Aiming Collection (page 3)

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

Turkish Guerilla band of fighters - Yannis and Skotidas
A Turkish Guerilla band of fighters - active against the Bulgarian forces in Macedonia. Shown here are Guerilla leaders Yannis and Skotidas from the Niausi region

Scandinavian hunter
A prehistoric Scandinavian hunter aims at an elk with his bow and arrow. Date: circa 3000 BC

Fire Station Recreation Room

Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-Sizun
The Decisive blow Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-Sizun. Date: circa 1910s

Spanish Bullfighting Series (8 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The matador aims his sword at the bull. Date: 1913

Medieval jousting event, Cornwall
A medieval jousting event taking place in Cornwall, with a large crowd of spectators. A jouster gallops along, aiming his jousting pole at a metal target in the shape of a man. Date: circa 1980s

French trench facing Turkish positions, WW1
A French trench facing Turkish positions during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

At the school for Strafing
At count zeppelins evening classes for bomb droppers. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Shoot, Aim, Fire
Rifle shooting was once a popular lunchtime relaxation. City men are seen here practising at a range beneath the embankment, London. Date: 1932

Rifle Range
A young man tries to impress his girl, by aiming for the Bulls Eye on a fairground Rifle Range at Dingle racecourse, County Kerry, Ireland. Date: 1962

Buffalo and hunter on horseback, Sri Lanka
Charge in High Reeds -- a buffalo emerging from reeds confronts a hunter on horseback in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

American and French allies with rifles, France, WW1
Scene at an American army camp in France during the First World War, showing French and American soldiers discussing the handling of their respective rifles. Date: 1917-1918

Hunters and elephants in long grass, Sri Lanka
Hard at it -- hunters in the middle of a herd of elephants in long grass in Sri Lanka. 1854

Wartime poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank, encouraging people to Save for Defence during the Second World War. 1940s

Australian soldier near Gaza, WW1
An Australian soldier taking aim with his rifle near Gaza during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Soldiers in action in the snow, WW1
Soldiers (possibly Italian) in action in the snow during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Gun crew drilling on British trawler HM Principal, WW1
A gun crew drilling on the British trawler HM Principal during the First World War. Date: 1916

Two British soldiers shooting from behind a wall, WW1
Two British soldiers shooting from behind a brick wall, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Debris from ruined buildings can be seen across the road from them. Date: 1914-1918

British soldiers in training, UK, WW1
British soldiers in training for combat during the First World War, somewhere in the UK. Date: 1914

British artillery in northern France, WW1
British artillery with their rifles in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British artillery at an outpost, northern France, WW1
British artillery with their rifles at an outpost in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914

Lincolnshire Regiment recruits at rifle drill, WW1
Lincolnshire Regiment recruits at rifle drill at the start of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Gurkha firing Lewis gun in trenches, WW1
Gurkha of the 3/3rd Gurkha Rifles, 75th Division, firing a Lewis gun in the trenches during the First World War. Date: December 1917

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 February
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 February. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Double page spread in a diary for 5-10 September
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 5-10 September. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Male archers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Male archers take part in a competition during the annual Naadam Festival in the stadium at Ulaanbaatar (or Ulan Bator), capital of Mongolia

Female archers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Female archers take part in a competition during the annual Naadam Festival in the stadium at Ulaanbaatar (or Ulan Bator), capital of Mongolia

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

Carnival games
A group of young boys and men throw balls, aiming them at the heads of the poor men who have the unlucky job of acting as the targets

Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun Team
A British machine gun team dug in on a Normandy beach during the assault phase of Operation Overlord - the allied D-Day landings in France on 6th June 1944

Crossbow Archery 1555
Boys learn how to use a crossbow, practising by aiming at targets

French Field Guns - 2
Aiming a French 24 cannon

King of Leinster / Macmurr
ARTHUR MACMURROUGH, king of Leinster, Irish chieftain. Depicted in action, huring a spear. He was a leading opponent of Richard IIs Irish campaign

Whaling / Javelin Bomb
A javelin bomb used for whaling

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig5
Act three, scene five : the shooting contest - the magic bullet is guided by the devil to Caspar, not the dove that Max is aiming at

Riding the Stang 1814
A herald carried aloft the stang makes rough music & alerts the neighbourhood to a husband-beater. Natural justice aiming to get wrong- doers to mend their ways

America / Civil War
US Civil War Sharpshooter

Hunting deer during the Bronze Age

William Tell shooting the apple off his sons head
William Tell, mythical Swiss folk hero, shooting the apple off his sons head

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