Cold War

Crowd with signs to defend the people's liberties (free the 12) and give the Communist leaders the right to present their case fully. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Restrictions: Free Lance Photographer's Guild.

Notice of rally at the Hippodrome to fight communism, location unknown. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Anti-Maoist poster of Mao Tse-Tung (now called Mao Zedong). He was the Communist leader of China. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-10536.

School children under their desks during a Duck and Cover drill for an atomic attack. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

A crowd of 350,000 citizens in the Capital (Bucharest, Romania) attend the meeting at University Square, urging the UNO to put an end to the executions perpetrated by the monarcho-fascistes in Greece. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-80762.

Women at board during an atomic safety drill in New Orleans, Louisiana. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Berlin Airlift plane flies low over people as it delivers food to Berlin, Germany after the Soviet Blockade. There are children in the crowd. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Russian tanks roll into Romania, forcibly taking it in as part of the Warsaw Pact. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: 306-ST-401.

Greek insurrection. Electoral meeting organized by the EDA on the Place de la Concorde in Athens, Greece. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-83242.

Look behind the mask! Communism is death. Anti-communist poster depicting Stalin. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-80757.