Loading Collection (page 8)

Wartime poster, Quicker Turnround helps to Quicker Victory. Speed up loading and unloading. Showing a footballer scoring a goal, to the consternation of the goalkeeper. 1940s

Loading Shells - New Zealand Troops in France
Loading artillery shells - Anzac New Zealand soldiers in active service in France during World War One. The postcard shows the artillery shells being packed into their limbers from a large open-air

Scouts with their Model T Ford
Two boy scouts of Troop 176 of Leavenworth, Kansas loading their Model T Ford with scrap metal. The car hauled much salvage material and enabled the Troop to buy War Bonds. circa 1940s

British 6 inch Howitzer, Battle of Albert, France, WW1
British gunners loading a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Albert, northern France, First World War. Date: 1 July 1916

Loading a trench mortar, Western Front, France, WW1
Gunners loading a trench mortar nicknamed a Flying Pig, on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Trinidad and Tobago - La Brea Village
Trinidad and Tobago - Shipping Pitch at La Brea Village Date: circa 1910s

British gunners loading a shell, Western Front, WW1
British gunners loading a shell into a field gun on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 15 inch Howitzer used on Western Front, WW1
The first of twelve 15 inch Breech Loading Siege Howitzers constructed from the design of Admiral Bacon, a Director of the Coventry Ordnance Works

Loading British field gun, WW1
Loading a British field gun during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Italian 149 mm gun in action, Italian Front, WW1
An Italian 149 mm gun in action on the Italian Front during the First World War, with gunners loading shells. Date: 1914-1918

Izmir, Turkey - Activity on the quayside
Busy activity at the port of Smyrne (Smyrna, modern Izmir), Turkey Date: 1905

Loading Mechanism Parts
Components of the loading mechanisms of 18th century rifles & pistols. Date: Circa 1760

Pistols & Rifles 18th C
Rifles & pistols from the 18th century : details of loading mechanisms. Date: Circa 1760

GATLING GUN / / ILN / 1872
GATLING GUN Breech loading field artillery machine gun manufactured by Sir William Armstrong and Co. Date: 1872

C16 German Cannon
GERMAN CANNON - lighting and loading Date: 1550

1936 Chrysler
Automobile (Cars). 1936 Chrysler Airflow automobile being loaded onto a French Line ship with a crane

1937 LaSalle
Automobile (Cars). 1937 LaSalle automobile being loaded onto a French Line ship with a crane; skyline visible beyond

Loading a large field gun
Soldiers loading a large field gun on a battlefield during the First World War

Soldiers loading a field gun
A group of soldiers in a dry and dusty landscape, loading a large field gun during the First World War

Two soldiers loading a mortar from a trench during the First World War

Dockside conveying facility for loading bananas
A dockside conveying facility for loading bananas, with the name of the United Fruit Co. painted on its side

Engineer installing dock pilings
An engineer installing dock pilings, to facilitate the loading and unloading of cargo

Dockside facility for loading bananas
A dockside facility for loading bananas, with various vessels nearby

Children play with pretend Motor Car
Two young children convert the family wheelbarrow into a far more exciting pretend Motor Car. Here they are loading up the oil

Croatia - Rijeka (Fiume) - Adams Point
Croatia - Rijeka (Fiume) - Adamas Point - The Harbour. Photograph taken when this area was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Cutting cauliflowers near St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Three men in Cornwall cutting cauliflowers in the traditional manner and loading them onto a tractor, with St Michaels Mount in the background

German Field gun WWI
German Field gun in action on the Western Front during World War I

Loading containers at Colombo, Sri Lanka
Loading containers at the busy port of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Loading ammunition WWI
Loading ammunition into a 400mm gun on the Somme during World War I

Tunisia - Embarkation of Phoshates at Tunis
The loading of ships with Phosphates using a complex mechanical lift and harbour transport at Tunis, Tunisia

Loading up a camel - Algeria. There is a set of scales (and administration desk) in the background to make sure the weight of the goods is correctly recorded prior to departure

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

The port at Oran, Algeria close to the Harbour Mole

D-Day - Emabarkation for US assault troops
Embarkation for US assault troops, about to set sail for the invasion of France. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied

Battle of Hazebrouck 1918
18 pounder battery in action in the open near Meteren. Soldiers loading the gun at the Battle of Hazebrouck on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 13th April 1918

Battle of Flanders
Loading a pack horse for a working party at the Battle of Flanders near Pilkem on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Illustration entitled Lanterne Magique
Illustration entitled " Lanterne Magique" showing many silhouetted images of magic by Michel Delaporte, 1832. HPF/5C/0"

Hodeidah, Yemen - Loading and Unloading
Hodeidah, Yemen - Loading and unloading camel trains on the Red Sea Coast

Chaland on the River Katouni, Siberia, Russia. Loading horses onto a wooden river ferry

Livingstones steamer in sections at Birkenhead
The steam launch, Lady Nyassa, funded entirely by Livingstone, is seen being loaded, in sections, at Birkenhead from where it will journey to the Zambesi in Africa

Loading supply ship, World War I
Loading a supply ship at the docks for transport overseas during World War I

British Submarine L53 at Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Photograph taken at Herceg Novi (Montenegro) of the British Submarine L53 loading a torpedo

Egyptian scenes
A very early Egyptian postcard with scenes from the country including dhows and feluccas on the River Nile (set within a crescent motif) and a water carrier loading up a donkey

French soldiers hoisting an artillery shell
Photograph of a sixteen-inch shell being hoisted into position by French soldiers for loading into its gun. The caption described the weapon as the modern lord of battle

Gun-Drill on Board the Turkish Ironclad Messoudieh, 1876
Engraving showing Turkish seamen loading a shell into their gun on board the warship Messoudieh, Constantinople, 1876

Austrian device for rolling rocks
Austrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I

Loading a Steamship, Woolwich, 1884
Engraving showing the loading of rails and other materials for the Souakim Railway onto a steamship, at Woolwich, 1884. Stevedores and dockworkers are visible

Plimsoll / Mod Port Gall
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL statesman, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships

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