Action Collection (page 10)

Boxers in action - Bill Brennan and Jack O Brien
Boxers in action - Bill Brennan (left) and Jack O Brien (right)

Bulgarian soldiers searching for guns in river, WW1
Bulgarian soldiers searching for guns in a river after the eviction of the Serbians, First World War. 1916

Italian Mens Catholic Action Organisation, 30th Anniversary event. circa 1935

Railwaymen resume work after the Great Strike, 1919
Railwaymen resume work after the Great Strike of 1919. 1919

Austrian trenches destroyed by Allied action, WW1
Austrian trenches destroyed by Allied action (British heavy guns and Italian artillery) during the First World War. 1914-1918

Great Railway Strike, queue of people waiting for trams
Great Railway Strike - a queue of people waiting for trams, Blackfriars Bridge, London. 1919

Great Coal Strike, South Wales, 1921
Great Coal Strike in South Wales, 1921 - pit head with shafts covered. 1921

Truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card
Policemans truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card -- probably a reference to the Trafalgar Square Riots of November 1887, also known as Bloody Sunday. Date: circa 1887

Advert, Samson Barnett Mineral Water Machinist and Engineer
Advertisement for Samson Barnett, Mineral Water Machinist and Engineer. 1862

Hungarian horsewoman in action. circa 1898

Breech-loading railway gun in action, France, WW1
A breech-loading 9.2" railway gun in action, France, First World War. circa 1916

French Nieuport and German Albatros in action, WW1
French Nieuport and German Albatros in action, First World War. Drawing by Lieutenant Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly. 1916

Searchlights in Action, Winter Night, by Marcel Augis, WW1
Searchlights in Action, Winter Night, by Marcel Augis, First World War. 1917

Naval Operations, Cronstadt, Crimean War
Naval Operations, Cronstadt (Kronstadt) during the Crimean War. 1854

Anti-nuclear demonstrators at North Pickenham
Members and supporters of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War crouching in front of a lorry leaving a rocket base at North Pickenham, near Swaffham

LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire
Firefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London. Date: 1949

First Steam Fire Engine, England
First Steam Fire Engine constructed in England, by Braithwaite and Ericsson, inventors and constructors of London. Date: 1830

First Steam Fire Engine, USA
First Steam Fire Engine constructed in the United States of North America, by Paul R Hodge, inventor and constructor of New York. Date: 1840

A firefighter in action on a wheeled ladder escape. Date: circa 1900s

Firefighting training display at Southwark Headquarters
London Fire Brigade special training event at Southwark Headquarters, open to the public, with jets of water pointing down towards the centre of the courtyard. Date: circa 1910s

John Keelings appliance for putting out fires, from a trade card. Date: 1670s

Firefighters in action at the scene of a fire Hackney Road
Firefighters in action at the scene of a fire at a building in Hackney Road, East London. Date: circa 1950s

Firefighters in action in a street with a wheeled ladder. Date: circa 1900s

Firefighters at scene of fire, Stockwell Road, Brixton
Firefighters in action at the scene of a fire in Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW London. Date: 2005

Russian soldiers fighting the Germans in the snow on the eastern front during 1916. They are supported by an armoured car that can be seen in the background. Date: 1916

Italian soldier wearing white camoflague, for action in the snow of the Italian Alps, winter protection uniform. This uniform protects all parts of the body, including the feet

CHILDREN AND TREE
Children admiring the brightly decorated tree Date: circa 1890

HMS Pegasus - ex HMS Ark Royal
HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier, which saw action in WWI and in the 1920s She was re-named in 1934

Thai paratroop trainees preparing to jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 04:On the mark! Action -Station -Signature- (Action stations - preparing to jump from the Valetta) Date: 1955

Lockheed P-38L Lightning CF-GDS
Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning CF-GDS (msn 422-8342 / 44-53087) of Spartan Air Services Ltd. Ottawa, Ontario, (December 1951-1956)

United States Air Force - Lockheed F-4 Lightning 41-2145
United States Air Force - Lockheed F-4-1-LO Lightning 41-2145 Foto Jo, call-sign A45, of the 9th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron / 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Barrackpur, India

Fowler Ploughing Engine combo with plough in action. Date: 1970s-1980s

Plough for a Fowler Ploughing Engine combo in action. Date: 1970s-1980s

King the football-playing stallion was bought by Essex farmer Bill Foyle from a Midlands slaughter market in 1963 for 35. Bill soon discovered that the seven-year-old enjoyed a game of football

Speaker at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. Date: late 1960s

Speakers at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, with several photographers alongside. A large banner behind them reads: Scrap Polaris. Date: late 1960s

Demonstration outside Gamages department store, Holborn, London, with struggles between protesters and police. Date: late 1960s

Demonstration in London -- young protesters walking purposefully along a road. Two of the banners belong to the Hyde Park Diggers, a land ownership campaigning group. Date: late 1960s

Anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. One placard reads: Scrap Polaris, Build For Peace. The banner in the lower left belongs to the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man with his arms raised is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man on the left is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man at the centre is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

CND demonstration in London -- a crowd of people with banners. Date: late 1960s

American champion water skier AZEY (?) RUTHERFORD in action! Date: 1930s

NAVAL ACTION The French frigate Cleopatre is boarded and taken by the La Nymphe : the captain surrenders to Captain Sir Edward Pellew Date: 1793

LAS GUASIMAS The American Hotchkiss battery in action in June 1898. Date: 1898

The United States torpedo-boat Winslow in action off Cardenas Date: 1898

Naval combat : Captain Charles Napier in the brig Recruit in action with several French warships, for which he was promoted Date: 16 April 1809

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