Breathing Collection (page 4)

Fumigating a Room
This young woman covers her mouth to protect herself from breathing in harmful bacteria as she seals a doorway and keyhole of a room in her house for fumigation from disease. Date: early 1930s

Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne

Poster, summer holiday activities
Poster for young people. Vision -- if you have ideas about activities during the summer holiday please let someone know. Showing a couple doing some underwater swimming. Date: circa 1960s

Colliery Rescue Team, England. Showing Proto Breathing Apparatus Date: 1920s

Bottlenose Dolphin - swimming underwater - with water bubble (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - two swimming underwater (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - blowing air rings underwater (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - Female (Mother) communicating with Newborn Baby / Calf immediately after birth, keeping the baby under water to control its breathing (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - Baby / Calf dolphin being nudged to surface by mother. (Tursiops truncatus). Just after birth the mother will control the babys breath by pushing it under the water or

Bottlenose dolphins - dancing and blowing air underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Complex play / creative behaviour: dolphins often play with the bubbles or rings of air they create

Bottlenose dolphins - group playing / dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - Mother and baby play with air bubble (Tursiops truncatus). Complex play / creative behaviour: dolphins often play with the bubbles or rings of air they create

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two facing camera (Tursiops truncatus )

Deep sea diver taking a break
A deep sea diver taking a rest break, his heavy helmet resting on his knee. Date: 1965

Firefighters in breathing apparatus, Oxford Street, London
LFB firefighters in breathing apparatus outside the main entrance to the Chinacraft store, 499 Oxford Street, London, on 28 July 1958. A fire had occurred in the basement area. Date: 1958

Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1
Firefighters in action at a fire in Eagle Street, London WC1, 0738 hrs, 9 June 1955. In the initial stages an attempt was made to take a line of hose into the first floor via a loading bay door

Firefighter in new breathing apparatus helmet
LFB firefighter in a new breathing apparatus helmet (side view), 14 December 1956. The helmet is put on last and secured over the neck band and goggles

Firefighters in breathing apparatus
LFB firefighters in breathing apparatus, taking salt tablets for rehydration after attending a fire. Date: circa 1950s

Firefighters at Middlesex Street, Aldgate, E1
Lambeth and Clerkenwell emergency tender crews in Middlesex Street, Aldgate, London E1, on 23 June 1958. They are equipped with breathing apparatus, awaiting orders to enter a burning building

Firefighters taking a break, Victory Place, SE17
Firefighters taking a break during a fire at a warehouse in Victory Place, Southwark, SE17, on 27 April 1958. Date: 1958

B Division training exercise, London Docks
B Division training exercise at London Docks, 6 February 1955. Date: 1955

LFB firefighters in enclosed pump vehicle
LFB firefighters in an enclosed pump vehicle with a ladder on top. They are wearing traditional brass helmets and breathing equipment

Firefighters in training with various equipment in a drill yard

Firefighter with breathing apparatus
A firefighter with breathing apparatus, wheeling an oxygen cylinder on a trolley

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London
Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire

Engraving of firefighter in protective clothing
Engraving of a firefighter in protective clothing, holding a water hose

Prince of Wales at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Annual Review of the London Fire Brigade in Victoria Park. Date: 1929

Lord Snell at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
Lord Snell (Chairman of the Council) at London Fire Brigade Annual Review in Victoria Park, 30 June 1934, inspecting firefighters wearing Proto breathing equipment. Date: 1934

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise wearing breathing apparatus Date: 1934

Breathing Apparatus Control Point - Practise
Breathing Apparatus (BA) Control Point at Scene of Fire - demonstration, by firefighters probably at Lambeth HQ - 28th February 1964. Date: 1964

Firefighters at Lyons Maid, Stamford Street, London
Firefighters and onlookers outside Lyons Maid Ltd in Stamford Street, Southwark, London SE1, on 24 April 1968. Date: 1968

Firefighters wearing breathing equipment on the street, one of them drinking a mug of tea

British submarine training by G. H. Davis
Officers and men of the British submarine service being trained in use of the Davis submarine escape apparatus: A water-filled tank with a dummy submarine compartment and the new canvas air lock

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

War in the stratosphere by G. H. Davis
War in the stratosphere: some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth during the Second World War. The immediate and vital concern of flying experts all over the world

Auxiliary Fire Service gas mask training, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service undergoing gas mask training during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Firefighter undergoing ergometer test
Fireman undergoing an ergometer test whilst wearing full gear, including breathing apparatus at Lambeth headquarters. Date: 1950s

Submarine training at HMS Vernon - Escape Chamber
Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Waiting on the surface after a successful escape. Date: late 1930s

Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Operating the flooding gear in the escape chamber of a Submarine. Date: late 1930s

Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s

Diving appliances; breathing apparatus. eng IMechE Procs. 1882. pl. 26 Date: 1882

LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Southwark HQ
The Brigade introduced these enclosed pumps in 1935, designed for the Brigade by its then Chief Officer, C C B Morris. The pump also carried breathing apparatus sets for three of its crew

Prince of Wales at London Fire Brigade Annual Review
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) at the Annual Review of the London Fire Brigade in Victoria Park

Firefighters at the scene of an industrial fire
Firefighters at the scene of a fire at the Rainbow Industrial Estate, SW London

Breathing apparatus control point at scene of fire
Breathing apparatus control point at the scene of a fire

Firefighters in Emergency Tender, Southwark HQ
Two firefighters in breathing equipment inside an Emergency Tender at Southwark Headquarters, London

A firefighter puts on his Proto breathing apparatus

Firefighters with one of the first emergency tenders
Firefighters and a van with their equipment laid out. Four of the firefighters are wearing proto-breathing apparatus. In 1929 the Brigade introduced the first enclosed emergency tender to respond to

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