Operations Collection (#6)

Crossing the North Kaap River, 20 Sept 1900
Photograph: Crossing the North Kaap River, 20 Sept 1900: the Royal Irish Regiment. From a photograph album of 156 photographs presented to Maj Gen Horace Smith-Dorrien

Normandy: The advance to Troarn
Photograph: Normandy: The advance to Troarn. Although thick mud is holding up operations in the Caen sector, a double blow by British and Canadian tanks

Working parties in a mine
Photograph: Working parties in a mine. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One (1914-1918)

Prize Agents extracting treasure. Coloured lithograph from The Campaign in India 1857-58 from drawings made during the eventful period of the Great Mutiny

A member of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Operations Co
Photograph: A member of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Operations Company shaking the hand of a young boy in a village north of Lashkar Gah.Digital photograph taken by Cpl Mike Fletcher

Two maps of Taranaki, New Zealand showing Middlesex Regiment operations during the Maori War, 1860-1872. From the collection of the former Middlesex Regiment Museum. Date: 1860

Brain stereotaxy - using apparatus to locate the target of a medical operation. Date: 1897

Underwater house, Plymouth
A female physicist multitasking (reading a magazine whilst knitting) in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet below the waves off the coast of Plymouth, Devon

Swimmer diving into the sea off the coast of Malta as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay

Diver jumping into the sea off the coast of Malta as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay

Diver underwater off the coast of Malta
Diver swimming underwater as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Divers inside underwater house off the coast of Malta
Brian Ray, 27, and Peter Newman (in diving gear) during a coffee break inside the Underwater House, with its stool and life support box. Brian is using the telephone

Divers underwater off the coast of Malta
Divers swimming underwater with a box connected to their research with an inflatable house which was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Divers attempt to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Diver attempts to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Hartley, Plymouth
HQ of the Plymouth Contingent at Hartley. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

John Lord Fisher
JOHN ARBUTHNOT, lord FISHER (nearest camera) First Sea Lord, in 1915, walking with George Lambert MP. They may be planning naval operations, or may be discussing lunch. Date: 1841 - 1920

Philippe Colot
PHILIPPE COLOT French medical practitioner. surgeon noted for his operations to remove stone. Date: 1593 - 1656

Painting Chinmeystack
Painting a chimney stack which has been pebbledashed and rendered earlier. Date: 1930s

Bulldozing a Building
Bulldozing a building with a Caterpillar bulldozer. Date: 1960s

Peeling Potatoes 1940S
A housewife with painted red fingernails peels potatoes into an enamel bowl in the kitchen sink. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

S. Africans / Bardia / Wwii
Members of the Johannesburg regiment make camp after the fall of Bardia, where they had helped British and Indian forces defeat the Italians. Date: 1940

Germans / Forest 1940
German officers dictating reports in the forest of Campiegne, France Date: 21 June 1940

Flowers on Balcony 1908
An elegant lady tends flowers on a balcony. Date: 1908

Stonemasons at Work
Stonemasons at work on a construction site Date: circa 1920

3 Men Tile a Roof
Three workers replace damaged tiles on a roof Date: 18th century

French Glazier-Decorator
A French decorator wearing a paint-splashed apron Date: 1850

Painters & Plasterers
Painters and plasterers at work Date: 1803

Workers Repair a Roof
Three men working on replacing damaged roof tiles Date: 18th century

Steel Frame of Building
The steel frame used in the construction of the Morning Post offices in the Strand, London; later a sixth floor was added

City Building Site
Many workers on a construction site in the City of London within sight of St Pauls Cathedral Date: 19th century

Coaling by night at Singapore 1876
Coaling by night at Singapore; an important function of the worlds ports is to supply coal, and teams of workers are needed to carry out the operation basket by basket... Date: 1876

Buiding the Houses of P
The Hoisting-scaffold in operation during the construction of the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Pugin. Date: 1850

Painting with Tattoos
A cheerful young chap with a tattoo on his arm up a ladder with his paint brush and pot. Date: 1960s

French Canal Operations
French engineers making a cutting at Matachin : but this year they will be forced to abandon the project, leaving it for the Americans to complete. 1889

French Operations 1885
French operations in the Culebra cutting, where an enormous amount of rock and earth must be cleared; this Osgood excavator does a good job - but not good enough. Date: 1885

Watering Hanging Basket
A lady waters a hanging basket in her greenhouse. Date: 1895

Italians in Greece 1940
Greece : Italian troops advance into Greek territory beyond the Albanian frontier Date: October 1940

German Pilot Dresses
A German pilot prepares to attack England Date: 1941

Building Swimming Pool
Clifton Bathing Pool. Men at work under sea level working day and night to have a fresh supply of sea water for the baths over Easter. Date: 1932

Rommel Letter, Bir Hakim
BIR-HAKEIM : message sent by Rommel to the Free French forces, inviting them to surrender (which they choose not to do, instead inflicting a serious defeat on the enemy) Date: 3 June 1943

French Commandos Land
French commandos come ashore at Canadel, on the coast of Provence, one of the first steps towards the liberation of France from German occupation Date: 14 August 1944

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