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Armored rail train car from the US Civil War. (lemmy.world)
A drawing made during the war of another armored train car:...
A boy in front of the Loews 125th Street movie theater, 1976. (lemmy.world)
Source.
Confederate submarine discovered by the US government in 1878. (lemmy.world)
Known as the “Bayou St. John submarine”, this vessel was discovered when the Bayou St. John, in New Orleans was dredged by the US Government in 1878. For years, the vessel was thought to be the Confederate submarine Pioneer, but research in the 20th century showed it was of a different design. There is no surviving...
Chewie going nuts on some stormtroopers, by Brian Rood.
Artist’s page.
Concept art for AT-ST, by Joe Johnston (lemmy.world)
I was looking through old Star Wars comics to see what might be interesting, and the classic Empire Strikes back adaption includes some bonus concept art in the back....
Art from the Star Wars Epic Duels game (lemmy.world)
Picture of the full box....
Art with a TIE “ugly”, a salvaged mix of a TIE Interceptor and Y-Wing components in the foreground. By John Nadeau (lemmy.world)
An M22 Locust light tank and a T28 Super heavy tank (lemmy.world)
The M22 Locust was a 7.4 ton light tank. It held a turret mounted 37mm cannon and a coaxial M1919A6 machinegun. It was developed by the US at the request of the British military, and used by the British near the end of WW2....
Art by Mark Harrison (lemmy.world)
Imperial AT-ATs from the 1980 comic adaptation of Empire Strikes Back (lemmy.world)
Art by Al Williamson, coloring by James Sinclair, lettering by Rick Veitch....
Audrey Hepburn, at the grocery store with her pet deer, 1958 (lemmy.world)
Source.
Has anyone here used a controller for the PC version of Rogue Squadron? Is it worth getting a controller? (lemmy.world)
This is one of my favorite games. I still occasionally play it on a Nintendo 64, but the N64 controller isn’t great and I can’t easily screen capture gameplay....
USS Monitor (lemmy.world)
The USS Monitor was an ironclad warship used by the Union Navy during the US Civil War. It was a radical design that sat low on the waterline to present a very small target, and had a revolving turret rather than a broadside battery. The turret traversed with steam power, being about to make a full rotation in just under 23...
NYPD enter their temporary headquarters near the World Trade Center. New York, NY, September 13, 2001. Photo by Andrea Booher (lemmy.world)
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, high on acid at the 2000 Oscars. (lemmy.world)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Blame Canada”. The creaters, Matt Parker and Trey Stone decided that, “It’s a magical night tonight.”...
CSS Virginia (otherwise known as the Merrimack, Merrimac, or "Rebel Monster") (lemmy.world)
CSS Virginia was the first, but not last, steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. It was constructed from the original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. CSS Virginia famously took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the...
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1995 San Diego tank chase (lemmy.world)
In 1995, Shawn Nelson, a former Army tank commander drove into a National Guard armory and stole an M60A3 tank. He drove the tank out of the armory, and onto residential streets where he began crushing things in his path. He drove the tank onto a highway and was pursued by a number of San Diego Police Department cars....
The immaculately conceived messiah (m.youtube.com)
Live Fast, Die Young, And Leave A Greasy Corpse: A Review Of Greedo’s Story In Tales From The Mos Eisley Cantina (lemmy.world)
The book Tales The The Mos Eisley Cantina is an anthology published in 1995. It covers the lives and times of the various characters we glimpsed inside the Mos Eisley in A New Hope....
The Best And Worst Star Wars Blasters
Star Wars is driven by aesthetics. Part of the look of the franchise that is front and center has always been the blasters....
US soldiers compare "Bazooka" sizes during the Korean War (lemmy.world)
The soldier on the left of the photo is holding an M20 series “Super Bazooka” which fires a 3.5 inch HEAT round, the M28 series , with a setback armed, base detonating fuse....
OJ Simpson freeway chase, 1994 (lemmy.world)
On June 17, 1994 celebrity and NFL player OJ Simpson had failed turn himself in to the LAPD in connection with the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman....
Han Solo drawn in the Holiday Special style. It is nightmarishly glorious. (lemmy.world)
Original artist RADMANRB deviantart page. If you like the drawing please give them a star or comment.
Original Revenge Of The Jedi teaser poster, by Drew Struzan (lemmy.world)
The title of the movie was changed to Return Of The Jedi before release, on George Lucas’ insistence because it made the Jedi sound too ominous and harsh....