Land Collection (page 61)

Germans Enter Sofia
Bulgaria : Germans, with the approval of the Bulgarian government, enter Sofia

Norwegian Farmer
A farmer contemplates his land

Ploughing Circa 1745
Types of plough used in England

Vallum at down Hill
A view of the vallum at Down Hill. The Vallum was a mound and ditch system, lying directly behing Hadrians Wall. It acted as a mechanism for people-control

German Infantry 1940
German infantry in action - checked by barbed wire

Wwi / Polish Women Work
Germans force Polish women to work long hours on the land

Landing in Queensland
Emigrants to Australia land in Queensland and disembark from the ship

Channel Radio Link
This micro-ray radio link between Lympne in England and Saint-Inglevert in France enables cross-Channel aircraft to maintain contact with the land

Gladstone Vs Land League
THE IRISH DEVIL-FISH " The Creature is formidable but there is a way of resisting it..(it) is vulnerable through the head"

Chulkhurst Twins
ELIS(Z)A & MARY CHULKHURST: Known as the Biddenden Maids. Siamese twins joined at shoulder & hip. Left land in their will to provide for the poor - Biddenden dole

1917 / Craonne Cliff
The desolated battlefield at Craonne, showing the plateau cliffs

Rossini / Tell / Trio
The celebrated trio from Act Two in which Tell, Walter and Arnold swear to free Switzer- land from the Austrian yoke, which they will do before the final curtain falls

Marguerite De Provence
MARGUERITE DE PROVENCE queen of Louis IX of France, whom she accompanies to the Holy Land when he goes Crusading

Little Girl Praying
A little girl joins her hands in prayer and looks up to Heaven, thinking of that better land, far, far away

Sailor in Landing Order
A naval rating in landing order, ready to land on some foreign shore and claim it in Her Majestys name

Nilometer (Mayer) 1802
The Nilometer at Cairo

Patriotic American Card
An American soldier stands proudly beside a map of the USA: My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty

An Aerial Policeman
Speeding will be just as much an offence in the sky as on land, and we shall need aerial traffic cops to make sure aviators keep within the prescribed speed limits

Hunting with Airships
We can be sure that Man, by instinct a hunter, will turn the airship to good account and pursue the fowls of the air as eagerly as he chases the creatures of the land

Czech Lady in Russia
When a Czech aviator is forced to land in the Russian Carpathians she gets a dubious welcome from local peasants who, she discovers, have never seen an aeroplane before

Plane Meets Cow
A German biplane, forced to land in Russian territory, is confronted by a hostile cow whose horns threaten the planes fragile structure

Pall Mall Game C18
Gentleman enjoy a game of pall mall, a French hybrid of golf and croquet played on a large strip of land; the idea is to hit a ball through a raised hoop

Legend of Childes Tomb
Childe, Lord of Plymstock, is overcome by snow on Dartmoor. He writes a will in horses blood leaving his lands to whoever buries him. Tavistock monks do this & gain the land

Thomas / Mignon / Liebig 2
Act 1 scene 6 : Mignon asks Wilhelm Meister if he knows the land where the orange tree blossoms ?

German Rocket Experiment
German rocket experiments on a windswept spit of land - filling the device with its chemical fuel

Cyrus Returns the Jews
Kurash II (Cyrus), king of Persia, takes Babylon and allows the captive Jews to return to their own land, where they will rebuild Jerusalem

Wwi Land Girls / Photo
Land girls of the first World War manoeuvre a heavy log under the appraising eyes of two countrymen

Lorgues / Land from Pinta
Columbus sights land from the prow of the Pinta

Jesuss Robe
Jesuss robe, retrieved from the Holy Land in 326 by the empress Helena, and subsequently preserved in the cathedral at Trier, Germany

Monks Farming
German monks farming

Building Society Advert
Advertisement for the National Freehold Land and Building Society featuring a man and a woman with bicycles looking admiringly at nice suburban housing

Stevenson. Poems
The Little Land

Gossip about Fairies 40
Sometimes water nymphs and land-based fairies meet at the waters edge for a friendly frolic, which may result in mer-babies or other amphibious offpring

Future Factory
Motor Factory with Provision for Helicopters to Land on the Roof

Trading Centre
Intercontinental Trading Port where Aircraft Land to Unload and Load their Cargoes of Merchandise

Huge Hippo and People
An extraordinary depiction of a hippopotamus savaging hunters in an exotic landscape - it is the size of an elephant, and seems more a creature of land than water

Transport Exhibition
The Land: Transport pavilion of the South Bank (Festival of Britain) Exhibition, celebrating British achievements in Rail, Road, Sea, Air transport etc

Captain Boycott thanks labourers for help with harvesting his potato crop, a harvest which had been boycotted by his tennants due to the evictions

Ladies Land League
Dispersing a Ladies Land League meeting. The league was formed in 1881 by Anna Parnell and favoured reduced rents and resistance to the evictions

German Invasion - 1
When the Germans invade England, the first thing they will do after landing is to make for the stations and seize control of the railways (scene 1 of 4)

Chemical Warfare
Chemical weapons will wipe out entire populations in future wars, enabling the aggressor to take over the country without encountering any resistance

Chemical War in London
Chemical warfare will be the determining factor in the next war : London will be destroyed by chemical attacks on its inhabitants, leading to fires and other destruction

Scientific Weaponry
Lets hope we never have to use the weapons that todays science puts in our grasp !

Harvesting in the USA
UNITED STATES - In the land of sunshine and plenty, harvesting, like all other things, is done on a large scale, and machines cutting a wide swath are necessary

Norman Conquest 10 of 16
Williams cavalry land and head for Hastings to obtain supplies

Transport / Flight / Balloon
Ballooning pioneers Charles and Robert land at Nesles, France

Crusaders Ships
Crusaders embarking for the Holy Land - galleys row them out from the shore to the sailing ship where the crew are stowing away the cargo

John Mandeville
JOHN MANDEVILLE - writer of travels to India and the Holy Land - seen here taken the leave of Edward III

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