42 Photos That Capture Curious Moments Throughout History

The year is 1945, and the ship is the Queen Elizabeth. The port is in New York. And the passengers? Well, you can’t really tell by looking for any visual indicators, but these hundreds of tiny figures are actually Soldiers returning home from the front where they fought in the battles of the Second World War.

I hate to say it, but I hope they all returned home. It seems to be an incredibly crowded ship, and it would be pretty disappointing, to say the least, to survive the war only to meet your end in a maritime crowd crush finally.