Wednesday 27 June 2012

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Rare Picture of First War Tank

First War Tank
The first tanks were so loud that it was impossible to communicate via radio; instead they used carrier pigeons!

The Mark I was the world’s first combat tank made by the British Army during World War I. it was developed to be able to cross trenches, resist small arms fire, travel over difficult terrain, carry supplies, and to capture fortified enemy positions. 

The noise inside the tank was deafening and the driver used hand signals to communicate with the gearsmen. He first got their attention by banging on the engine block with a heavy spanner. There was no wireless radio communication.

Communication with command posts was by means of carrier pigeons that had their own small exit hatch in the sponsons, or by runners. The noise and vibration was too great to use any other form of communication and early experiments showed that carrier pigeons were the best route.

Tanks had major flaws when they came out. However, British propaganda often used tanks and promoted them. They portrayed them as the wonder weapon that would quickly win World War I.

Monday 11 June 2012

Old Kolkata or Calcutta

Rare Image of Calcutta University in the year 1937

Calcutta bus stand near Howrah bridge, most likely on the Howrah station side of the Hooghly River 1944

Old Calcutta. The photo has been taken approx at 1942

Rare photo of Howrah Bridge Construction from the Archives of Anandabazar Patrika.

view of the Hoogley river at 1880

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