Snapshots of History

A look at the 1970s based on the photographs taken by Anouschka, a young Dutch woman.

In September 1968, a young officer, François Dullin, who had just graduated from Saint Cyr Military Academy flies to Papeete to be stationed.

After its defeat in 1940, France is split; Germans take the north and the south became a free zone overseen by Marshal Pétain's government.

In 1935, Andrée Greffrath left Paris for Senegal with her parents; their photos show a vision of life in colonial France.

On December 7th, 1941, Japan bombs the American fleet based in Pearl Harbor; following Bill Manbo, an American citizen of Japanese origin.

Between Stalin's death and the coming to power of Nikita Khrushchev in 1953, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States warm up.

Photos from Wolfgang Thomas, a railwayman who lived in East Berlin, show the months that led to the collapse of the Berlin wall in 1989.

The wealth of photographs accredited to Mr. X, provides a record of Paris in the roaring twenties.

In the 1930s, Nazi Germany and it's Japanese ally, threaten global stability; Japan wants to capture territories in China.

Following the pictures of a 20-year-old American soldier, Dan Love in 1969, four years since the Americans started to fight in Vietnam.

August 1944, Paris celebrates its liberation after four years of occupation; for over 600,000 French Compulsory Service workers, the war isn't over.

In 1905, Victor Bermon, a French naval officer, is sent to China to assure the presence of France on the Yangtze river.

In autumn of 1980, Richard, a young drummer, heads to New York to make a name for himself; he meets Michael, who shares the same love of the blues.

The 500 pictures left by Vicky Henderson record the rise of a young black woman in 1950s Europe; her photos tell of segregation and cabaret dancing.

Pilou, from a small town in the Yonne, knows that one day he will go to Paris, where he can embrace his desire for men.

Dr. Léon Collin's photos present the heart of the penal colonies -- prisons to which the French sent 100,000 men between 1854 and 1938.

On August 2nd, 1914, France decrees the mobilization of it's armed forces.

In 1930, India starts to face nationalist demands; Stanislas Antonowicz's 800 photographs provide a glimpse of a period and a vision.

Andrée and Victor Kuentzmann had just married when the allied troops landed in Normandy in August 1944.

The French Section of the Workers' International reacts to the extreme-right-wing demonstrations of 1934.