In 1958, LIFE asked Henri Cartier-Bresson to return to China, a country he last covered in at the outbreak of the Communist takeover in 1949. Cartier-Bresson was largely sympathetic to the Communist cause and was mostly embedded on a guided tour. While his photographs do not present a critique of Communism, he nonetheless witnessed the beginnings of the disastrous Great Leap Forward.
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The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – Paris Match, 1969
Apollo 8 mission (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Gemini VII – Paris Match, 1966
In between December 4 and December 18, 1965, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent nearly 14 days in space, making a total of 206 orbits around the earth —
the longest space flight to date.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Gemini VI – Paris Match, 1966
In late 1965, Gemini VI, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini VII.
Shell-shocked soldier by Don McCullin, 1968
The photo above of a dazed American soldier, entitled Shellshocked US Marine would become the most well-known of McCullin’s photos from Hue.
The War in Biafra
Eventually Federal Nigeria found an effective way to quell the rebellious Igbos, by inducing famine conditions inside Biafra. The Nigerian Army began sea and land blockade of Biafra, cutting off food supplies.
The War in Biafra
Little remembered now, but once the name Biafra as much synonymous with horrors, famine, and war as the names Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Rwanda or Darfur. In 1967, the Igbo people in Biafra, the oil-rich south east part of Nigeria, declared their independence, initiating a three-year conflict.
Monsoon by Brian Brake, 1961
Brian Brake’s photoessay Monsoon had rare honor of appearing in four major news weeklies (LIFE, Paris-Match, Epoca, Queen) over a month.
Hungarian Uprising by Paris-Match, 1956
The iconic 1956 Paris Match photo of a young, armed couple during the Hungarian Uprising was attributed to late photographer Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini for extra publicity. Russ Melcher, the photo’s real author, revealed himself decades later.
First Look at Cuban Revolution, 1958
How a Spanish photographer introduced the world to the Castro Brothers, Che Guevara, and the Cuban Revolution.