Clouds Collection (page 18)

Balloon bursting at RAF display by G. H. Davis
Balloon bursting: a new contest at the RAF display. A supreme test of skill in manoeuvring: fast little gamecock aeroplanes ramming elusive balloons that dart rapidly here

British target-finding invention by G. H. Davis
Bombing through clouds during the Second World War: a British target-finding invention. Illustrating the Gen-Box principle, which sees targets invisible to the human eye. Date: 1944

Aerial warfare in summer skies by G. H. Davis
Beware of the Hun in the sun: aerial warfare in summer skies, flight formations and tactics dependent on the suns position. Left: hide and seek in the clouds, with the sun used for cover

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

Air raid conditions by G. H. Davis
Air raid sky lore: conditions helping or frustrating bombers during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Gliding training by G. H. Davis
How gliding training helps the war pilot during the Second World War: utilising clouds. 1940

Pinocchio -- flying on the back of a pigeon
Pinocchio -- The pigeon soared so high that they almost touched the clouds. Date: 1911

People on airfield with light aircraft, Scotland
People on an airfield in Scotland with a light aircraft belonging to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd of Glasgow. The G-ACSM was a Spartan Cruiser with three engines. Date: 1930s

View of Rum from Muck, Scotland
View of the island of Rum from Muck, Inner Hebrides, northern Scotland

View of Muck from Horse Island, Scotland
View of Muck from Eilean nan Each (Horse Island), Inner Hebrides, northern Scotland

View of Eigg from Muck, Scotland
View of the island of Eigg from Muck, Inner Hebrides, northern Scotland, with cattle visible on the beach on the right

View of Eigg from Ben Airean, Scotland
View of the island of Eigg from Ben Airean, Inner Hebrides, northern Scotland

Woman and horse, Isle of Skye, Scotland
A woman and her horse on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Date: 1927

Watercolour scene with beach and observation post
A watercolour scene showing a beach with an observation post built on stilts. A woman in a swimming costume sits on a rock looking out to sea

Above the clouds
Clouds seen from a pilots viewpoint. Date: 1930s

Mount Fuji, Japan - Reproduction of a woodcut by Hokusai - Fuji above the lightning. from the series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Date: circa 1831

Shanghai, China - Evening Scene of the Bund - Huangpu River
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

A shady quiet part of the Thames in West London or Surrey
A shady quiet part of the River Thames in West London or Surrey Date: 1911

Gentleman puffing away at his pipe in a No Smoking Carriage - " So what??" Date: circa 1940s

Misty Evening over the Sussex coastline. Date: circa 1912

Hohensalzburg Castle in the mist - Salzburg, Austria
A spectacularly atmospheric shot of Hohensalzburg Castle peeking out from the surrounding mist/low cloud - Salzburg, Austria. Date: circa 1950s

Late afternoon light over River Thames - From Tower Bridge
Atmopheric Late afternoon light over River Thames - From Tower Bridge Date: 1919

Curtiss Tomahawk Fighter Aircraft of the RAF. Date: 1941

Suleymaniye Mosque viewed from the Golden Horn
The Suleymaniye Mosque viewed in silhouette in front of a very dramatic sky from the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1953

Tahiti - Cloud effects over Moorea Date: 1929

Panoramic view of Lisbon, Portugal from the sea Date: circa 1940s

Barges on the bank of the Panuco River, Mexico
Barges of the Mexican Oil Company tethered to the Loading Racks on the banks of the Panuco River, Veracruz, Mexico. Date: circa 1930s

Christmas card in the shape of a pipe with seascape
Christmas card in the shape of a pipe decorated with a seascape. circa 1890s

Civil Aviation: London to Australia, Imperial Airways. Clouds at Champorn, Malay Peninsula

Woman and rainbow magazine cover
A glamorous lady in long, flowing gown, glides over a rainbow. 1926

SPAIN. Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Pedralbes

Maidens Among the Clouds
The Cloud Damsels. Detail from the ancient frescoes at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, showing two women carrying food and flowers, possibly as an offering

Lake Hakone - Japan - Took a rowboat around the rocky wooded shoreline. Unfortunately unable to see Mt. Fuji, only the mountains around the lake were free from clouds. Date: 1952

The Magic Umbrella. Samuel Jones flies above the rooftops thanks to his magic umbrella

Spectacular Skies

Ducks in the rain

Book cover design, The Clipper of the Clouds, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1887. 1887

Bromo Volcano erupting in East Java, Indonesia. c. 1925

William Fox presents Bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen
William Fox presents bride 13 The serial supreme in fifteen episodes : Episode nine hurled from the clouds. Motion picture poster for Bride 13, episode nine

Stationery illustrated with a stalk of wheat wrapped in a banner marked Quo non ascendamus 1879 and a balloon flying above clouds and birds. Date 1879

Patriotic Easter Postcard - Russia
A patriotic postcard from Russia showing two soldiers next to a larger Easter Egg - World War One era Easter card. Date: 1915

Poster advertising The Sorrows of Satan

The Star That Would Not Light by Hugh Williams
A group of child like angels gather together in the night sky but try as they might, they cannot get one lone star to light and twinkle. Date: 1926

Southwold, Suffolk - view from the pier - on an overcast day in the late afternoon. Date: circa 1909

Italian Kitch Postcard (1 / 3)
Sweet Memories - Italian kitsch postcard of a baby in a basket suspended between the topmost branches of two trees, looking out to sea. Date: 1918

Mont St. Michel
Mont. St. Michel, Normandy, France, showing the dramatic monastery, with its steeple almost touching the clouds. Date: 1967

Cumulous Nimbus Clouds
Dramatic Cumulus Nimbus clouds at sea, the sign of an approaching rain storm. Date: 1960s

Izmir, Turkey - Great Fire
Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir, but the Greek expedition towards central Anatolia turned into a disaster for both that country

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