Shipyard

It is regarded that the start of the industrial revolution was the invention of the steam machine / engine, by James Watt, the Scottish engineer. The invention of the steam engine slowly but surely enabled a steady switch from hand made manufacturing of products up to heavy industrialization, such as the shipyard on this picture, dating from the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.

Original and color remake photo of a shipyard.

Building of such huge ships enabled mass transportation of people, raw materials, mail, products and all sorts of goods from all around the world. The only downside was the lengthy voyage these ships had to take, which was over time corrected by building faster ships and eventually transport airplanes. Probably one of the most famous ships were the Titanic and Queen Marry.

Tiananmen Square Riots

In 1989 the protests for changes against the communist government took their turn in China, because communism was rapidly losing it's grounds in Eastern Europe, former USSR and Yugoslavia. Protests ended differently everywhere. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered the creation, or more likely the re-creation, of new-old countries from the old Soviet block and the decomposition of Eastern Germany.

Protestors fleeing from incoming tanks.

The anti communist protests took a different turn in China. There were protests before, in the late 80's demanding reform but they didn't last too long. The ones from 1989 were far more intense and last longing than the ones before, which demanded an intense retribution. They were brutally crushed by military intervention. Perhaps one of the most famous photos or media coverages was the infamous "tank man". On the picture we can see fleeing students from incoming tanks.

US Vietnam Soldier Camping

The Vietnam conflict lasted for almost 20 years resulting in a high number of casualties both from the civilian populations and military servicemen from all sides. The war was spread out on the territories of modern day Vietnam, Cambodia Laos.

US soldier camping in a room, possible artistic photo.

The death toll for the US army was around 60.000 soldiers. The unconventional warfare of the south eastern Asian jungles was extreme. Mud, rain, monsoons and other elements played a very difficult factor against the US troops. At the same time, the local Vietnamese were very well adapted, using a range of booby traps and a high number of underground tunnels.