Demonstrations Collection

Trade Union March 1874
Trade Unionists marching through Manchester in support of locked-out farm labourers

Votes for Women Hyde Pk
Photograph showing the scale of the Votes for Women demonstration in Hyde Park on 21 June 1908; many women and men attended; some hold banners

WOMENs RIGHTS DEMO / 1906
A Womens Social & Political Union demonstration in Hyde Park

GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQ
To celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters

Peterloo Massacre
The Peterloo Massacre (forcible dispersal of a Reform Meeting in St Peters Fields, Manchester) 16 August 1819 Date: 16th August 1819

Shotton Works Demo C1972
Demonstration by Shotton steel workers against the closure of their factory

Boeing F4B-4 special NX9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce, (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949 - Fouga CM. 8 R13 Cyclone
Fouga CM.8 R13 Cyclone at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Vickers Valiant WB215
Vickers 671 Valiant WB215, the second prototype, seen at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show from 3-9 September 1956

The league for the rights of women
French women in a car in the streets of Paris, demonstrating for their right to vote. They were members of the league for the rights of women'. Date: 1925

Riots at the French Elections, Paris
Rioters attacking the Paris office of the Gaulois during the French elections. The election, held on the 14th and 18th of October 1885

Socialist Meeting, East End, London
The Socialist Sunday Meetings in the East End, London. We see a comparative view of Dod Street on a normal Sunday, compared with the same street during the socialist demonstration of Sunday

Madrid Mob burns Arms of German Legation
A Spanish mob burns the arms of the German Legation in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid. This was in response to the Carolines Crisis (/Question)

Madrid Mob Tears Down German Flag
A Spanish mob tears down the flag at the German Legation, Madrid. This was in response to the Carolines Crisis (/Question)

Finnish Gymnasts
A team of female gymnasts from Finland, touring the UK with a gymnastic display. Date: 1933

Employment protest, Liverpool
Employment protest in Liverpool, 17 March 1979. Those taking part include Dunlop workers, Tate & Lyle workers, and members of the National Union of Seamen. Date: 1979

British Leyland workers protesting, London
British Leyland workers protesting during a strike, and taking part in a demonstration in London which included a march to the House of Commons

Rioting in the West End of London 1886
Looting shops in Piccadilly, London. A meeting of the unemployed was held in Trafalgar Square, which divided itself into two groups, the Fair Trade League and the Revolutionary Social Democrats

On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

The Ferrer trial in Barcelona
Francisco Ferrer was accused of having taken a leading part in the Barcelona rebellion. The photograph shows Ferrer, top left

British protest to the Ferrer trial
Mr Victor Grayson speaking at the demonstration meeting at Trafalgar Square. Francisco Ferrer was accused of having taken a leading part in the Barcelona rebellion

Charles Parnell at a Anti Rent Meeting 1879
Charles Parnell an Irish nationalist, addressing an anti-rent meeting at Limerick, Ireland. Date: August 1879

ANTI=VIETNAM DEMO
Anti-Vietnam Demo, calling for an end to the war and for the release of Lieutenant William Calley, imprisoned in 1971 for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village. Date: early 1970s

Some of the prominent figures in a NUWSS London procession. Also shown are some of the 70 banners carried commemorating great women through the ages. Date: 13 June 1908

Great Demonstration in the Albert Hall 1908
Some ten thousand women gathered at the Embankment, then proceeded to march, in neat rows of either 4 or 6, to the Royal Albert Hall, London

Home Rule Bill of 1912
John Redmond (1856 - 1918), leader of the Irish party, claiming home bill for Ireland. Declaring that " The bill will establish in Ireland a Parliament with power to deal with purely Irish

Demonstrations in St Petersburg
Crowds gather in St. Petersburg demonstrating against the October Manifesto. Date: 1905

Patriotic Front rally
Chancellor Dr Schuschnigg of the Patriotic Front addressing the crowd in front of the statehouse Date: 9 June 1938

National Socialist student demonstration
Demonstration by National Socialist students at Vienna university Date: 21 November 1938

Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949 general view at Grand Palais
XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

SNECMA ATAR 101B at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
A SNECMA ATAR 101B turbojet engine at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

SNECMA 14R at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
A SNECMA 14R at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Mathis G. 8R at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
Mathis G.8R at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Mathis G. 7R at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
Mathis G.7R at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Womens Suffrage Pilgrimage of July 1913 was a peaceful march in Ealing and Hyde Park, London, designed to show the British government the sheer number of women from across the country who demanded

HYDE PARK DEMO
Suffragettes speaking at a Hyde Park demonstration. Date: 14 July 1912

POLITICAL DEMO H. PARK
A large crowd marches on the way to Hyde Park, as part of a political demonstration. Date: 1905

WHITE HOUSE DEMO 1987
An anti-nuclear demonstrator pitches a stall directly opposite the White House in Washington DC, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Date: 1987

SOUTHAMPTON DEMO 1932
Street demo by Southampton workers against hardships caused by the industrial crisis Date: 1932

UNEMPLOYED DEMO 1902
Demonstration by the unemployed with band playing and money-boxes rattling Date: 1902

PARIS STREET TOY SELLER
A Paris street seller of mechanical toys Date: 1896

Buckingham Palace
Mrs Pankhurst is arrested outside Buckingham Palace Date: 21 May 1914

DEMO IN GENEVA 1936
Italian journalists being thrown out of the League Palace at Geneva, following a protest against Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, whom they called Slaver, etc. Date: 30 June 1936

Puritan demonstrations against monarchy, 1643
Puritan demonstrations in London against the monarchy. Their actions included pulling down the cross at Cheapside and burning Catholic texts where the cross had stood. Date: May 1643

Womens rights
Miss Ogston thoughtfully carries a whip when she goes to demonstrate during Lloyd Georges speech to the Womens Liberal Association at the Albert Hall Date: 5 December 1908

Roasting the rumps
Violent demonstrations in Fleet Street aimed at the Rump parliament. Date: 19th century

Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820
Gloster Sapphire Meteor F.8 WA820 at the 1950 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. In the background can be seen Gloster Meteor F.4 VZ389 and Avro Lincoln B.2 RA657 of Flight refuelling Ltd

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