Defence Collection (page 5)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El Ejercito Popular es el ejercito de la Republica (The Popular Army is The Republic's Army). Poster by Parrilla edited by the Delegate Junta of Defence of Madrid

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Junta de defensa pasiva. Castellon (Junta of the Passive Defence. Castellon). Poster (1938). SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Local Defence Volunteer Force 1940
Local defence volunteer force turns out to defend towns and villages if German attempt to parachute in Britain. Volunteers wearing two-piece khaki uniforms

French war film, Verdun
The grim realism of war captured in the French film, Verdun, telling the story of the ferocious German onslaught and the heroic French defence

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers administering first aid to a released casualty from the exercise site. The R on the helmet signifies Rescue team workers

Young African women with guns
Four young African women stand in a wooded area in Mozambique posing for the camera, two of them holding rifles. Date: c. 1972

Advertisement for all purpose Civil Defence workers coat for the winter months. Date: 1941

The Whole Art of Anti-Dive-Bomber Camouflage
British military tanks and soldiers in disguise as civilians, so when seen from above the bombers don't attack. Date: 1941

The Roof Raising Defence to Defeat Dive-Bombers
Latest device drawn by William Heath Robinson to defeat the dive bombers is a roof-raising by system of cogs, balloons and other lifting machinery. Date: 1941

Camouflage v Camouflage During Invasion Practice
William Heath Robinson has come up with a solution to save on man-power in the East Coast of England. Revolving helmets being paraded around on a primitive pulley system with the locals clapping

Camouflaging the Colonel's Breakfast
Under elaborate cover the regimental cooks get to work, invisible from the air by a table of cabbages. Date: 1941

Camouflaged civilians, home guards and dogs in a London park hiding from the enemy above. Date: 1941

Suggestion by William Heath Robinson for defence of London, a spinning platform land with camouflaged anti-aircraft guns. Date: 1941

Defence during the summer months from the beach, home guards hiding with their gun ready. Date: 1941

German soldiers spotting buildings far in the distance, not realising that it's a setup consisting of a miniature country town coursing the perspective to be all wrong. Date: 1941

Couples ingenious device so they don't wake up the baby. A makeshift pump that extinguishes incendiary bombs that have landed in your home without leaving the comfort of your bed. Date: 1941

How to Make Roof-Spotting a Pleasure
William Heath Robinson invention for keeping watch from attack. A warden perched up high above the streets with an umbrella for protection, tea-cup-holder and an easy chair. Date: 1941

From Bedroom to Shelter in One
Kind warden sets the machine in motion to allow people to sleep through a air-raid. Swinging from bedroom to living room to shelter without waking. Date: 1941

The Home Front by Frank Reynolds
All clear, dear! Mothers gone, Date: 1940

Lord Beaverbrook's appeal for aluminium 1940
Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes

Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes

Bertrand Russell with others on a CND campaign
Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist and social critic

Caspar Weinberger, American Republican politician
Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger (1917-2006), American Republican politician and vice president. He served as US Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987

Denis Healey, Labour politician, wearing a poppy
Denis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979

Denis Healey, Labour politician, with colleague
Denis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979

Denis Healey, Labour politician
Denis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979

A Warm Welcome for Every Parachutist
Sixth column strategy: Foresight plans, if London gets invaded by landing Germans dropping from the skies dressed as British civilians they would be collected up by cyclist with tubs of hot boiling

How to Make it Hard for the Invader!
British Home Front are using a makeshift contraption to pinch a screwdriver making it impossible for the Germans to assemble an air-borne tank. Date: 1940

Bumeliana Well Walls Defending Defenders Oasis
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Republican armoured car, used in the defence of Madrid, early in the Spanish Civil War. Date: 1936

Spain Aisa Import Civil War Republican Soldier
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Spain. Civil War. Passive defence exercises with gas masks in Barcelona (November 1938). Photography

POLICEMAN IN GAS MASK
A traffic policeman on point duty carries on regardless, wearing his gas mask, during a tear-gas exercise outside the Rendezvous Cafe in Kingston- upon-Thames, Surrey, England. Date: early 1940s

The man of today lays aside his frivolous evening dress clothes & dons a uniform - in this case an officer's uniform. Date: 1915

ANTI-AIRCRAFT LEWIS GUN
Three soldiers in a pit wearing gas masks, with an anti-aircraft Lewis gun. Date: circa 1940

Troops lie in wait for the purpose of a rocket ambush; and Congreve rockets used for defence of an army post Date: 1827

The use of Congreve rockets in the attack and defence of a fortress Date: 1827

Cartoon, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Byron -- Byron's reputation is besmirched by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her biography : England rises to the defence of its beloved poet. Date: 1869

BOXER REBELLION The Allied navies come to the rescue of the besieged legations in Peking Date: 1900

Beech LC90 King Air 9305
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force - Beech LC90 King Air 9305 (msn LJ-1282) Date: circa 2000

Beech LC90 King Air 9301
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force - Beech LC90 King Air 9301 (msn LJ-1182) Date: circa 2000

Shin-Meiwa US-1A 9090
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force - Shin-Meiwa US-1A 9090 (msn 2020) Date: circa 1990

NAMC YS-11M-A 9043
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force - NAMC YS-11M-A 9043 (msn 2174) Date: circa 2000

NAMC YS-11eb 02-1159
Japan Air Self Defence Force - NAMC YS-11EB 02-1159 (msn 2151) Date: circa 2000

British Aerospace U-125A 92-3012
Japan Air Self Defence Force - British Aerospace U-125A 92-3012 (msn 258360) Date: circa 2000

NAMC YS-11FC 12-1160
Japan Air Self Defence Force - NAMC YS-11FC 12-1160 (msn 2159) Date: circa 2000

British Aerospace U-125 39-3042
Japan Air Self Defence Force - British Aerospace U-125 39-3042 (msn 258227). Date: circa 2000

Beech 400T Beechjet 41-5052
Japan Air Self Defence Force - Beech 400T Beechjet 41-5052 (msn TX-2) Date: circa 2000

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