Description
Original LIFE Magazine — August 6, 1956
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from August 6, 1956, featuring the sinking of the Andrea Doria and the dramatic rescue at sea on the cover. LIFE presented exclusive on-the-spot photographs of the disaster, accompanied by text from the author of A Night to Remember.
- Cover Subject: Sinking of the Andrea Doria — rescue at sea
- Inside This Issue: The Andrea Doria disaster and rescue; exclusive on-the-scene photographs; maritime history; period news, photography, advertising and culture from 1956
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: LIFE Magazine collectors, Andrea Doria collectors, maritime-history enthusiasts, ocean-liner collectors, disaster-history readers and vintage Americana collections
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 18 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: An epic sea rescue: photographs show sinking of “Andrea Doria” and the saving of her passengers; Walter Lord describes the hours of fear in this night of terror
Pg… 41 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Stassen stumbles badly in his stop–Nixon move
Pg… 104 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Shavian centennial is celebrated in Chicago
Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: The best answer to Nasser
Pg… 35 EDITORIALS: The vice presidency has changed
Pg… 64 ARTICLE: A lost love and new adventure, by Samuel E. Chamberlain: Part III of “My Confession”, a soldier–artist’s Mexican War memoirs
Pg… 91 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Russians bear down for the Olympics: athletes train zealously to improve their already formidable performance. Photographed for LIFE by Lisa Larsen
Pg… 45 AGRICULTURE: Cold calamity for cotton: artificial hail measures cotton damage from storms
Pg… 48 MOVIES: A sad and saucy star: the U.S. gets a look at Italy’s Giulietta Masina
Pg… 53 NATURE: The big stork handout: Alsace furnishes everything free for its feathered friends
Pg… 63 RELIGION: A pulpit on the deck: English village worships on a boat in a fisherman’s museum
Pg… 101 ART: Doubles in grace: Giacomo Manzu classic style makes him one of Italy’s best contemporary sculptors
Pg… 106 FASHION: Waiters give a style tip and women adopt their Chinese working jackets
Pg… 109 MUSIC: Baby Doe and her silver king: A historic American love story is an operatic hit
Pg… 115 PARTY: Nuns in a musical frolic: Notre Dame speech class pokes pleasant fun at convent living
Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: How to pat a whale
Pg… 118 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Tiers of tattered trolleys
