1945 Collection (page 18)

ANCXF Signal Office, Minden, Germany
Man working in the ANCXF (Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force) Signal Office, Minden, Germany, August 1945, at the end of the Second World War. 1945

Cover of The Illustrated London - April 28th issue 1945 Date: 1945

VE Day celebrations: vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the vast crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: London buildings floodlit
London buildings floodlit to celebrate Victory in Europe: Buckingham Palace, St Pauls Cathedral, Mansion House, Horse Guards Parade and the Tower of London. Date: 8th May 1945

VE Day celebrations: crowd greets Churchill at Whitehall
Front cover of The Illustrated London News, showing Winston Churchill being cheered by an excited crowd as he made his way to the House of Commons via Whitehall, on VE Day. 8th May 1945

Advert for Prescold, bombe glacee icecream
That first ice-cream from your post-war Prestcold-capped with a maraschino cherry, with real Devonshire cream curling thickly over its smooth, round shape-yes, that ll be a thrill indeed. Date: 1945

Fantastic Adventures - Diamond of Doom
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1945, featuring the story Diamond of Doom by Alexander Blade. A man with grey skin holds a shining diamond in front of a young woman looking terrified by it

Fantastic Adventures - The Devils Pigs
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1945, featuring the story The Devils Pigs by Don Wilcox. A young beautiful woman looks softly at a strange creature. Date: 1945

The Signing of the United Nations Charter, San Francisco on 26th June, 1945 Date: 1945

Fantastic Adventures - The serpent has five fangs
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1945, featuring the story The serpent has five fangs by Don Wilcox. A man in safari suit is hiding in the jungle

Fantastic Adventures - The Singing Skulls
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1945, featuring the story The Singing Skulls by Don Wilcox. Glamorous woman shocked by floating (and singing)

Fantastic Adventures - King of the Dinsaurs
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1945, featuring the story King of the Dinsaurs by J. W. Pelkie. A warrior on a huge dangers looking dinosaur wields his axe against an attacking enemy

American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2
American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Germany. Berlin. Soviet War Memorial, 1945. Designed by Mikhail Gorvits. Sculpture of soviet soldier erected by Vladimir Tsigal (b.1917) and Lev Kerbel (1917-2003). Tiergarten

Ukraine. Livadia Palace
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Livadia Palace. 20th century. Summer retreat of tsar Nicholas II built in Neo-Renaissance style by Nikolai Krasnov. Here was held the Yalta Conference at 1945

Poster, London, Heart of the British Commonwealth, The Royal Courts of Justice, printed by Alf Cooke. Date: circa 1945

WW2 - MacArthur vows to return to the Philippines
WW2 American Officer Douglas MacArthur who left the Philippines on 11th March 1942, vowing en " I came through and I shall return." - he fulfilled his promise

Edwin Alexander-Sinclair
SIR EDWIN SINCLAIR ALEXANDER- SINCLAIR Rear-Admiral of the Royal Navy Date: 1865 - 1945

Andre Tardieu
ANDRE TARDIEU, When Premier of France, an office he held three times (1929, 1930, 1932). A conservative who championed French security from German aggression. Date: 1876 - 1945

Paulette Goddard (1910 - 1990), American film actress Date: 1945

Show Girls / Dolly Sisters
Betty Grable & June Haver camp it up in the Hollywood film of the lives of the Dolly Sisters looking very 1940s & blonde despite the fact the sisters were brunette Date: 1945

Having Photo Taken
A soldier & his girl have their photo taken at the army camp before he goes abroad to fight. Date: 1939 - 1945

KATE RORKE English actress and drama teacher Date: 1866 - 1945

Wwii / W a A F / Gas Masks
Members of the Womens Auxilary Air Force during an exercise in using their gas masks. Date: 1939 - 1945

Lloyd George & Daughter
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Ex-Prime Minister with his daughter Megan on the Cunard liner Mauretania, on their way to Canada and the USA in 1923 1863 - 1945

Soviets at Brandenburg
VICTORIOUS SCENES Soviet infantry and tank crews celebrate at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. Date: May 1945

Lancaster Taking Off
The City of Lincoln is just one of 7378 Lancaster bombers built during WW2 - the most successful heavy night bomber used by the R.A.F. Maximum speed is 462 km/h. Date: 1942 - 1945

1st Baron Keyes
ROGER JOHN BROWNLOW, 1ST BARON KEYES Naval commander, and World War One hero. His eldest son won the Victoria Cross posthumously during World War Two. Date: 1872 - 1945

Air Raid Shelter Items
Various types of equipment which would be useful for using in an shelter during an air raid, including cutlery, pots and pans and a travel case with drawers in it, Date: 1939 - 1945

Sir Thomas Barlow (1845-1945), an English surgeon. Date: 1906

Miethes Flying Disk, flown at Prague
Miethes Flying Disk, 20m in diameter, successfully flown at Prague by Schriever and Habermohl on 4 February 1945, ad taken over by the Russians after World War Two. Date: 1945

Water Divining - A Book of Practical Instruction by S. N. Pike MBE. Date: 1945

Edward Knoblock
EDWARD KNOBLOCK American-born dramatist and theatrical producer; naturalised British in 1916 Date: 1874 - 1945

Herbert Farjeon
HERBERT FARJEON Writer, critic and actor; brother of Eleanor Farjeon Date: 1887 -1945

Claridge Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Claridge Hotel, Tucuman Street, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1945

WW2 poster, Amphibians, British and Allied, showing a range of amphibian tanks. Date: 1945

Signing of Anglo-US loan agreement
The signing of the Anglo-U.S. loan agreement in Washington D.C. on 6 December 1945 following twelve weeks of negotiation. From left to right: Lord (John Maynard) Keynes

Lord and Lady Keynes arriving in London from Washington D.C. following the conclusion of the discussions and signing of the agreement on the United States Loan Agreement Date: December 1945

US infantry on Bastogne front
US infantry advance with caution across open ground on the Bastogne front during the Battle of the Bulge Date: January 1945

US tanks and infantry on Bastogne front
Soldiers from an American armoured division, supported by tanks, move up to attack an enemy position on the Bastogne front during the Battle of the Bulge

US tanks during Battle of the Bulge
U.S. tanks line up, preparing for attack, on a snow covered hill near the town of Houffalise, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge Date: January 1945

US Transport column during Battle of the Bulge
An aerial view of a US transport column moving through the snow in the Ardennes forest, towards an artillery battery, during the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944-1945

US Artillery during Battle of the Bulge
Two US soldiers are silhouetted against the night-time sky which is being lit up with an artillery barrage during the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944-1945

Cover design, Laugh It Off Annual for 1945, bubbling with sparkling wit and humour. Showing a fun-loving young woman in a giant glass of champagne. Date: 1945

Mikoyan I-250 -the Soviets were just starting to develop jet propulsion at wars end, this type being first flown in March 1945

North American B-25 Mitchell -shown attacking Japanese destroyer during April 1945

Kyushu J7W1 Shinden -this extremely novel Japanese back-to-front fighter first flew on 3 August 1945

Kawasaki Ki-100 -first flown in February 1945, this impressive Japanese Army fighter was rushed into service 2-months later Just under 400 built

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