Demonstration Collection (#9)

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters jumping sheet drill
Jump sheet demonstration by firefighters at Southwark HQ -- a long gone London Fire Brigade training routine

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965

LCC-LFB Review of the Brigade by Edward VII
The Royal review of the London Fire Brigade took place in Hyde Park, London. In addition to a parade and demonstration of firefighting skills, the King awarded medals for gallantry

Turntable ladder display, London Fire Brigade HQ Lambeth
London regular firefighters operating extended turntable ladders in Lambeth Headquarters drill yard for a demonstration of firefighting skills

Training center for household employees - Household Service Demonstration Project, WPA. Poster showing a maid carrying a tray. Date 1936-1941

Dediee a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l Ordre Royal et Militaire de St. Louis, Lieutenant de Nosseigneurs les Marechaux de France

Harvey demonstrating to Charles the first his theory of the circulation of the blood

London Sea Scouts in semaphore display
London Sea Scouts in a semaphore signalling display at Hyde Park. They are signalling the letter C, meaning Ready. 1947

Thames Ironworks demonstration, London
Employees of Thames Ironworks staged a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, in a bid to secure a contract for a warship

Bulgarian Nationalist Parade in the village of Veler, Bulgaria. Date: 1916

Military Tournament - Lifeguard vs. Dragoon - fighting sword to sword. Date: circa 1910s

Sea Scouts receiving sailing instruction from Eric Evans, Master of RSS Discovery. circa 1950

Emile Lowitz demonstration at Royal Botanic Society

Suffragette as a goose
A superb propaganda postcard for Womens Rights, showing a goose in prison plummage, standing atop at bucket and speaking at a meeting of geese

Student demonstration, County Hall, Central London
Street scene during a student demonstration outside County Hall, Central London

Police and anti-fascist demonstrators, Central London
Street scene in Central London, showing police (some on foot, some on horseback) with a crowd of anti-fascist demonstrators. The event appears to be fairly peaceful. Date: late 1970s

Danish Student Demo
The meeting of Scandinavian students in Copenhagen June 17, 1862. Date: 1862

Poll Tax demonstration, Central London
A Metropolitan Police officer in the middle of a peaceful crowd of demonstrators during the Poll Tax demonstrations in Central London

Singer Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine Seller demonstates Singer electrical sewing machine, Sweden 1960s. Date: 1960s

Australian Fisherwoman
An Australian woman pulls on the rubber wading boots, that fit right over her clothes. They take the place of the housewifes apron in a unique catch-and-cook demonstration! Date: 1940s

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (2 / 4)
Irans constitutionalist uprising (1906-09) was the first great revolution of the 20th century - an expression of spontaneous rage against a corrupt and bankrupt monarchy

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (4 / 4)
Irans constitutionalist uprising (1906-09) was the first great revolution of the 20th century - an expression of spontaneous rage against a corrupt and bankrupt monarchy

Patrol of boy scouts making its way across difficult country
Practical demonstration of the way General Baden-Powells scouting scheme for boys has caught on ha been given by his scouts camp held at Chollerford near Hexham

Demonstration in Berlin, Germany, beginning of WW1
A demonstration in Berlin, Germany, on the outbreak of the First World War, after diplomatic relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had broken down

Lyons coffee advertisement
Advertisement for Lyons instant coffee granules showing an immaculate 1950s housewife giving a demonstration of how to make the perfect cup of coffee. 1950s

coventry, anti, apartheid, demo

Cubs painting lines on ship
Four Cub Scouts being shown how to paint lines on a Royal Navy ship in Aden, Yemen. 1968

Scouts using RAF flight simulator
Scouts being instructed on how to operate a LINK trainer by a Royal Air Force officer. 1940s

Campaigning against animal cruelty, 1940s
Campaigners against animal cruelty demonstrating with greyhound dogs and several placards. 1940s

British procession through the streets of Baku
A procession of British soldiers and equipment through the streets of Baku, as a demonstration of force. July 1919

protest, shells, work, south, africa

Tango dancing at Harewood Place
A newly opened venue for the tango tea craze of 1913, at Harewood Place, Hanover Square in London. Opened by Mr F. H

Marne Region, France - Parade of Tunisian Marksmen
La Marne Region, France - Parade of Tunisian Marksmen - WWI Date: circa 1916

Chatham siege demonstration 1868
The annual field day and exhibition of siege operations at Chatham, Kent

The strike in Glasgow
Soldiers arrive to keep order during the strike in Glasgow

Bonus Army fought with tear-gas
During the Great Depression US World War One veterans, popularly called the Bonus Army

Bromley Young Communists on a CND march
Bromley Young communists taking part in a CND march in Horley, Surrey

Czech Republic - 7th All Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

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

Berlin Demonstration 1919
Demonstration against the terms of peace in Berlin, Germany. Crowds passing the Hotel Adlon where Allied Missions are staying on 14th May 1919

New Worker - Fisher & Ludlows, Tipton
A photograph taken for an advertisement for the Daily Mirror of the type of New Worker the paper was trying to attract into its readership

1933 Berlin Rally
A rally of workers in front of the Berliner Dom in Berlin Germany in 1933

Mobile decontamination unit
Demonstration by Hornsey Borough Council of a mobile cleansing unit for gas decontamination squads, invented by one of its workers. The unit folds up into a trailer that can be pulled by a car

Strikers rally in London, with mounted police
A strikers rally in London during the national transport strike, with mounted police on hand to keep order

Undated photograph of Ethel Beenham with cheesecloth
Undated photograph of Ethel Beenham with six feet of 30 inch wide cheesecloth in her mouth, showing how easily it can be rolled up and secreted in the mouth

Veterans Riot at Washington: on the Steps of Congress
A demonstration which nearly became a riot: bonus marchers mounting the steps of the Capitol to appeal to congressmen for bonus payments

Womens Rights March in Algeria, at this time under French rule

Kew Petition
Agitation for the earlier opening of Kew Gardens - demonstration at Cumberland Gate

Bloody Sunday Riot - Parliament Street 1887
Bloody Sunday, London, 13th November 1887, the name given to a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O Brien

Womens Land Army recruiting parade, 1917
Womens Land Army recruiting parade, Time to Remember, during World War I

War workers in the Womens Procession in London
A photograph showing a procession by the Womens Social and Political Union. The group that can be seen wearing face masks are a party of female munition workers

Home Guard demonstration
During a Home Guard intensive training course at Osterley Park, in the west London suburbs, a car pulling a trailer, supposed to represent a tank

Moslem Zeal in Jerusalem
A sword brandishing orator in a procession near Jerusalem, during the Nebi Musa Feast celebrations which coincided with Christian Easter festivities

Childrens Strike of 1894
Procession of children, heading to Hyde Park in London, to demonstrate against their treatment by organ grinders

Russian Carriage Driving at Olympia, London, 1911
Illustration showing a demonstration of Russian carriage driving at the Olympia Horse Show, London, 1911. This image shows the horse between the shafts (on left) trotting, while its partner gallops

Professor Baldwin Ballooning and Parachuting, 1888
Engraving showing 9 scenes from Professor Baldwins demonstration of ballooning and parachuting, held in the grounds of the Alexandra Palace, London, 1888

The Irish Loyalist Demonstration at the Royal Albert Hall, 1
Engraving showing a view, from the gallery, of the Irish Loyalist Demonstration at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1893

February Fighting Parisl
Soldiers fire into the crowd to quell the demonstration : this provokes widespread street fighting, which will lead to the creation of the Second Republic

Union Demonstration
At the Salle Pilodo, France, a huge gathering of workers demand the right to form unions like they have in England

Warsaw Riots - 2
When a patriotic demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle, Warsaw, the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Demo at Warsaw
A huge popular demonstration in the streets of Warsaw, at the end of World War One, in support of the Allies who, they hope, will at last give them independence

Napoleon Enters Paris
He rides triumphally into Paris, where a popular demonstration includes a bunch of girls presenting him with bunches of flowers

Hungarian Workers
In Budapest a demonstration by discontented workers alarms the populace but is suppressed by mounted police

Warsaw Riots - 1
A demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle : the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Russian Brutality
A religious procession from the church of the Bernardins is suspected by the Russians of being a political demonstration, and dispersed with the usual brutality

Boer / Peace Demo / London
Demonstration against the Boer War in Trafalgar Square, London - but alas, the public and the government are not convinced

The Allies - Right-to-Serve march
A woman representing the Allies during a right-to-serve procession through Westminster, London

An evening at the camera club
A practical demonstration of the developments in photography. An illustration of an evening at the camera club. (undated)

May Demo Broken Up / 1906
May 1st demonstration is broken up by the Paris authorities

Demo by French Workers
Demonstration by French mine workers passes through the Pas-de-Calais

Blondins Arena
The Gigantic Arena erected for a demonstration of the tightrope walking skills of the legendary acrobat Charles Blondin. Up to 5000 spectators filled the massive tent

French Suffragettes in Paris, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman attempting to end a suffragette demonstration in the Rue Royale, Paris, 1936

Fishing Demonstration
A demonstration by Cornish fishermen demanding that their fishing rights should be protected - when the tourists are gone, fishing keeps the cash flowing in

Crowd / Bourdin Funeral
Crowd versus police at the funeral of Martial Bourdin, anarchist, who died trying to blow up the Greenwich Observatory

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

Republican Outbreak - 3
The authorities take precautions when a demonstration by Montagnards - Republican extremists - threatens to disturb Paris

Republican Outbreak - 5
In the course of disturbances following a demonstration by Republican extremists, Suchet, one of the leaders, is arrested by the authorities

Republican Outbreak - 4
In the course of disturbances following a demonstration by Republican extremists, the minister of public works is assailed by the insurgents

Agitation at Firenze
The Liberals mount a demonstration at Firenze on behalf of Montanelli and Guerazzi, liberal statesmen who form a triumvirate with Mazzini

Great Electric Induction Coil
Demonstration of the Great Electric Induction Coil at the Polytechnic Institution in London in 1869 by Professor Pepper

Anti-Papal Demo
At Madrid, a demonstration in front of the home of the papal nuncio protests against the concordat arranged by the royalist government

Demonstration at Bern
A political demonstration at Bern reflects the general unrest throughout the country

Pro-French Demo / Rome
A pro-French demonstration through the streets of Rome

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