Explosion Collection (page 5)

Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East London
Firefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint

Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion. Showing men training their hoses on the east face of a building

Zeppelin bomb explosion diagram
A special Sphere diagram combining a photograph of bomb damage on a building in Antwerp with an added illustration of the bomb, dropped from a German Zeppelin, exploding on impact with the ground

Victorious British advance at Loos
Part of one British battalion, with a strong party of bombers in advance, charged across the interveniing space between the British and the first-time German trenches. Date: 1915

Convincing by W. Edward Wigfull, WW1
Wife (as bomb explodes): There, John, now will you believe me? I told you I heard the syren (sp.). A couple, still in their bed, suffer the brunt of a German bombs impact

WW2 safety poster, Use Your Head Brother! Unpack and handle all materials with care. By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Dynamite explosion, South Africa mine

Waltham Abbey explosion
Explosion of no 2 Corning-house at the gunpowder mills, Waltham Abbey, Essex Date: 13 April 1843

A Proposal in Flanders by Bruce Bairnsfather
A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, in which a French farmer is about to propose, when a dormant mine ruins the moment. Date: 1915

Zeppelin raids -- dangers to avoid. Showing how important it is to avoid falling glass (left), and the importance of taking cover behind walls (right). Date: 1915

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

Roadside explosion, Western Front, WW1
A roadside explosion on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British troops caught in shelling, Western Front, WW1
British troops caught in shelling on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1
A British shell bursting on German trenches on the Western Front 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

Burning of Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf by G. H. Davis
The burning of the new Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, by an officer of the Royal Flying Corps. How the giant flame, 500 feet high, leapt up after the bomb had exploded in the shed

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

RAF raid on German navy bases by G. H. Davis
The brilliant RAF raid on the German naval bases: a bomb hits a German battleship amidships. A German battleship attacked at Wilhelmshaven by a formation of British bombers swooping out of

RAF pilot bombing U-boat by G. H. Davis
How an RAF pilot stalked a U-boat and bombed it. The sinking of a German U-boat by a young South African pilot of the RAF. Date: 1939

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

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

The German acoustic mine by G. H. Davis
The German acoustic mine: a new terror under the sea during the Second World War. A trembler circuit, set in motion by an advancing ships propeller vibrations, brings about an explosion. Date: 1941

British submarine sinks German cruiser by G. H. Davis
A 6000-ton Koln class German cruiser sunk by the British submarine Ursula after she had penetrated into the Elbe estuary. December 1939

Saga of the Salmon by G. H. Davis
The saga of the Salmon, a British submarine, which let the Bremen go, but torpedoed a German submarine and two cruisers, the Leipzig and the Blucher. December 1939

Crewless aircraft for atomic explosions by G. H. Davis
Crewless aircraft, controlled from parent machines, which will probe the secrets of an atomic bomb explosion by means of television. Date: 1946

Dangers of radioactivity by G. H. Davis
Death rays released by an atomic bomb explosion: the dangers of radioactivity explained in drawings. Date: 1946

Shell bursting on front line trench, Western Front, WW1
A shell bursting on a front line trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Effect of high explosive shell, Western Front, WW1
The effect of a high explosive shell in a town on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Dramatic air battle off Malaya by G. H. Davis
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941

Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis
Body armour and visors: medieval style protection for the British army during the Second World War. This protection stops small

The Croxton outrage by G. H. Davis
One of several German attacks on North Sea fishing trawlers, later countered by arming them: the Croxton outrage. How the unarmed Croxton was machine-gunned and bombed until she sank

New Russian bombs by G. H. Davis
Molotovs breadbaskets: Russias new dual-purpose bomb used during the Second World War. Its false head was filled with small incendiary bombs, released by a cap propeller

Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire, WW1
Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire on a street in the village of Grembergen, East Flanders, during the First World War

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

Damage caused by British mines and guns on the Western Front
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

Results of British mines and guns on the Somme
Officers examining the damage caused by an explosion of a British mine underneath the enemies position during the Battle of the Somme

First World War Gas
The explosion of a gas shell, a terrifying bombardment. Date: circa 1916

American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1 Date: circa 1917

French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leaking
French WW2 Propaganda postcard showing the German Defensive Siegfried Line having been attacked and sprung a leak! The fish is wittily asking the bashed-up German soldiers

Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed
Motor car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg were murdered by Gavrilo Princip (one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilic)

World War One - France - Legion of Honour
National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Lez© on d honneur) - " How it is won". Patriotic French postcard of World War One era. Date: circa 1917

These photographs from the Woomera range in Australia show how an Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-to-air missile destroys its target

Lift structure after collapse of Minories, London - WW2
Lift structure after collapse of Minories, London due to bomb explosion during WW2

Boiler explosion caused by corrosion from report by Robert Longridge. CE. Boiler Insurance & Steam Power Co. Ltd. Manchester. c.19th C Date: 19th century

Tunguska meteorite damage, Siberia
Trees flattened on a hillside by an explosion in the atmosphere probably caused by a small piece of comet which fell on 30 June 1908. Photo taken in 1929

Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). 6th October

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