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Workers at the Ryan Aeronautical Co. stand inside stainless steel shells for exhaust ducts of Douglas C-133 military transport planes.

Location: Santa Monica, CA, US
Date taken: June 1959
Photographer: Ralph Crane
 

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I've heard of suicide bombs, but suicide shells......... ;D ;)


cheers,
Robin.
 
flateric said:
Workers at the Ryan Aeronautical Co. stand inside stainless steel shells for exhaust ducts of Douglas C-133 military transport planes.

They reminds me the hybernated crew members of Discovery One within 2001 movie, an inspiration for Kubrick??
 
archipeppe said:
flateric said:
Workers at the Ryan Aeronautical Co. stand inside stainless steel shells for exhaust ducts of Douglas C-133 military transport planes.

They reminds me the hybernated crew members of Discovery One within 2001 movie, an inspiration for Kubrick??

must be, LIFE was in that time a very popular Weekly news magazine
Based in New York, were Kubrick was born and grown up...

By the way
At Ryan Aeronautical Co. they have a funny bone
check this "Tex Avery" stile Documentation called "Nobody is Perfect"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln-CJ5ITUoQ&feature=player_embedded


special Thank to Scott Lowther for the link
 
Great sense of self-mockery here! Just priceless! Thanks to Michel and especially Scott for sharing this.
 
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