|
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.
|
Summary
Original caption |
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. |
Wasserreiter mit Magnesiumfackeln
Wasserreiten hinter dem Motorboot mit Magnesium-Beleuchtung bei Nacht! Der Wasserreiter wird, auf einem Brett stehend, mittels einer Leine, welche er mit den Zähnen festhält, im schnellsten Tempo von dem Motorboot durch das Wasser gezogen. In den Händen hält er Magnesiumfackeln, welche das Ganze gespenstig beleuchten. |
Date |
July 1931 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Institution |
German Federal Archives |
|
Native name |
Das Bundesarchiv |
Location |
Koblenz (headquarters) |
Coordinates |
50° 20′ 33.00″ N, 7° 34′ 21.00″ E |
Established |
1952 |
Website |
www.bundesarchiv.de |
Authority control |
|
|
Aktuelle-Bilder-Centrale, Georg Pahl (Bild 102) |
Accession number |
Bild 102-12062 |
Source |
|
This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive. |
|
An unusual application of magnesium as an illumination source during waterboarding in 1931
Licensing
File usage
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Schools Wikipedia was created by children's charity SOS Children. More than 2 million people benefit from the global charity work of SOS Children's Villages, and our work in 133 countries around the world is vital to ensuring a better future for vulnerable children. Sponsoring a child is the coolest way to help.