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D-Day - British and Canadian troops landing - Juno BeachBritish and Canadian 3rd Division troops land at Juno Beach. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an
D-Day - Landing in France - Omaha BeachAmerican assault troops prepare to disembark their landing craft as it approaches the beach head, Omaha Beach. The smoke visible in the background attests to the massive naval artillery assault
The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944
Coyne Helicopter / UfoCaptain Lawrence J. Coyne, piloting a UH-1H helicopter observes a UFO at close quarters, the craft beaming a green light on the chopper near Mansfield, Ohio, USA
Cutty Sark in 1923The famous tea clipper Cutty Sark in Surrey Docks. The iconic craft now housed in dry dock at Greenwich was severely damaged by a fire whilst under restoration on 21st May 2007
Ufo / Masse / ValensoleWorking early in the morning in his Lavender field, Maurice Masse, comes across an alien craft and its occupants
Little Miss Natty Fingers by Muriel DawsonA little girl concentrates on a garment she is sewing, presumably for the doll which sits next to her. An interesting basket full of sewing paraphenalia spills over beside her
Trench Art Lighter, WW1Round Trench Art lighter with officers button on either side
Oval Trench Art lighter, WW1Oval Trench Art lighter with officers button on either side
GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman
Shetland knitter, Shetland Islands, Scotland. She is knitting as she walks along with a bulky load on her back. Date: late 19th century
How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s
Lowestoft, Suffolk, Herring Drifters off the Fishing Grounds Date: circa 1920s
Greek trireme. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum
Boating off Cape Town, South AfricaA superb view of yachting in Table Bay off Cape Town, South Africa, with the imposing outline of Table Mountain, shrouded in mist, in the background
D-Day - Bomber giving air support to infantry invasionA B-26 Martin Marauder of the 9th Airforce over the Normandy coast, giving air support to the landing craft on the beaches below
American Troops heading for Normandy on D-Day; Second WorlAmerican infanrymen in a landing craft heading towards the shore of Normandy on the morning of D-Day, 6 June 1944
American Troops landing on D-Day; Second World War, 1944Photograph showing American troops storming one of the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 6 June 1944. This image shows the first tanks charging through the water to the shore
Dressing Shetland ShawlsWomen from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908
Wheelwrights making cart wheelsWheelwrights or wainwrights making large wooden wheels in a traditional rural workshop. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Malta - LacemakingLacemaking in Malta during WWI. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless
PIrate knitting patternA gay, swashbuckling three-piece to knit for teenagers! The 1950s were a more innocent time
Valletta / Malta / YachtView into the Dockyard Creek in the Grand Harbour showing some of the luxury sailing (and powered) craft moored there
Making Tennis RacquetsStringing new tennis racquets at a workshop in Wimbledon, London
Spithead panorama, ships on south sidePanorama of the Coronation Review: the left-hand section, showing ships on the south side. A Spithead panorama, looking west: home fleet battleships headed by the Nelson foreign warships
The Flint Knapper, at Brandon, Suffolk, England. This ancient craft is still continued in Norfolk, England. Date: 1950s
Decorating Pottery - Barons Art - BarnstapleDecorating by hand at Barons Art Pottery at Barnstaple, Devon. Here William Baron (grandson of the pottery founder William Leonard Baron) can be seen painting the pottery
Ufos / Cussac, FranceTwo boys report seeing four aliens - they describe them as little devils - who fly round a spherical craft landed in a field
Tipton Slasher sculptureWelder and sculptor Jack Bouckley, of Wolverhampton, works on a metal sculpture of 19th Century Black Country heavyweight prize fighter William Perry, known as The Tipton Slasher
Map of the kingdoms of Granada and Murcia (Granata et Murcia regna) by W. Blaeu. Decorated with the Arms of both States, the figure of a surveyor and a naval combat. Published in Amsterdam, 1635
Trench Art lighter in the shape of a book, WW1Trench Art lighter in the shape of a book
When Germany Surrenders her U-Boats by Heath Robinson, WW1Why not use the enemy craft for peaceful sport? Ramming rabbits in the Balearic Islands. An inventive suggestion from the ingenious mind of William Heath Robinson for German U-boats following the end
NFS (London Region) narrow boat fitted with fire pumpsThere were 18 river fire stations along the length of the River Thames during WW2. They were used to accommodate the crews on a 24 hour standby to operate the fireboats
Ufos / AdamskiVenusian interplanetary carrier and six scout craft photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California
Advert, Guthrie & Wells, Stained Glass Windows, GlasgowAdvert for J & W Guthrie & Andrew Wells, Stained Glass Windows and Mosaics, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Model of a Norfolk Wherry - a sailing craft formerly widely used for goods transport on the East Norfolk rivers. Date: circa late 1930s
Bell 204 UH-1 Iroquois HueyCivilian Fuji Bell 204 Huey Helicopter with a Long-Line Underslung Load Flying over Mountains
Coracle men - CarmarthenWelsh Coracle men - Carmarthen, Wales. The Carmarthen coracle is of a rounder and deeper design, as it is used in tidal waters on the Tywi River, where there are no rapids. Date: 1905
Gibraltar (1844). Rock, city and harbour. Etching
Dodie Smith at home in EssexDorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright whose works include the play Autumn Crocus and the childrens novel
The Summer Car of the River: Motor-launching on the ThamesAn illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the fashion for motor-boats or motor-launches during the 1920s among the upper classes
Chinese Junk in Hong Kong Bay. Date: circa 1910s
Les Vedettes (Powered Lake Craft) at Dinard, France on the Emerald Coast. Date: circa 1908
Multi-masted Chinese Junk. Date: circa 1920s
Lowestoft, Suffolk - Sailing trawlers towed to Sea Date: circa 1920s
Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912
Moored Canal BoatsMoored craft on the Shropshire Union Canal, at Huntington, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s