Demonstration Collection (page 12)

LFB display at an Annual Review in a park, with horse-drawn fire engines and men on ladders

London Fire Brigade Annual Review demonstration, carrying a rescued man down a ladder during a fire. Date: 1931

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise wearing breathing apparatus Date: 1934

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise carrying casualty Date: 1934

Great Food Demonstration on Embankment, London, WW1
A procession organised by the National Union of Railwaymen who marched to Hyde Park in order to demonstrate against rising food prices during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Fire prevention training for student nurses
Fire prevention training for a class of student nurses. A sub-officer of the fire prevention branch demonstrates the operation of a carbon dioxide extinguisher

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965. The firefighter is retrieving a motor cycle tyre from a burning oil tray, in crouch position

LCC-London Fire Brigade firefighting demonstration in London

Helen Fox, suffragette
Suffragette Helen Fox poses with chains, following her House of Commons protest with Muriel Matters on 28th October, 1908, when they chained themselves to the grille of the Ladies Gallery

Miss Farnar-Bringhurst as Martryred Belgium
Miss Farnar-Bringhurst dressed martyred Belgium, a costume she wore (without shoes) for the Womens Right to Serve march through London in July 1915

Duncan Goodhew, British Olympic swimmer
Duncan Goodhew (b. 1957), British Olympic swimmer, seen here giving a demonstration to young swimmers at the St Clare Swimming Pool, Penzance, Cornwall

Radio equipment at Baden Powell House, London
Demonstration of radio equipment at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

A model dairy farm at Carlton House Terrace, WW1
A dairying and haymaking scene, somewhat incongruously in the back garden of Lord and Lady Cowdrays London Home in Carlton House Terrace in central London

Jimmy the Bulldog at the Royal Society
Jimmy, a Bulldog owned by Dr A.D.Waller, takes part in an experiment at the Royal Society, Burlington House, London. With one fore-leg

Firewomen, a rescue on an iron staircase, WW1
A firewoman demonstrating a rescue on an iron staircase using another lady as her prop. Business firms in the West End trained women in the Fire Brigade drill so they could take the place of male

Women Signallers Territorial Corps, WW1
Women demonstrating their skills at the headquarters training school of the Women Signallers Territorial Corps in 1916. From left

Smallpox inoculation cartoon
Jack of Both Sides; Sympathetic, but doubtful, and by no means Bright Animals protest against the 1874 Act of Parliament which made inoculation against smallpox compulsory

British officers watching machine gun demonstration, WW1
British officers watching a machine gun demonstration on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is being shown a bomb dropping device on an aeroplane. Date: circa 1916

US blockade of Mexico
The United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz

Ladder drill at LFB Southwark HQ. Date: early 20th century

A trade union rally in Hackney for the unemployed. London

British soldier demonstrates gun to American troops, WW1
A British machine gunner demonstrates the workings of a gun to American troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Palestinian Disturbances 1936
An Illustrated London News cover showing two images of disturbances in Jaffa. The top picture shows British Police, armed with batons and shields, dispersing Arab protestors

Naval display at Earls Court by G. H. Davis
The naval display at the Earls Court Exhibition -- the general engagement of the vessels and the forts. A cross-sectional drawing (centre top)

Electrical Skin treatment Demonstration, 1887
Aleksei Gerasimovich Polotebnov (1838 to 1907) was a pioneering Russian Dermatologist. He invented and demonstrated numerous skin treatments designed to prevent or cure skin diseases of all types

Pinocchio -- with other puppets on stage
Pinocchio -- The demonstration of warm brotherly affection that Pinocchio received. Date: 1911

Music conference lecture 1888
Conference of the national society of professional musicians. Mr. A.J Hipkins illustrating his lecture on the history of the pianoforte. Date: 1888

Decontamination Drill, World War II
Decontamination Drill at the Savoy Hotel in London during World War II. Percy Rommey demonstrates the correct method of undressing a man exposed to gas

Calvinists in Antwerp
A Calvinist demonstration leads to riots in the streets of Antwerp. Date: 14 March 1567

Communist Demo, USA
A communist demonstration in New York, U.S.A. with banners reading Strike for a 40 hour 5 day week! and Don t starve - fight, etc. Date: early 1930s

How to Carve
The correct way to carve poultry, a demonstration at the London School of Carving. Date: early 1930s

The prototype Saab 90 Scandia, SE-BCA, at Lisboa during ?
The prototype Saab 90 Scandia, SE-BCA, at Lisboa during a European demonstration tour

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapie?
Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACNZ, fitted with a Napier Rapier engine for test and demonstration work

Corset Department, Crowley-Milner Department Store, Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: circa 1940s

Searchlight Drive - British Empire Exhibition
Royal Horse Artillery - Searchlight Drive at Wembley Stadium - British Empire Exhibition, 1924 Date: 1924

Czech Republic - 14th All Sokol Rally in Prague
14th All Sokol Rally in Prague. A rally to promote public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Westland Limousine I, K-126, left, and Limousine II, G-EAJL, being prepared for a demonstration flight

C W A Scott, left, and Sir Harry Brittain
C.W.A. Scott, left, and Sir Harry Brittain at a model aircraft exhibition in Selfridges watch a demonstration by Bruce Young, aged 11

A fire-fighting demonstration - RAeS Garden Party
A fire-fighting demonstration at the 1936 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex. Date: 1936

First prototype Westland 30 G-BGHF in Delhi
First prototype Westland 30, G-BGHF, in Delhi during a week-long demonstration tour of India

Mr Balfour at the Parliamentary aerial demonstration held at Hendon in May 1911. Date: 1911

Churchill, Mr McKenna, Lord Montagu, Claude Grahame-White
Winston Churchill, Mr McKenna, Lord Montagu and Claude Grahame-White at the Parliamentary aerial demonstration held at Hendon in May 1911

Juan de la Cierva 1- Sir Samuel Hoare - Capt F F Courtney
From left: Juan de la Cierva, 1895-1936; Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Minister and Capt F.F. Courtney, pilot, following an autogyro demonstration at Farnborough. Date: 1936

Aviatrix Miss Spooner talking with Lord Thompson
Aviatrix, Miss E.W.E. (Winifred) Spooner, talking with Lord Thompson in front of a Gypsy Moth at Stag Lane before making a demonstration flight using petrol derived from British coal

Roland Beamont - demonstration of English Electric Canberra
Roland Beamont at the demonstration of English Electric Canberra B2, WD932, at Martin Airport to employees of Martin and civic and business leaders of Maryland and Baltimore. 11 March 1951. Date: 1951

Demonstration of Hiram Maxims flying machine Baldwyns Park
Demonstration of Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park, Kent, 3 November 1894. It made a short uncontrolled hop flight on 31 July 1894

First prototype de Havilland DH60 Moth G-EBKT
First prototype de Havilland DH60 Moth, G-EBKT, during a demonstration of its wing folding

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