marseilles to She Hup that was to take them to Algeria an alert photographer turned his camera an the spectators In the grief-strickface of this man is eloquently expressed the tragedy of a nation en fl C v Iwtamoffonol MAYOR GAYNOR SNOT 1919 Cam- eraman Wilium Wesmeckt was late on assign- ment to photograph New York's Mayor WH-Ham J Gaynor as he was about to sail for - THE HINDENRURG EXPLODES 1917 Twenty photographers were wailing to take routine shots when the Hindenburg arrived at Lakehurst N on her 21st Atlantic crossing Suddenly fire broke out 60 seconds later nothing was left of the dirigible but molten metal The cameramen reacted Instantaneously to produce the most complete coverage of a news event In history o Nr Vo World 1lora Europe The other news photographers hod already left the ship when two revolver shots were fired An instant later Warneckt snapped this unforgettable picture Caynor recovered 1 I 19 THIS WEEK " MoailnAutu 4 I9S7 Li |
