Demon Photographer: Adrian C. Duff

[@CaptainJerry-]

I am a Merchant Mariner and was arrested, for no reason, in Tampico in 2004. My Captain and State Department had me released the next day with a police apology.

[@DaRatier]

He'd make a great bio pic movie! Such a dramatic and daring career despite such a sad and sudden end. Thanks for the fascinating video!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Or a television series.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

I was just thinking that. I would love to make the story.

[@PopCultureFan_]

You can say that twice..lol​@@TheHistoryGuyChannel

[@RCAvhstape]

Hollywood would have to find some kind of flaw in him to make the story dramatic. He'd be a fearless photographer who beats his wife or some nonsense.

[@irtheLeGiOn]

If they kept the cameras and technics authentic, it would be an amazing movie. Like Under Fire or The Killing Fields.

[@johnfun3394]

As a truck driver I see many crosses on the side of the roads all over the country where the setting looks so innocent and peaceful. Never imagining death was hiding here for someone. God Bless!

[@THE-HammerMan]

I'm an OTR driver, and those "memorials" on land not owned by those people responsible for them pisses me off. Thrusting their grief upon others is shameful and not right.

[@jeffthackston9572]

Great stuff. Duff was such an interesting character. Holding to your motto, “History that deserves to be remembered.” Mr. Duff does not even have a Wikipedia entry. How fortunate we are to have a person such as yourself to retell the “forgotten” history. Thank you.

[@arlenedavis5770]

You could make one.

[@Nicksonian]

The beginning, and end of photojournalism. I have unending respect for Duff and many like him. As a career (retired) photojournalist myself, the closest thing to danger I ever faced was venturing out into blizzards and hurricanes. Duff was a pioneer in the then growing profession that would capture the public’s attention through magazines such as Life, Look, National Geographic, and many others. Alas, the profession of photojournalist has almost evaporated in but a blink of history. As the internet first began to chip away at news organizations, photojournalists were the first positions to be cut, and today, there is little opportunity to make a living as a photojournalist.

[@poetryflynn3712]

Just like writing and a lot of other fields. The 20th century was one of the golden ages for man where they could do whatever they like and no one would bat an eye. Now we're in the 21st where opportunities evaporate as quick as only five years, and starting a business can fail with a single tug of someone's heart.

[@lesliegregory9118]

Love your channel! History bored me in school, so I didn't like it. I love it now. Your channel is one reason I can't get enough. You bring history alive. Thank you!

[@candyflair7946]

Same for me.

[@JustMe-cr1dr]

I can't imagine the INSANE amount of research that goes into every one of your videos! Thank you so much for another great lesson from The History Guy. I always come away having learned something new. PA, USA

[@michaelsadams524]

Wow! What an amazing individual! History Guy, thank you for sharing the story of Adrian C. Duff!

[@WinterInTheForest]

I wonder what Duff if alive today would think about drones. Much has changed in a little over a century.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

I think he’d still find a way to take risks.

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

​@@TheHistoryGuyChannel It'd be Interesting to have You do a segment on the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Yes this is Halifax,Nova Scotia in Canada, I think some of Our American cousins will find it Interesting. There a close tie in with Boston,MASSACHUSETT Thanks from Andy of Ontario,Canada. S

[@laserbeam002]

What a wonderful story. Thank you for bringing the history of Adrian Duff to us. I don't think we produce very many men like him these days.

[@reallyseriously7020]

Intrepidity - The History Guy is determined to educate us all in small ways as well as large ones. Thanks History Guy!

[@drzarkov39]

Wow! What a bio for Hollywood! Instead of doing remakes of previous films or adding to the plethora of fantasy movies, Hollywood should dig into the lives of the many fantastic people like Adrian C. Duff.

[@marydesmond9595]

Hollywood would just screw it up.

[@eyeessee]

Thank you. It is the first time I have heard about this photographer 📸

[@Mr_Bunk]

He seems like the kind of guy to be welcomed to the pearly gates, only to decline so he can take snapshots of hell.

[@marvwatkins7029]

News Photographers (assuming that they still exist) should have an annual award established in this name.

[@colindeer4908]

Great presentation. Many thanks . A great show . Really appreciate you and the show sir.

[@JillShaw]

A sturdy smiling fellow💔 so sad . What a guy💜

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Duff was the original discoverer that the cameraman never dies.

[@andrewfischer8564]

unforunatly thats not true

[@philliphawkins6905]

History Guy, As always, you do an excellent job at bringing history to life! Your concluding comments also bring about the emotions of losing a brave soul, a fine American and a pioneering photographer. Adrian C. Duff deserves a deeper dive! I am going to search out as much of his known images as I can find. I am certain that I will not be disappointed! Thank you!

[@trublgrl]

What a great tribute to an astonishing man. Thank you!

[@stevegallagher687]

Another great piece. This is one I didn't know. Thanks HG

[@scorpiopariah8573]

There are two people I enjoy hearing stories from..."The History Guy" and A.J. from "The Why Files". Two of the best ever.

[@LymanPhillips]

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[@scorpiopariah8573]

@@LymanPhillips thank you, sir....;

[@RetiredSailor60]

Good Friday morning History Guy and everyone watching. Class is back in session. My grandfather was acquainted with Charles Lindbergh in the 30s. My father was a private pilot for 61 years.

[@jeanne-marie8196]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!

[@mynameisworld]

Nice video. I like that there's no music so we who have hearing disabilities can hear the narrator!

[@harryschaefer8563]

Thanks for another enjoyable episode. My first flight in an airplane was when my boss sent me up to photograph a factory site in Edgewater New Jersey alongside the Hudson River. I sat in the front seat of a seaplane that took off from the Hackensack River. I had to attach the door to the overhead wing, loosen my seat belt to lean out the side with my camera to get a good angle. My boss Mr. Morton Sobin piloted "superfortress" bombers equipped for aerial reconnaissance (once returning as the only survivor thanks to the extra armor beneath the pilot's seat), this I found out from his son-in-law ,at s high school reunion. Mr. Sobin never discussed his war experiences.

[@StevenDietrich-k2w]

Good Morning History Fans, please be seated.

[@perryallen7663]

Great story, History Man! Do we have such modern heroes?

[@njpaddler]

Jim Nachtwey, Don McCullin, many pthers.

[@kendisdai23]

Flying a plane at the time was about as safe and as pleasant as piloting a chest of drawers down a mine shaft.

[@tedmcclure4047]

Wow! Great research!

[@dedcowbowee]

I loved learning about this great pioneer. Great video!

[@pinksugarcookies71]

Such wonderful stories you share with us. Thank you

[@djosbun]

Such an amazing story! Thank you!

[@russwoodward8251]

Wow. Really great story. Thanks.

[@sofa_king_kool]

Here i thought it was gonna be like Road to Perdition... Wonderful stuff as always Guy!

[@sashaconrad3939]

I thought the same thing!

[@ThailandTerry2024]

Another amazing man’s moment time. It’s sad that he didn’t survive the automobile crash after all he went through …

[@HM2SGT]

*Sounds like a scene from **_The Great Waldo Pepper_*

[@mollybell5779]

I had never heard of him. Thank you so much, HG. Your work is one of the bright spots in my day. Happy Friday! 😁

[@ajnormandgroome]

Thanks

[@lesterjargus5311]

As a guy who has ridden a motorcycle in Winter in the mountain west, "frozen to the bone" is a sensation I am familiar with.

[@williamromine5715]

It's interesting how both he and General Patton went thru the dangers of battles without any injuries, to die in minor car accidents where they were the only ones to be killed.

[@WhaleGold]

It seems that photographers sometimes put getting a good photo ahead of their own safety. I am not a professional although I have had a few of my photos published, been on TV, and in museums. Not nearly as bad as Mr Duff, but while in the Navy in Singapore there was a snake charmer. I was squatted down with my movie camera when he opened the basked and apparently the snake was sleeping, so he rapped it on its head and a cobra came out very fast and headed toward the crowed. I could see thru my viewer and out my other eye the whole crowd turning around and running, while I stayed there and zoomed in. Back on ship one guy was telling shipmates about my odd behavoir.

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@njpaddler]

James Nachtwey has somehow inherited Duff's DNA, as have others in that profession. Thanks, Lance.

[@ristube3319]

7:26 Cameraman never dies!

[@williamjones4716]

The cold weather, with denser air (density altitude), no doubt improved the aircraft performance and made the two-man NYC flight easier.

[@stevecausey545]

Very cool! I've an slr since I was 12...photogs are always my heros

[@SHAd0Eheart]

At 10:05 while you were saying Duff went to France as a Sergeant the photo shows him in uniform with only 2 chevrons making him a Corporal but the single bar on his cap makes it look like he is a Lieutenant! This all very confusing!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

The photo is odd. He was given a commission, but I don’t know why he would have had a corporal’s jacket.

[@robertmanning39]

That is the overseas service chevron; two stripes indicating at least 12 months of service. A corporal’s insignia , if he was wearing such, would not be visible as it would have been only on the right sleeve,

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@randelbrooks]

as a photographer and filmmaker myself I can certainly identify with the young man I am so sad that he died in a car wreck. It's happened to some of my friends too.

[@mikenixon2401]

Wow, great report.

[@kmlammto]

Have you done a video about the American ambulance drivers who served in Europe prior to the USA entering the war (like Hemingway)? My grandfather served in that group.. He died before I was born, but I always wondered if he met Hemingway; although I know my grandfather would not have liked Ernest because of the letter’s antics. My; uncle (the eldest son of that grandfather) served as a combat medic during WWII and I was a volunteer EMT for several years in Maryland. I guess we just live to rescue.

[@jonathonmcglew4992]

love New content!

[@Bigfarmer8]

As a lover of photography this is a fantastic story! Small note: In 1914 the Germans did not invade The Netherlands. The Netherlands remained neutral throughout the First World War.

[@sallycormier1383]

Duff looks like Radar O’Reilly in that shot of him in the army with the movie camera on tripod!😊 I wonder if he took any of the photographs I have from WWI on stereoscope cards?

[@HM2SGT]

I had a similar thought, only it was Bill Mauldin

[@coling3957]

I was hoping it would be about someone taking photographs of demons.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

🇺🇸Adrian C Duff was a hero of his time....Thank the amazing THG🎀 Old sick F-4 2 Shoe🇺🇸

[@zeusathena26]

I can imagine being on a plane, having just taken off, & the pilot announces his name when making their introduction.😂

[@julienielsen3746]

I thought he took photos of demons.

[@dannystaton5386]

Greetings history dude

[@williamwalls9768]

Ive never liked bow ties but my dudes making me rethink my stance

[@Michele-z4k]

I wonder if they had Mr. Duff in mind when they were thinking of the for the beer on The Simpson’?

[@jeffbangkok]

6 AM at the mango farm. Coffee and music with THG

[@djd1121]

That could make a decent movie script....

[@Jezeppi1]

Why not do it in the SUMMER 😮😮😮😮???????????

[@bigsarge2085]

✌️✌️

[@abnurtharn2927]

Sad that a so remarkable life and career should come to a so unremarkable end.

[@williamgebhart2435]

If anyone ever asks me to define irony, I'll tell them to look this guy up.

[@THE-HammerMan]

I believe I'll have some DUFF beer in his honor. Quite a fellow; gone way too soon.

[@spn4473]

Ha! THE FIRST DRONE!

[@sparky6086]

My Uncle Abb piloted landing craft in North Africa landings, Italy landings. & D-Day Normandy, France landings only to be killed in a car accident, just a couple of years after the war.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

So sorry for your loss. Yes, it is a sad irony to survive war only to be killed by the mundane risks of life.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

So sorry for your loss. Yes, it is a sad irony to survive war only to be killed by the mundane risks of life.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

So sorry for your loss. Yes, it is a sad irony to survive war only to be killed by the mundane risks of life.

[@jkilby27able]

👍👍👍👍

[@rwarren58]

The cameraman. In a day before we video everything, he was the first. No, Mathew Brady showed us the aftermath but not a single battle in action.

[@ralphcantrell3214]

Why in the world wouldn’t they wait till Spring and its better temperatures?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

The papers did not mention the reason for the timing. I am just guessing, but I suspect there was just a hurry to be first.

[@elcastorgrande]

The Germans did not go through the Netherlands in 1914. They went through Belgium and Luxembourg.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

As a professional photographer, I’d love the story

[@johnnessuno6515]

Reading

[@DanielMcLaughlinMarriedMan]

March 7th...

[@GregHuffman1987]

Get them demons

[@PopCultureFan_]

I wish something would be done finally about the obvious spam bitcoin comment, and the bot acounts that all comment to them! 🤔, bots who just comment amongst themselves just seem to pathetic and sad to me, but i know its supposed to make them seem more legit to gullable people but it just seems like desperation. I report when i see them Mr History guy.

[@fredcloud9668]

A real man.

[@bobcastro9386]

Imagine if Duff had lived longer and covered the Second World War. His fame and photos would almost certainly been greater.

[@lucinda2329]

❤ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤

[@thedolt9215]

What a shame, that the once proud and balanced forth estate has become the fifth column…

[@shawnbottom4769]

Who in their right mind would go up in an open aircraft in February in New York? That's literal nonsense.

[@ashergoney]

225 am ist on 28022024.. October 24 2001 Onwards till 31032004 .. In The Region Post WW2. In The Port City of Formerly known as Calcutta now Renamed Kolkata Since 2001 Onwards.. Bookship Dry Docked Since 2018. US Library In The Region Shut Down Since 2011 December as Connected To 911 Dials From The Region.

[@merlinwizard1000]

53rd, 16 February 2024

[@northdetroit7994]

TT

[@Yutube-0-9-8]

Public qualified immunity

[@patrickfreeman8257]

OK, just as a public service announcement...don't ever get into and airplane piloted by a guy named "Coffin"...just sayin'

[@SweetUareDesi]

Is this man married?

[@BrickJonesey]

1st amendment 🫡🇺🇸🏆🎥🥦

[@JamesSmith-mz9ec]

Thought the title meant he was taking pics of Hillary!

[@keithkearns93]

I noticed that Americans could spell aeroplane back in the day .

[@3nheaven]

Hillarys dad

[@ignazratski-ratski9760]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!