Hit Collection (page 4)

Startling Stories - Sci Fi Mag - Shadow Over Mars
The front cover of Startling Stories magazine, showing a man and a woman (in skimpy gold costume) being attacked by three red ape-like monsters with fearsome teeth

Royal Edward torpedoed August 1915
The first British transport ships to be sunk in the First World War, Royal Edward owned by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Run Out
Run-It-Out card game - Run Out - Hows That? mid-20th century

Four young children topple a Japanese handcart as a prank - much to the consternation of the driver, who has whacked his chin on the handle and seen his vegetables fly out all over the road

Domestic fight between husband and wife. circa 18th century

Another Down - WW1 dogfight. 1914-1918

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with two frogs in the moonlight. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Paris Police / Hit & Run
The Paris police give chase and fire at the tyres of a car involved in a hit and run incident in the rue des Archives. Date: 1925

Cartoon, Walking past an accident. Its a housemaid who was hit by a taxi. Oh, as if the servant problem wasn t bad enough already ! Date: 1919

Comet Pons-Winnecke 1921
The PONS-WINNECKE COMET, which some feared might hit Earth, passes by harmlessly Date: 1921

GOLIATH
The Giant Goliath who, despite the advantages of height and a suit of brazen armour, was defeated by David who hit him with a pebble projected by a sling

You cant do that there ere - Music Sheet Cover, the Marvellous comdey fox-trot song hit, written an composed by Jack Rolls and Raymond Wallace and featured with great success by Jack Payne

Edwardian golfer and observers. Date: early 1900s

Edwardian couple playing tennis -- the man runs to hit the ball. Date: early 1900s

Edwardian golfer taking a swipe at the ball -- his caddy cowers, afraid of being hit by the club. Date: early 1900s

Three cherubs fighting on a New Year card
Three cherubs fighting and breaking things on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Fowls of the Air
A British biplane flies over Fallujeh, on the Euphrates river, Iraq. It is returning to the town of Hit with supplies purchased from market, a number of dead fowls, unplucked

Focke Wulf FW 190A hit and rolling

Sir Malcolm Campbells Racing Car Bluebird, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. Hit the speed of 301 miles per hour. Date: 1935

German plane attacked by British anti-aircraft gun, WW1
A British scouting biplane, attacked by machine gun fire from a larger German aeroplane over Belgian territory, witnesses the enemy plane spiral to earth in flames after being hit by anti-aircraft

French trench artillery in action by Matania, WW1
French gunners firing mortars and trench guns across " No Mans Land" to the German positions. The French used special artillery for use in the trenches

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- a battered Austin taxi car, damaged by falling debris following a direct hit on sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Blitz in London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, part of the premises of the livery company, dating back to the 14th century, hit by a number of incendiary bombs, 18 September 1940

Blitz in London -- public shelter, Fieldgate Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- men clearing up after a direct hit on a public shelter in Fieldgate Street, East London, on 5 September 1940. Date: 1940

Cricket Leg Before Wicket
A batsman gets hit with the leg before wicket rule, as then the wicket keeper calls an appeal. Date: 1888

A batsman in the 19th century
A batsman demonstrating a shot to the leg side. Date: circa 1840

Blitz in London -- house in Carew Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a house in Carew Street, SE5, hit by a high explosive bomb on 29 August 1940. Three people were removed from the debris. Date: 1940

A painted wooden trench sign entitled DO NOT STAND ABOUT HERE - EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT HIT, SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE ! Inscribed - Issued by the 46th (North Midland)

A cat and her family in the Trenches - WWI
A cat and her family in the Trenches. The only inhabitants of a ruined farm near the front line. (The cat had evidently been hit by a shell fragment for one of its paws was missing)

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

Remains of German gun and ammunition, WW1
The remains of a German gun and ammunition hit by the British on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Last moments of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The last moments of HMS Courageous after being torpedoed by a German U-boat: the crew abandoning ship in the failing evening light

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

British Hurricane ramming Italian raider by G. H. Davis
The new technique in air attack during the Second World War: a British Hurricane ramming an Italian raider in mid-air. The British pilot said of the incident

First torpedo air attack by G. H. Davis
The Second World Wars first aircraft torpedo attack: a German destroyer hit. Torpedo-carrying aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm attacks a German destroyer off Trondheim. 11 April 1940

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

Successful Heligoland raid by G. H. Davis
A daring exploit by the RAF: the successful Heligoland raid. The intensive pattern attack by Wellington bombers on Heligoland: aircraft diving down on German warships

Rawalpindi outgunned by Deutschland by G. H. Davis
The first sea battle of the Second World War: the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindis heroic stand, outgunned by the Deutschland

Shell hole on road, Western Front, France, WW1
A shell hole in a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. It was the result of a British shell striking the road near a German ammunition wagon

Men fighting on the streets of London
Randulph defending himself against Philip Frewin and his myrmidons. Date: C18th

Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
Josephine Baker began her career as an entertainer dancing on Broadway. She travelled to Paris in 1925 to star in La Revue Negre. Her exotic dance style and costume made her an instant hit

Minnie Palmer, Actress
MINNIE PALMER American actress on stage and in films. Depicted here during her first visit to England, where she scored a big hit as Tina in /My sweetheart. Date: 1865 - 1932

All-Weather Golf
A woman golfer being taught how to hit the ball properly at Milbury Court all weather indoor golf club. Date: early 1930s

Offenbach, Cartoon
JACQUES OFFENBACH French musician, at the height of his popularity, 1864 - besieged by impresarios hoping to commission another hit. Date: 1819 - 1880

Lt Col Orde Lees about to hit the water after diving hea?
Lt Col Orde Lees about to hit the water after diving head first from Tower Bridge to demonstrate a Guardian Angel parachute, 11 November 1917

Japan - Geisha girl holding a badminton racquet (about to hit a ball) Date: circa 1904

WW1 - Damage to the Synagogue at Thann, Alsace, France
WW1 - The Synagogue at Thann, Alsace, France - The synagogue and bathhouse were heavily damaged by shelling during the First World War Date: 1915

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