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Rare Japanese Camera Rifle, Used To Train Fighter Pilots During WWII, Pops Up On eBay
Turns out making cameras that look like rifles (or grenade launchers, in this case) was popular back in the day. Take for instance this incredibly hard-to-find Konishoruko Rokuohsha Type 89 “machine gun” variant, which found its way onto eBay for the princely sum of $US4500 ($5549).
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WWII Ad Promised That TV Was Just Around The Corner
Image Cache: I came across this fantastically modern ad in the April 1945 issue of Radio-Craft magazine and just had to share it with you.
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This Enormous Car-Boat Probably Needed Oceans Of Oil To Run
Life for Americans after World War II was supposed to be filled with open roads and open waters. The roads, more often than not, were for getting to work. And the water? That was pure leisure time. This “water-mobile” of 1947 was imagined to provide the best of both, with an enormous (and, one imagines,…
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A 250kg Bomb From World War II Caused A Mass Evacuation In France
A weapon from seven decades ago created a crisis in France this week. A team digging out a new metro line in Rennes, France, found an enormous 250kg bomb from World War II lodged in the ground near City Hall. Over 3000 people had to evacuate their homes.