"The Hulton Deutsch Collection is home to the major British newspaper archives and press collections of the twentieth century. This second volume draws on that unique and extensive library to provide a pictorial history of our century and our times, which bears out the concept that a photograph is worth a thousand words. Here it becomes possible to trace the rise of this immensely important medium through the major world events of the twentieth century; from the spread of Communisim to the rise of Fascism; through the wars and revolutions of Europe and Asia and across the continuum of campaigns for social change; through the vast sweep of both high art and popular culture and the massive developments in scientific and medical technology that made possible humanity's ascent to the moon, our descent in to nuclear weaponry -- and the near eradication of smallpox, leprosy and polio on our planet. Above all this is the story of everyman and everywoman. We can learn how ordinary people lived through these monumental changes : how they responded to the disaster of the first Zeppelin air crash or the delights of television in their front room; what they made of package holidays in the 1950s -- and what the natives made of their strange invaders. Life "upstairs and downstairs" across the social divides; the fashion and the theatrical beauties of the day: London under the Blitz -- these are just a few of the topics chosen by photographers famous or unknown whose images have become icons of their time. Their pictures provide and enlivening and enlightening history not only of our century but of the medium that recorded it." -- Inside front cover.