Exploding Collection

Things That Matter, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from G.H.Q Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf

At the Front - World War One recruitment poster
Recruitment poster during World War I featuring a dramatic picture of horses pulling guns rearing up in fright at a shell explosion just a few feet away

WW1 - Western Front - Highlanders at Longueval, France, 1916
WW1 - Western Front - Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14th-17th July 1916) - A piper of the 7th Seaforth Highlanders leading the troops of the 26th Brigade from the trenches to attack at Longueval on 14th

Comic Valentines Postcard - Old Maid about to be blown up
Comic Valentines Postcard - Some seriously racey language punning against an image of an Old Maid about to be blown up. 1908

Caley Crackers, Norwich - Coming To Your Town Date: 1950s

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Western
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Home Guard practise
Home Guards practise blowing up tanks: a demonstration at the school for guerilla warfare at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where Spanish Civil War veterans provide the training

World War II fires burning Pforzheim, Germany
World War II vintage photograph - fires burning and bombs exploding over Pforzheim, Germany

WW II Liberator bomber exploding Germany, 1944
Vintage World War II photograph - B-24H Liberator bomber of 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, US 15th Air Force exploding in mid air after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany, 1944

Squirting cucumber, Ecballium elaterium
Squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, Ecballium elaterium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Police searching debris after bomb explosion, London
Police searching debris after bombs concealed in mailbags exploded at Euston Station, London, 6 February 1940. 1940

Edwardian lady bursting from a Christmas Cracker
Edwardian lady (likely to be a stage star or popular singer) bursting from an exploding Christmas Cracker. Date: 1907

Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877
Series of illustrations at Woolwich Arsenal, London, Harvey torpedoes being made by her Majestys Government to fabricate the artillery and ammunition for land and sea service. Date: 1877

Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert
An exploding car, blown up by Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert. (2 of 3) Date: circa 1969

German land mines by G. H. Davis
German land mines: an important weapon used on a large scale by retreating German armies during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

Poppy superimposed on mine explosion, WW1
A bright red poppy superimposed on the image of a mine explosion on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Star shell bursting near British lines, WW1. 1914-1918

British mine exploding at Beaumont Hamel, France, WW1. 1914-1918

A mine exploding on the Western Front, WW1. 1914-1918

Susi - bursting a balloon, the moment of explosion! 1950s

The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of G
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c.1577-1633). Dutch painter. The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, c.1621. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881

Meteorite burning up in the atmosphere
A meteorite burns up as it enters Earths atmosphere, exploding in a shower of glowing debris Date: 1954

WW1 - Journalists greeted by German shells at Reims
Journalists (chosen by the French government) are greeted by German shells at Reims! Date: 1915

The Scoppio del Carro or Feast of the Dove on Easter Eve - Florence, Italy. Showing the great car outside the Cathedral door, at the moment when the fireworks explode. Date: 1905

WW1 - British field-artillery shelling a Turkish fort
WW1 - The British field-artillery advancement and shelling of one of the Turkish forts in Dardanelles. The narrow peninsula amongst the ranges of high hill or small mountains make it safe for

WW1 - Australian Infantry advancing to battle in Turkey
WW1- In a large stretch of hilly terrain in Turkey, the Australian mounted infantry and heavy artillery adavance in full force towards battle. Date: 1915

WW1 - Gas attacks near Canadian lines, October 1916
WW1 - Exploding gas shells used by the Germans near the Canadian front line in Guillemont, France, October 1916. Date: 1916

WW1 - Trench warfare and ammunition transportation at night
WW1 - Ammuntion is brought by the regimental transport section to the dump during the night for the trenches. Working fatigue parties run carrying the boxes from the dump to the firing trenches

The Ratcliffe Fire - Mr Beres House miraculously saved
The Ratcliffe Fire was the largest fire disaster in London between the Great Fire of 1666 and the Blitz in 1940. The fire took place in July 1794 when a smaller fire ignited a barge loaded with

Ordeal for horses on the Western Front, 1917
British horses in the back area of the battle zone are terrified by the flash of an exploding bomb leading the cussing guard to round them up and resume control. Date: 1917

German shell exploding, Western Front, France, WW1
German shell exploding in a field on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Explosion at sea, WW1
American photo of an explosion at sea during World War One Date: circa 1916

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship

Scene on the Humber during rain by G. H. Davis
With our naval artist at Grimsby. The biter bit -- a lively scene on the Humber during the rain, with a rocket exploding in the sky. Scene observed by G. H. Davis during manoeuvres. Date: 25 July 1913

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Chemical warfare, Livens bomb exploding, WW1
Chemical warfare, showing white smoke from a Livens bomb exploding during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian Boy Scouts distributing food and drink - WWI
Boy Scouts of Belgium (BSB) distributing food and drink along the front line in the trenches outside Liege, extremely dangerous and brave work - WWI. Date: circa 1915

Pre-Scourian Volcanoes
An artists impression of pre-Scourian (2, 600-3, 000 million years ago) volcanoes

Florimond Herve Photo
FLORIMOND HERVE French composer of Mam zelle Nitouche and other operettas, who died from an exploding champagne bottle : photo 1870. Date: 1825 - 1892

British tanks under German fire, WW1
British tanks under attack from German heavy artillery and Minenwerfer (short range mortar) fire towards the end of the First World War. Date: September 1918

Aerial photograph, Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a bomb exploding in Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1
A smoke barrage from a 4.5 inch Howitzer, formed by ten shells bursting similtaneously, during the First World War. Probably at the Chemical Warfare School at Porton on Salisbury Plain

British fighter plane, WWI by George Ranstead
A British single seat fighter plane up in the sky during aerial combat (though no other planes seems to be about). Note the exploding shells all around

Battlefield with mortar rounds and running soldiers
Distant view of a battlefield during the First World War, with mortar rounds exploding and soldiers running

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