Searchlight Collection (#2)

War trophies on display in London, 1915
A German mine and a searchlight on display in Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, London in November 1915, part of an exhibition of war trophies - weapons and salvaged objects from the war. Date: 1915

The Wrong Theatre, by Bairnsfather
The Wrong Theatre Whenever that German searchlight is turned on our trench, we have a lot of trouble with Private Harold Montgomery (the ex-famous actor)

Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel, Searchlight. Date: circa 1889

?Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army?, 1938
Join the Anti-Aircraft Units of the Territorial Army and make Britain a stronghold of freedom, 1938. Colour lithograph recruitment poster after Lance Cattermole

Woman Power
An illustration from the Bystander in 1918, showing the power of women as rays of light, apparently from a pair of female eyes shine upon a soldier

German battery under a searchlight, 1914
The searchlight in operation - a German battery thrown into relief by a searchlight of the Allied armies in the Aisne region of France. They make frantic efforts to escape the ghostly beam. Date: 1914

Searchlights in London 1914, by Joseph Pennell
The new lights of London, searchlights playing across the sky from Charing Cross and Lambeth Bridge, by Joseph Pennell. Date: 1914

How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked by G. H. Davis
How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked from below by anti-aircraft guns. Date: 1915

Guarding the mouth of the Humber by G. H. Davis
The war: naval and military happenings of the week. Guarding the mouth of the Humber -- an incoming trawler in the glare of a destroyers searchlight. Date: 1914

Searchlight command by G. H. Davis
Searchlight command: the men who point the way for Britains anti-aircraft guns and night fighters during the Second World War

Mons 1914
Nighttime on the battlefield at Mons on 23 August. German searchlights seek out movement on the British lines, in order to guide their artillerys fire

Searchlights over Thames Embankment, London, WW1
Searchlights over the Thames Embankment near Charing Cross, London, keeping watch for enemy aircraft in the early days of the First World War. Cleopatras Needle can be seen on the right. Date: 1914

Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, USA
A world premiere of a film taking place at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

The great Sylt raid by G. H. Davis
The great Sylt raid: a bomber attacks in the glare of searchlights, flaming onions and bursting star shells. Attacking Hornum, the seaplane base on the southern end of the German island of Sylt

Searchlights near Nancy, France, WW1
Searchlights on the lookout for German Zeppelin airships near Nancy, France, at the start of the First World War. August 1914

Poster design, New York Central Station building, Park Avenue, at the gateway to a continent. Date: 20th century

Air Fleet Club - Germany - Zeppelin Ride - quite what the residents of the town being illuminated from above by the searchlights thought of this is not known.... Possiby LZ-2 Date: circa 1906

London by Night - Searchlights crossing the night sky over the capital. Date: circa 1940s

Night Scene at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York, USA Date: circa 1905

Armoured Train - Peshawar, NWFP
British Military Armoured Train at Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, during the visit of The Prince of Wales, 1922. Date: 1922

Searchlight Drive - British Empire Exhibition
Royal Horse Artillery - Searchlight Drive at Wembley Stadium - British Empire Exhibition, 1924 Date: 1924

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