Munich: Armed police drop into position on a terrace directly above the apartments where between nine and 26 members of the Israeli Olympic team are...
An armed police officer maintains surveillance in the Athletes' Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, after...
Photographers gather after the Munich massacre, during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, September 1972. Eleven members of the Israeli...
Authorities inspecting a balcony at the scene of the massacre during which eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed by Palestinian...
Police officers and Ministry of Interior officials attempt to negotiate with Palestinian terrorist group Black September for the release of hostages...
An armed police officer wearing a tracksuit and holding a Walther machine pistol drops to a lower level to maintain surveillance after Palestinian...
Don Shula, Coach of the Miami Dolphins speaks with Quarterback Bob Griese and Quarterback Earl Morrall during an NFL football game against the...
Munich, Germany. Olympic Stadium is packed with some 80,000 people as the finest amateur athletes in the world parade on the field below. Slide shows...
The England women's national football team pose before England Women's Football Team sports bags and a Mitre Multiplex football, alongside their...
Armed guards stand by as caskets containing the bodies of Israeli Olympic athletes are loaded aboard a plane for flight to Tel Aviv. At the 1972...
The royal family at Buckingham Palace, London, 1972. Left to right: Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Edward and...
An Olympic official fires the starting gun as Brian Green of Great Britain comes off the blocks at the start of Heat 4 of the Men's 100 metres event...
Singer Mick Jagger of British rock group the Rolling Stones concert in concert at Wembley in London, UK, 1972.
American sprinter John Smith, American sprinter Vince Matthews, and the Swiss team's doctor - and former American athlete - Dave James in...
The players of Tottenham Hotspur FC celebrate their win in the second leg of the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, after a match against the Wolverhampton...
Dejected. Munich, West Germany: Dejected members of American basketball team sit on their bench after losing close game to USSR, in Olympic...
Munich, Germany. With a backdrop of flags and a roaring flame overhead, Gunter Zahn pauses after lighting the Olympic flames signifying the opening...
British footballer Lynda Hale, an player, British footballer Sheila Parker and British footballer Jeannie Allott during an England Women's football...
Aerial view showing Olympic Stadium, designed by architect Gunther Behnisch and the engineer Frei Otto, under construction in the Olympiapark as...
Members of the England Women's football team in the changing room at Wembley Stadium in London, England, 15th November 1972.
Arrested civilians are marched towards detention in the Bogside Area of Londonderry by British troops on Bloody Sunday 30th January 1972
Members of the Israeli team holding an Israeli flag mourn during a memorial ceremony held on September 6, 1972 on the field of the Munich Olympic...
The England women's national football team and their manager, Eric Worthington, line-up for a team portrait at Wembley Stadium in London, England,...
Munich, Germany. Olympic Stadium is packed with some 80,000 people as the finest amateur athletes in the world parade on the field below. Slide shows...
Harrison H Schmitt, pilot of the lunar module, stands on the lunar surface near the United States flag during NASA's final lunar landing mission in...
British footballer Sue Buckett, England goalkeeper, poses with two footballs, one plastic and one leather, during an England Women's training session...
The Soviet Olympic basketball team won 51-50 in the final game against the United States, giving them the gold medal. Here is Aleksander Belov...
Press photographers take pictures as a man lays flowers next to a wreath placed beside the door to the Israel team's accomodation in the Olympic...
Members of the Israeli team march on the field of the Munich Olympic stadium on September 06, 1972 to attend the memorial ceremony paying tribute to...
Tel Aviv, Israel: Bodies of Olympic Atheletes killed in terrorist attack Sept. 5th,1972 in Munich lie on commamd cars following thier arrival here...
Washington, DC. President Richard Nixon makes victory speech at a rally shortly after being elected to serve a second term by a landslide in the...
British singer and musician Paul McCartney and American photographer and musician Linda McCartney in front of the converted bus in which their band...
Cup Final Second Leg match at White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur 1 v Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. . Spurs captain Alan Mullery sits on the shoulders of...
Munich, Germany. Happy Soviet players celebrate their win against USA in the exciting Olympic final game in basketball, giving the Soviets the gold...
Queen Elizabeth II of England attends a horse race at Longchamp racecourse, outside Paris in May 1972 during her five-day official visit in France.
English musician Keith Richards and singer Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones at Heathrow Airport in London, UK, 26th May 1972.
British singer and musician Paul McCartney, British musician Henry McCullough , and American photographer and musician Linda McCartney on the...
Fish eye lens view of the opening ceremony of the XX Summer Olympic Games on 26 August 1972 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.
Youths confront British soldiers minutes before paratroopers opened fire killing 14 civilians on what became known as Bloody Sunday. The standoff is...
Queen Elizabeth II and Charles, Prince of Wales travel in an open top car in Avignon during a state visit to France, May 1972.
Flags of nations are at half-staff behind the Olympic torch during memorial services September 6 for the 11 dead Israeli athletes.
Washington: Pres. Nixon and Vice-Pres. Agnew flash victory smiles as they appear at Republican election night headquarters in the Shoreham Hotel...
English singer, musician and actor David Bowie paints the coving of his ground floor flat at Haddon Hall in silver paint, Beckenham, south-east...
Esther Roth of Israel prepares to compete in the semi final of the Women's 100 metres event on 2nd September 1972 during the XX Summer Olympic Games...
