Google is doing what LIFE could not.

Google recently announced that it is digitizing some 10 million images from LIFE’s files. High time and well done, Google. Beats me why Time-Life couldn’t do this. These precious images will only last so long before the next bankruptcy/fire/reorg results in their loss for ever.

Here are some links:

Here are examples of the quality of the work heretofore hidden from view:

Alfred Eisenstaedt – 1939 World’s Fair, New York

May 1945. Sir Winston Churchill leaving St. Paul’s Church following the memorial service for
Franklin D. Roosevelt, followed by his daughter, Sarah.

By the way, you can see his daughter Sarah in the great Fred Astaire musical Royal Wedding. It’s the one with the amazing scene where Astaire dances on the ceiling. She was a half decent dancer and actress – career choices which made WSC none too happy.

To search Google Images just click here. To limit your search to LIFE pictures, enter your query thus – in this case you would be looking for WSC:

Winston Churchill source:life