Lower Falls Road, Belfast. July 3, 1970.
Lead by a local priest, women from the Lower Falls and Andersonstown areas defy troops of The Black Watch Regiment to enter through Leeson Street and make contact with neighbors confined by the army's curfew. The soldiers are stoic and professional with their restraint and allow the ladies through.
Lake Coniston, Cumbria, UK.January 4, 1967.
Donald Campbell dies as his vessel Bluebird takes off and crashes into Coniston Water during his attempt to break the World's water speed record.
Belfast, Northern Ireland. July, 1970. A British soldier rubs his eyes after a long night during the curfew around The Falls Road.
Sept 20, 2001
Fr. John Romas sits at the site of where his Greek Orthodox Church once stood. Father Romas was pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on Lower Manhattan and in the shadow of The Twin Towers. The small church had been there for over a century. It was completely obliterated when the Towers were attacked and destroyed.
New York City, 1982.
The former head of the CIA William Colby outside the Harvard Club on West 44th; Street.
Other news moments from The Michael Brennan Archive
Calcutta, Bengal, India., Dec 22, 1971. Mother Teresa hands out Christmas gifts to the poor of Calcutta
Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Dec 22, 1971. Mother Teresa, head of The Sisters of Charity hands out Christmas gifts to the poor and needy from the streets of Calcutta,
Bronx, Ny; 1974. An elite squad of detectives for the NYPD's Senior Citizens Robbery Unit. The mission of the group is to hunt down the perpetrators of crimes against the elderly. Detective Donald Gaffney checks his gun before starting work.
Bronx, Ny; 1974. An elite squad of detectives for the NYPD's Senior Citizens Robbery Unit. The mission of the group is to hunt down the perpetrators of crimes against the elderly. Here the cops ask an elderly victim if she recognizes her attacker.
Bronx, Ny; 1974. An elite squad of detectives for the NYPD's Senior Citizens Robbery Unit. The mission of the group is to hunt down the perpetrators of crimes against the elderly. Here the cops ask an elderly victim if she recognizes her attacker.
Jesssore, E. Pakistan 1970. An informer or "razakhar' is murdered by fellow villagers after the Pakistan military were defeated by the superior Indian Army.
Nickel Mines, Pa; Oc t; 2006. Amish women walk to a nearby school house, the scene of a deadly shooting.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.May 1982. The Argentine military junta (centre front three) headed by Gen Leopoldo Galtieri and the entire polical roster address the nation during the war with Great Britain.
London, United Kingdom. July 16, 1970. Dock workers walk out on strike in protest to a unsatisfactory pay raise.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 1, 1982. Politicians and government ministers pose for a photo on May Day during the Falklands / Malvinas War.
Falls Road, Belfast. Aug 15, 1969. Soldiers from The Regiment of Wales guard the burning Mercedes-Benz factory.
Belfast, N.Ireland. July 2, 1970. A British soldier rubs his weary eyes after maintaining an overnight curfew imposed around The Lower Falls Road to contain protesters.
Belfast, N.Ireland. July 1 ,1970. British troops fire CS gas from The Falls Road into Leeson Street.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 1982. Authoritarianism, the "JUNTA".
Belfast, N.Ireland. July 1, 1970."Show the World what's happening here!" A Catholic demonstrator lays dying on The Falls Road.
A soldier from the First Regiment of Wales stands guard on The Lower Falls Road. August 15, 1969.
Waterville, Maine.. Aug 1997. Senator George Mitchell the US negotiator for The Northern Ireland Peace Agreement.
New York City, 1987. Ivan Boesky Wall Street insider arrives for sentencing for 'insider trading' at Manhattan Federal Court
Marylebone, London. March 12, 1969. Two young fans of the Beatles and of Paul McCartney particularly react to the news of his marriage to Linda Eastman at Marylebone Registry Office.
Businessman Donald Trump at Trump Tower 1999
Havana, Cuba 1986. Cuban leader Fidel Castro addresses thousands of union delegates from around the World.
Eglin AFB, Florida. 1979. Watergate break-in E.Howard Hunt serving time.
Businessman Donald Trump at Trump Tower 1999
New York, Ny; Dec 25, 2001. Father Brian Jordan performs Mass on Christmas morning for rescue workers consisting of relatives looking for loved ones still not accounted for after the September 11 attack at The World Trade Centre.
London, England, May 1968. Controversial politician Enoch Powell in the garden of his Kensington home..
New York, Ny; Sept 15, 2001. Father John Romas sits among the debris of The World Trade Canter attack and the exact spot where his St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church had stood for over a hundred years.
Krishanagar, West Bengal, India. 1970. A refugee child holds her newborn baby brother at a camp set up to accomodate refugees escaping from Pakistan,
Washington DC. Sept 27, 1976. After accepting the title of Leader of Britain's Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher headed to Washington DC. Seated in a stretched limo Mrs. Thatcher checked on her appearance.
New York, Ny; Dec. 16, 1985, The mob hit ooutside Sparks Steakhouse on East 46 Street between Second and Third Avenues in Manhattan. Detectives arrive to find the bodies of Paul Castellano and Thomas Biloti.
New York City, Jan 1974. An NYPD officer pulls his gun after confronting individuals in a stolen car on The Lower Eastside.
New York City, Jan 1974. An NYPD officer lies injured on Second Avenue
New York City, Jan 1974. An NYPD officer injured on Second Avenue is rushed to Bellevue where fellow officers help the doctors in Emergency
New York City, Jan 1974. An NYPD officer injured on Second Avenue is rushed to Bellevue where fellow officers help the doctors in Emergency
New York City. Jan 1974. Patrolman Officer Ritchie Morrill takes care of a small Latino boy caught in the middle of a domestic dispute. The officer from the 6th; Precinct comforts the lad at a housing complex on Manhattan'e Lower Eastside.
NYPD officer killed in the line of duty. The funeral precession marches up Fifth Avenue, funeral. 1990's
Convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray shortly before his death from kidney disease and liver failure. Federal Prison, Nashville, Tn; 1995.
Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Dec 22, 1971. Mother Teresa, head of The Sisters of Charity hands out Christmas gifts to the poor and needy from the streets of Calcutta,
Harlem, New York City. March 1986. Clara Hale (known locally as Mother Hale) the saviour of many abandoned babies caused by the "crack epidemic."
Harlem, New York City. March 1986. Clara Hale (known locally as Mother Hale) the saviour of many abandoned babies caused by the "crack epidemic."
Barbados, W.Indies circa 1979. HRH Prince Andrew lands at Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados.
Anguilla, Sept 1987. Sir Rudolf Bing & Carroll Douglas Bing.
Bronx, Ny; 1974. An elite squad of detectives for the NYPD's Senior Citizens Robbery Unit. The mission of the group is to hunt down the perpetrators of crimes against the elderly. Here the cops ask an elderly victim if she recognizes her attacker.
Montoursville, Pa; July 18, 1996. Two students at Montoursville High School comfort each other upon learning of their school friends who died in the crash of TWA 800 off the coast of Long Island.
Belfast, Northern Ireland,. July 2,1970 An elderly resident of The Falls Road area looks from her front window to see British soldiers sleeping on the pavement. The soldiers had been imposing the curfew during the night.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives in Washington DC. September 22, 1975
New York, Manhattan 1993. While on a fact-finding' mission as shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair was being shown around New York's infamous Manhattan Correctional Center. At one stage of the tour Mr. Blair and his entourage were locked in a vacant cell with no communication of any kind. Afater some time they were rescued by guards alerted by a faulty alarm.
Bronx, Ny; 1980's. Officers of New York Police Department Tactical Narcotics Teams assemble in the car park at Yankee Stadium preparing for a long night of fighting the "crack"cocaine epidemic.
South Bronx, Ny; 1989. At the height of the out of control "crack epidemic" the drug plagued South Bronx became the centre of attention for the NYPD. Here, in this mostly Latino part of the South Bronx small kids watch activities involving dealers and police officers play-out under the late evening summer light.
Harvest, Alabama. Feb 14, 1997. Inmates at the Limestone Correctional Center are marched out at dawn on a chain gang.
Harvest, Alabama, 1995. Prisoners on chain-gang at Limestone Correctional Facility.
Limestone, Alabama. Feb 14, 1997. Prisoners on the chain gang
Eglin AFB, Florida 1979. Watergate mastermind E.Howard Hunt serving time for his role in the political scandal.
Norristown, Pa; 1992. Joseph Cicippio held hostage in Lebanon for 1,908 days seen after his recent release.
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