Landing Collection (page 16)

Bishop Rock Lighthouse - Isle of Scilly

Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918
" The men were magnificent" : landing on the mole from HMS Vindictive. The story of the landing on Zeebrugge Mole was vividly told in the account issued by the Admiralty

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo buys a balloon, which lifts him up into the air, until he lands on a policemans head. Originally published in The Bonzo Book (Partridge, London). Date: 1925

Charles Balloon Soars
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid rises from the Champ de Mars, Paris : landing at Gonzesse it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Beach at Arromanches
Bathing tents in the shelter of the digue at Arromanches, Normandie : 40 years from now, this will be an important landing beach during the Allied invasion of Europe. circa 1905

Landing stage on the Nile at Keneh
A landing stage on the Nile at Keneh. Date: 1886

Landing in Paris
French aviator Jean Becheler, visiting Paris for the Exposition de l Aeronautique, lands his biplane outside le Grand Palais, in the heart of Paris, disrupting traffic... Date: January 1923

Jersey / Victoria Pier
Jersey: Queen Victoria landing at Victoria Pier Date: 1846

Paratroops Landing 1944
Allied paratroops land behind the enemy lines, to take the German defences in the rear Date: 6 June 1944

Victoria / Albert / Glasgow
Victoria and Albert on a visit to Glasgow, landing from the " Fairy" Yacht Date: 1849

Landing in Norway
Norway : German paratroopers gather in their parachutes after landing during their invasion of Norway Date: 1940

1688 William Iii / Exeter
William III landing at Torbay Date: 1688

PARACHUTE
JACQUES GARNERIN makes a descent over central London, landing near St Pancras Date: 21 September 1802

Soda Bay Springs Landing, Lake County, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Early morning, Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria

Landing of the Sultans troops, Casablanca, Morocco, during a period of unrest. Date: 1907

Arrival of French cruiser Galilee, Casablanca, Morocco
Arrival of the French naval cruiser Galilee, landing troops to protect French workers in Casablanca, Morocco. Date: 1907

City of Newcastle steamship, Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq
City of Newcastle, Ellerman-Hall Line steamship, at Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1933

Early monoplane landing
An early British monoplane making a nighttime landing. Image from Mrs Strangs Travel Play Book published c.1920.Date: circa 1915

Kings Theatre, Hammersmith
Promotional postcard showing the landing on the Grand Staircase of the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith Date: circa 1902

You Never Know Y Know by Martin Henry and Hannaford Bennett
Promotional postcard for You Never Know Y Know by Martin Henry and Hannaford Bennett, from La Puce a lOreille by Georges Feydeau (Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 2nd March 1907)

Castle interior, Gaesbeeck (Gsbeek), Lennik, Belgium
Castle interior with wooden staircase, Gaesbeeck (Gsbeek), Lennik, Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Fishermen landing mackerel, Newlyn, Cornwall
Three fishermen landing mackerel at Newlyn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall
Fisherman landing a four pound eight ounce pollock near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Steamer of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908

Kickamuit River at Touisset Neck, Massachusetts, USA
View of Kickamuit (or Kickemuit) River at Touisset Neck, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908

Steamers of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA
The river steamer Puritan, leaving the pier at Fall River, Massachusetts, on the way to New York (above) and the river steamer City of Bellow at the landing place of the Fall River Line at Newport

Cartoon, The tall story, WW1
Cartoon, The tall story. Showing a rumour circulating, from two men at the top of the Eiffel Tower down to two women at the foot of a staircase

WW2 poster, Amphibians, British and Allied, showing a range of amphibian tanks. Date: 1945

Fly to Beechams Pills for Perfect Health - Promo Prochure Date: 1930

Public Landing, New London, Connecticut, USA
View of the Public Landing, New London, Connecticut, USA, with the steamship ferry Orient. Date: circa 1908

East Martello Tower, Key West, Florida, USA
East Martello Tower and Pan American Airways landing field, Key West, Florida, USA. Date: 1929

Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USA
Mississippi River landing at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, with two steamboats, the Belle of Calhoun (left) and the Belle of the Bends (right). Date: circa 1905

Public landing, Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
View of the public landing on the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. In the foreground is the Telegraph river steamboat. circa 1890

Huntsman on horseback jumping a hedge, while another horse has fallen to the ground. Date: 1926

In England 2, 000 years ago: a prehistoric lake village
In England 2, 000 years ago: a prehistoric village organised and defended.The entrance to Glastonbury lake village of the ancient Britons: the skilfully built landing-stage

European coastline 1944
A double page spread of The Illustrated London News, published less than a month before the Allied D-Day Normandy landings

A Hypothetical Landing on an enemy coast
An illustration by Bryan de Grineau, published in The Illustrated London News less than a month before the D-Day Normandy landings

WW1 - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in Gallipolli
WW1 - The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), was a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that was formed in Egypt in 1915

Supermarine Spitfire IX floatplane (forward view) landing

Supermarine Channel landing

WW1 - Battle of Sari Bair - Heavy artillery advancement
WW1 - Battle of Sari Bair - The main operation started on 6th August 1915, with the intention of gaining a fresh landing north of Anzac at Suvla Bay

Short S8 Calcutta landing, pre delivery to Imperial

Boeing B-29 Enola Gay landing back on Tinian-Marianas after Hiroshima raid, 5 Aug 1945

Blackburn Skua with arrester wire hook down landing aboard an aircraft carrier

Airspeed AS 51 Horsa-these 24 await their compliment of troops and light vehicles before being towed to landing zones in occupied Europe

Douglas Dakota IV ZA947 landing RAE (now BBMF) in 1990
Douglas Dakota IV ZA947 of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (now BBMF) landing in 1990 Date: 1990

Convair CV880M VR-HFS Cathay Pacific landing Kai Tak - HK
Convair CV880M VR-HFS of Cathay Pacific landing at Hong Kong on 17 May 1962 Date: 1962

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