Directing Collection (page 2)

Boy in policemans uniform in a garden, pretending to direct traffic. Date: circa 1920s

World War One Army Directing Staff, Thought to be at Camberley, near Farnborough, Surrey, England. Thought to be at Camberley. Date: 1919

Shepherds watching their flocks
Winged angel directing shepherds to the birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Artist: Ada Dennis Date: circa 1903

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, with men directing the large hose

WW2 - Blitz on London - Fire Force Commander taking charge
WW2 - Blitz on London - Fire Force Commander C P McDuell takes charge at a major fire. Senior Company Officer Jimmy Syrett operates the walkie talkie set and Company Officer Obie Walker

Generals French and Joffre at the Front, 1914
General French and General Joffre directing operations at the Western Front in October 1914 : " you never know where they are... very often only a single sentry betrays their temporary shelter

American soldiers and Chinese policeman
American soldiers watch a Chinese policeman directing traffic somewhere in China in a town near a U.S. Army base Date: 1943

Kaiser Wilhelm with his generals, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany giving directions to his generals at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Stage illusions
Illustrations depicting various cutting-edge stage illusions at the beginning of the 20th century. The first shows the race of a motor-car again a train; also shown

French Architect on Site
A French architect with his plans on a construction site, directing the workers. Date: circa 1845

Wellington and Battle
WELLINGTON as military hero - labels bear the names of some of his Peninsula victories, and he is seen directing a battle : this is before Waterloo. Date: 1814

Hypnotist directing group of people to do unusual activities: woman playing washboard, woman riding man, men using brooms as musical instruments, policeman using sausage as weapon. Date 19 - ?

Hypnotist directing people to do unusual activities: woman playing table like a keyboard instrument, man riding chair like a racehorce, men using broom and umbrella as musical instruments

Hypnotist directing a group of people to do unusual things: men pretending to race while seated on man suspended between two chairs and audience volunteering for military duty with brooms as rifles

Schoolchildren on Red Crag, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
These three schoolgirls from Walton-on-the-Naze Secondary School, Essex, are taking direction from a schoolboy operating the camera for a 16mm film project

General Sir Arthur Currie directing a practice attack
General Sir Arthur William Currie (1875-1933), Canadian general, directing a practice attack near the Canadian Front, Topart Mill, during the First World War. Date: June 1917

Laurence Olivier at Chichester Festival Theatre
Sir Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989) directs a rehearsal at Chichester Festival Theatre. Olivier was the first artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre which was opened in 1962. Date: 1962

Savoy Theatre and hotel, the Strand
Entrance to the Savoy Theatre and hotel on the Strand, London with the National Provincial Bank on the corner. A policeman directs traffic. Date: 1947

Filming of Blanche Fury
Scene during the filming of the movie Blanche Fury directed by Marc Allegret and adapted from the novel by Joseph Shearing

Making a TV Programme
Making a programme for Southern Television inside a studio. Date: 1960s

Charles Ray Directing
When his acting career sagged, Charles Ray turned to direction : sadly his movies lacked box-office appeal. But this is a nice intimate shot of 20s film- making. Date: circa 1922

Cleaning Grandpas car
Cleaning Grandfathers pride and joy, his Armstrong Siddeley motor car. Sir directs proceedings from inside the car, poking his head through the sunroof!

Taxi Cab and Motor Fire Escape
A bright and shiny fire engine populated by a team of firemen and ladder are given right of way through a busy street. In the background waits a taxi cab piled high with luggage on its roof

Howard Carter at the excatvation of Tutankhamun
Howard Carter directing operations as a chain of natives remove items from the cave

Boy Scouts directing Traffic in a London Fog, 1909
Illustration showing two Boy Scouts directing traffic and pedestrians, during a heavy fog in London, 1909

Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
The Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq. On the road in the foreground a traffic official direct what little traffic there is! The sign to Keep on the Left is a direct indication of the British

General C. F. Beyers
General Beyers became notorious in the early stages of the war for throwing up command of the South African Union Defence Force, when directing to act against German South-West Africa

Black Eagle at the Great United States Circus, London, 185
Engraving showing the American trick-horse Black Eagle performing at Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, 1858

Henry Navigator / Anon
HENRIQUE O NAVEGADOR Spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast

Gun Drill on board a British battleship, c. 1896
Illustration showing a typical scene on board a British battleship as the gun crew of Royal Navy seamen hoist a cartridge towards the breech of their gun

Directing traffic to the front
Illustration drawn by A. C. Field showing a chaotic scene of soldiers, horses, traffic and supplies being directed to the front

Traffic Policeman 1930S
A (dis)mounted traffic policeman directing traffic, mainly double decker buses, in central London, England

Battle of Edgehill
The first battle of the Civil War is at EDGEHILL where Charles is seen directing his forces : both sides will claim victory, but the advantage rests with Charles

Game / Winter / Snowballing
Even at military school Napoleon showed his ability to command, directing the action of a snowball fight

London policeman directing tourists
A London policeman directing tourists to their destination

Policeman & Police Car
A policeman wearing white armbands used when directing traffic, stands next to a police car with a Stop Police sign on the back

Fleet Street / 1930S
A rich gentleman crosses Fleet Street outside Prince Henrys Room, one of the few timber- framed buildings (dating from the 1600s) still in existence in London

Directing Artillery
A French Farman F-40 comes under German fire as it directs artillery fire over Avocourt on the Western Front; this is a valuable but dangerous duty

A General on horseback
A GENERAL - He is not only entrusted with the lives of his followers in arms, but with the defence perhaps of a whole country, and with the welfare of the state

Directing the Fighting
The actions of the insurgents are directed by horsemen who carry orders from the leaders to the barricades

Peyramale Portrait
Monseigneur PEYRAMALE, the French cleric who was cure of Lourdes at the time of Bernadettes alleged visions, and had the difficult task of directing Church policy

Futuristic air transport, with a traffic policeman
A futuristic air transport scene. A traffic policeman, in his own mini-airship, directs international air traffic

Temple Bar 1870
Temple Bar in Fleet Street, a policeman directing one-way traffic

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