Camouflage Collection (page 3)

Costumes from The Dazzle Ball
Attendees of The Dazzle Ball in costumes inspired by dazzle camouflage from the First World War, at the Albert Hall, March 12 1919. Date: 1919

Chelsea Arts Dazzle Ball
People dancing in dazzle costume at The Dazzle Ball, Albert Hall, March, 1919 Date: 1919

Three Arts Ball at The Albert Hall
An impression of the Dazzle Ball at The Albert Hall, 1919 Date: 1919

Sketch cover - striped parasol and stockings, dazzle fashion
Zebra effects in hosiery and parasol. Front cover of The Sketch demonstrating the popular vogue for the stripe, influenced in part by the success of dazzle camouflage during the First World War

Dazzle style fashion on the beach, 1919
Dazzle fashion, inspired by the dazzle camouflage pioneered by the British Navy during the First World War, seen in evidence on a beach in 1919, complete with matching parasol and head scarves

Dazzle painting, WW1
Photograph showing the experimental theatre on which dazzle designs, to camouflage ships were tested, The officer on the right is observing a model through a periscope

German Ardennes encampment
A German tank unit huddle around a fire at night in the Ardennes, Belgium, during the counter-offensive which became known as the Battle of the Bulge

WW1 - French artillery masked during the action
WW1 - A high caliber, artillery of the French Navy is moved and stowed away by a group of soldiers. They weapon is masked away during the action under a purposely-built camouflage tented area

WW1 - American Artillery Troops at front with 75mm cannon Date: 1918

WW1 - Waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin
WW1 - British troops waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin - 30th October 1917 - note the early use of camouflage fabric covering the helmets. 1917

WW2 B- Women painting camouflage Date: 1937

Beechams Pills camouflage themed advertisement
There is no camouflage about Beechams Pills. Advertisement based on the topical interest in camouflage which had been pioneered during the First World War to great effect such as in the case of

Toadheaded Agamid Lizard - uses its camouflage colouring to hide - presses itself into the sand (Phrynocephalus mistaceus). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Winter camouflage for a wildlife video-shoot for a Russian Wildlife reserve.. winter landscape in tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic

RAF monoplane in flight over fields
RAF monoplane with camouflage paint in flight over fields. Date: circa 1940s

The Dazzler by Higgins, Norman Wilkinson
Lieut.-Commander Norman Wilkinson, R.N.V.R. at work in his studio. The success achieved by this gallant officer in beating the U-boats was entirely due to copious experiments carried out regardless

From the Balloon Observers Training Manual, WW1 cartoon
" All apparently natural features should be considered in relation to the general nature of the landscape, as the appearance of a hedge or even a solitary tree may be the cause of the discovery

HMS London, British battleship
HMS London, ex-battleship, after conversion to a mine-layer (in camouflage paint) after removal of main armament - May 1918. Date: circa 1918

USS McDougal, American destroyer, WW1
USS McDougal (DD54), American destroyer, seen here in camouflage paint with crew on deck, 19 July 1918. One of the first American ships to take part in the First World War. Date: 1918

USS Parker, American destroyer, WW1
USS Parker (DD48), American destroyer, seen here in camouflage paint on 26 November 1917. One of the first American ships to take part in the First World War, based at Cork 1917-1918. Date: 1917

USS O Brien, American destroyer, WW1
USS O Brien (DD51), American destroyer, seen here in camouflage paint on 18 March 1918. One of the first American ships to take part in the First World War, based at Cork 1917-1918. Date: 1918

British Monmouth class cruiser, WW1
A British Monmouth class cruiser, possibly HMS Cornwall, seen here with camouflage paint during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Blitz in London -- LFB control car, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB District E (West) control car, used during the Second World War. Seen here in front of LFB HQ. Date: 1940s

WW1 British Whippet Tank
Wooden model of a First World War British Whippet Tank with camouflage paint. Trench Art

Our Day in London, October 1918
Four photographs reporting on activities across London during Our Day, an event organised to raise funds for the Red Cross

Long Jock by William Heath Robinson
Canny Kiltie Camouflage. A mischievous pair of Highland soldiers terrify a German soldier into imagining he really will have to tackle some great Scots

Concealing a British hospital from enemy, WW1
Spreading mud on a hospital marquee at Salonika in order that it shall not form an easy target from the sky by enemy bombers. Date: 1916

Another Secret out - Old Bill in camouflage, Bystander cover
Front cover of The Bystander featuring Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, attired in a uniform of dazzle camouflage. The caption reads, Another secret out

Shadows of the Past by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in silhouette showing episodes with the Gunners (Royal Artillery) in France during World War One. Date: 1919

Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners loading shells into a big gun during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German gun emplacement at Combles, Western Front, WW1
One of the German gun emplacements at Combles, France, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Captured German gun on Western Front, WW1
A German 8-inch gun captured by Highlanders on the Western Front in France during the Cambrai Offensive, World War One. Date: circa 1916

The might of the Royal Air Force by G. H. Davis
The might of the Royal Air Force, showing the latest types of British fighters and bombers in service at the start of the Second World War

Bomb launching installations in France by G. H. Davis
Homes of the flying bombs: the layout of launching installations in northern France during the Second World War. They are sometimes camouflaged among woods, or disguised as small villages. Date: 1944

German aircraft camouflage by G. H. Davis
German aircraft camouflage, showing how the sombre and mottled colours appear to merge into their surroundings. Date: 1941

British Hurricane ramming Italian raider by G. H. Davis
The new technique in air attack during the Second World War: a British Hurricane ramming an Italian raider in mid-air. The British pilot said of the incident

New instrument of total war by G. H. Davis
A new instrument of total war: British and German troop carriers. Invasion by parachute armies: Germans improve on a Soviet device. 1940

RAF fire-fighting equipment by G. H. Davis
Fire-fighting in aircraft: the RAFs new automatic equipment. An aviation danger overcome: the Graviner system of preventing fire when an aircraft crashes. Date: 1939

The air might of Great Britain by G. H. Davis
The air might of Great Britain: a comprehensive picture of aircraft types in use during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Four famous British aeroplanes by G. H. Davis
Four famous British aeroplanes: the Hurricane (fighter), the Spitfire (fighter), the Defiant (night fighter), and the Blenheim (bomber fighter)

Advertisement for Burberry weatherproof clothes, showing a young woman leaning against a country wall in a jacket and long skirt described as a shooting gown

British gunner with instruction board, Western Front, WW1
A British gunner under camouflage alongside a big gun, copying instructions from a board, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Balfour visiting howitzer on Western Front, WW1
Arthur Balfour (central figure in flat cap) as Foreign Secretary in David Lloyd Georges wartime coalition government, viewing a 9.2-inch British howitzer during his visit to the Western Front

American troop ships at sea, WW1
American troop ships at sea during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Camouflage patterns of aircraft by G. H. Davis
The camouflage patterns of aircraft: colour tricks of the RAF during the Second World War. How colour designs help to conceal aeroplanes against cloudscapes and in the darkness. Date: 1941

Aeroplane raid over Afganistan, 1919
An aeroplane used over Afganistan as part of the North West India frontier war in 1919. British planes were sucessfully employed to bomb native tribesmen

French naval gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A French 138.6mm naval gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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