Heavy Armaments Back Up Soldiers

Heavy Armaments Back Up Soldiers

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Heavy Armaments Back Up Soldiers

Berlin – Facing East


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.7 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0058
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso BC: 9/16 170 HEAVY ARMAMENTS BACK UP SOLIDERS. The Allied sectors \ of Berlin echo with the rumble of military hardware such as these \ rocket launchers. Meanwhile these British Tommies lounge and eat \ before returning to "alert" readiness. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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