Aiming Collection (page 2)

Modern Amazons - Women Archers. late 19th century

William Tell, Commencement of the Liberty of Switzerland -- the famous scene in which Tell shoots an apple on his sons head. circa 1307

Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central London
A Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990

BRITISH INFANTRY 1810
British Infantry firing on the enemy during the Peninsular War Date: circa 1810

JOHN GOWER
John Gower, English poet and friend of Chaucer, aiming his arrow at a target Date: 14th century

Neolithic mammoth hunt
Men hunting mammoth by ambushing them in a canyon and aiming heavy rocks at them during the Neolithic era (Stone Age). Date: circa 3000 BC

Naval guns at Schwartzkop, South Africa
Sighting one of the 4.7 naval guns on the Boer position at Schwartzkop, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1900

Mrs Rosling at Bisley
Mrs Rosling, who scored 40 out of 42 with the revolver at Bisley in 1901. Quite the shot. Date: 1901

Battleships undertake target practise. Date: circa 1910s

Algeria - An Insurgent aiming his rifle - one might suggest his choice of headgear would not be the most inconspicuous choice available... Date: circa 1907

Dogs as Riffians during Melillan Campaign
During the Mellilan campaign in Morocco where Spanish troops fought against local Riffian forces, the Riffians dressed up dogs in turbans and burnous

Boys with toy guns, Balham, SW London
Four boys with three toy guns on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Sperry bomb-sight apparatus 1944
Diagram of a Sperry bomb-sight O-1 used by the United States Army Air Forces (USaF) bombers in World War Two. By manipulating the various control knobs

German Lotfe 7B bomb sight by G. H. Davis
Secrets of enemy aircraft of the Second World War: details of the Lotfe 7B mechanical bomb sight. Date: 1941

Two women in costume with horse in studio photo
Two women in costume, one dressed as a cowboy, the other dressed as a native American Indian, with a horse in a studio photo. circa 1910

Two boys on horseback playing Cowboys and Indians. Date: circa 1910s

Clay Pigeon Shoot
A well-to-do shooting party, aiming at clay pigeons in the snow. Date: early 1930s

Buryat Archer competing at a Traditional Games in 1928. The Buryats or Buriyads - the largest indigenous (aboriginal) group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic

American soldiers at Watou, Flanders, Belgium, WW1
American soldiers in action in a shallow trench at Watou, West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 9 July 1918

Austrian howitzer at Siemakowce, Galicia, WW1
An Austrian 305mm howitzer at Siemakowce, Galicia (now in Ukraine), on the Eastern Front during the First World War. The gunners are sighting the gun ready for firing. Date: 1915

Austrian artillery with anti-aircraft gun, WW1
Austrian artillery with an anti-aircraft gun during the First World War, probably on the Italian front. Date: 1914-1918

Sighting a British 8 inch Howitzer, France, WW1
Gunners sighting a British 8 inch Howitzer in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Patients playing bar billiards, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing three patients, two in dressing gown and pyjamas, one in shirt and trousers, playing bar billiards in a rest room

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Courage
An Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Victorian Scrap - Revolver Practice. late 19th century

Communist China - soldiers in wartime, taking time out for political study and discussion, while others look out for enemy action, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Teddy bear playing croquet. Date: circa 1900s

John Gower / Archery / Strut
JOHN GOWER English poet, friend of Chaucer, aiming his arrow at a target Date: 1325 - 1408

Three men at a shooting range, with rifles, and telescopes on tripods. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - Firing a mortar
WW1 - Three soldiers positioned in a dug-out trench, aiming and firing a mortar at its target. Date: circa 1915

WW1 - The repulse of a Zeppelin raid in Poland
WW1 - The army on the ground are seen positioned by a slope running down a railway track. Soldiers on foot and on horses, aim their rifles attack the enemy above

WW1 - British and German aircraft in action, 1917
WW1 - The illustration captures a birdseye view of a vast landscape where British aeroplanes are in action, attacking German infantry

WW1 - Aircraft in battle, 1915
WW1 - A depiction of an aerial duel, with the gunner from the aeroplane in the foreground, firing at its enemy from above at a distance. Date: 1915

WW2 greetings card, Gun Drill, by Duncan Grant, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Maxim Maxim
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, Maxim Maxim -- Fire should be withheld till a favourable target presents itself, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Illustrated War News front cover, shooting from plane
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring an illustration of a British plane with the pilot shooting a revolver mid-flight

Archery demonstration at combined camp, British Guyana
An archery demonstration given by ADC Gerald Young at a combined camp for scouts and guides, British Guyana, South America, March 1966. Date: 1966

Suffragette, Hammer Thrower. The Hammer Thrower - as she was (taking part in Sport) and As she is, shrieking VFW and aiming a hammer at a shop window. Date: circa 1913

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, with men directing the large hose

German ashtray, WW1
German ashtray with a German soldier lying on his front aiming his rifle. Trench Art. Date: circa 1914

Mrs Baliol Scott teaching men how to shoot, WW1
Mrs Baliol Scott, the famous woman rifle shot, teaching boys how to shoot at the Byfleet Ladies Rifle Range of which she was a prominent member

Silhouette of man and dog out hunting
Silhouette of a man and his dog out hunting partridge with a rifle. Date: 20th century

Allied gunners at work, Western Front, France, WW1
Allied gunners at work, sighting a 6-inch howitzer on a hot day on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Allied marksmen firing at enemy aircraft in France, WW1
Some Autumn Sport, or the aeroplane as a substitute for the pheasant. Allied marksmen in France ready to fire at enemy aircraft (above), and a crumpled plane in a field (below). Date: September 1914

Transport methods used by soldiers, WW1
Methods used by soldiers for transporting their equipment during the First World War. Showing a French cyclist scout aiming his rifle with his cycle on his back

Business card design, woman shooting birds
Business card design, depicting a woman shooting birds. Date: 20th century

WW1 - British Sharpshooters set an ambush. Date: 1915

Myanmar - A Shan Archer
Myanmar (Burma) - A Shan Archer. The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. Date: circa 1910s

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