Metre Collection

OLYMPICS / 1948 / 10, 000 MET
Emil Zatopek (Czech) sets the 10, 000 metre record

Olympics / 1936 / Jesseowens
JESSE OWENS Jesse Owens breaks the 100 metre record

Olympics / 1936 / Jesseowens
JESSE OWENS Jesse Owens breaks the 200 metre record

OLYMPICS / 1948 / 400 METRE
Arthur Wint (Jamaica) sets the 400 metre record

OLYMPICS / 1912 / 200M FINAL
200 metre final: 1st - Craig, USA 2nd - Lippincott, USA 3rd - Applegarth, UK

Sikorsky Bomber
Igor Sikorsky designed this bomber for the United States Army, with a 30 metre wing span, and an anticipated speed of 225 km/h

Ufos / Varginha, Brazil
Two creatures, 1 metre tall, said to be Extraterrestrials, are captured alive by Brazilian army intelligence, who take them away secretly and deny the whole affair

Siege of Port Arthur - 203 Hill - Japanese Memorial
Japanese memorial on the summit of 203 Hill, high ground located in Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China - scene of bloody fighting between Japanese

Knavesborough
A pencil drawing of Knavesborough, a market town in north Yorkshire, with its 24.5 metre high gritstone viaduct. Upon nearing completion in 1848, the viaduct collapsed into the River Nidd

A small group at Smithfield's Market looking at beef cattle. Meat had been traded on the site of Smithfield's for over 800 years, but the present building was opened in 1868

Presentation of medals to the 100 metre men. Date: 1912

400 metre final: 1st - Redpath, USA 2nd - Braun, Germany 3rd - Lindberg, USA Date: 1912

Remains of Russian Cannon on 203 Hill
The remains of Russian Cannon on 203 Hill - high ground located in Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China

Ypres battlefields Entry Point North, Klein Zwaanhof
The Ypres battlefield has been divided into three areas, each with walking and cycling routes, and each featuring a particular aspect of the land

Lord Burghley engaged to Lady Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 - 1981), Lord Burghley, athlete, sports official and Conservative party politician pictured at the time of his engagement to Lady Mary

Beard / Louis Coulon 1904
Monsieur Louis Coulon of Montlucon, France, and his 3.3 metre beard

Abrahams wins the 100m final, 1924 Paris Olympics
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 14 January 1978), British athlete of Jewish origin pictured winning the 100 metre sprint final at the Paris Olympic Games of 1924

GLC-LFB Turntable ladder
A Saxon Dodge 30 metre (100 foot) turntable ladder showing the outrigger jacks deployed which provide stability to the ladder when in use

Ufos / Santos / Brazil
Moyses Santos, of Belo Horizonte, is visited by six 1.2 metre aliens, who float clumsily round the room, bumping into furniture, then exit through the wall

Cheesecloth
Ethel Beenham, Harry Prices secretary, demonstrates how a sheet of cheesecloth 2 metres by half a metre can be fitted into a deceiving mediums mouth or other orifice

Parisian Jocko Seller
Jockos - a Parisian woman carries a basket full of long loaves called jockos, the forerunner of the modern-day baguette. Date: circa 1870

Switzerland - Gasterin Thal, the Schilthorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Schilthorn. The Schilthorn is a 2, 970 metre high summit of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern

Yachts Meteor and White Heather at Cowes, IOW
Yachts Meteor (belonging to Kaiser Wilhelm II) and White Heather (belonging to Mr Myles Kennedy) at sea during the Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight. They were taking part in the 23-metre class. Date: 1914

Yacht Racing
Yacht racing at Burnham-on- Crouch, Essex, England. With spinnaker set, an International 6 metre class boat, the Blue Cat. Date: 1950s

Cross-braced bogie for metre gauge wagons, c.1979 Date: circa 1979

Metre gauge cross-braced bogie, British Rail

Scene at the Cowes Yacht Race, Isle of Wight
Scene during the Royal London Yacht Clubs annual race at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Seen here are the four starters in the 19 metre class: Mariquila, Octavia

FLICA YACHT
The Flica International Rule 12 Metre Class Racing Yacht, built by Camper & Nicolson in 1929, designed by Sir Richard Fairey. Here flying her flags at the end of her 1933 win

Ragnhild Hveger
Danish swimmer RAGNHILD HVEGER (b. 1920), who was the holder, in 1941, of no less than 19 world records at one time. 400 metre Silver medal winner at 1936 Olympics. Date: 1930s

R101 at Cardington - 3
The 223-metre long R.101 on the ground at Cardington : a great many men are required to hold it down to earth. Date: 1929

Monsieur Coulon and his amazing beard
Monsieur Louis Coulon (b.1826 in Vandenesse, France) - a Mould-maker of Montlucon, who had a record-breaking beard (3.3m) - pictured here being held by two children

Making of the standard International Metre
The making of the standard International Metre in France

Olympics / 1932 / Swimming
Miyazaki, aged 16 (Japan), winner of 100 metre freestyle, beating Weissmullers record

Dinosaur / Tylosaurus
TYLOSAURUS DYSPELOR 10-metre marine dinosaur, reconstructed from remains found in chalk deposits in Kansas, USA

London Wall Newgate 1903
A 20-metre length of Londons Roman Wall, discovered when Newgate Prison was demolished, and subsequently demolished in its turn

Olympics / 1932 / Swimming
The start of the womens 100 metre freestyle with Helene Madison in the foreground

Olympics / 1948 / Swimming
Ann Curtis (USA) sets the record for the 400 metre womens freestyle

OLYMPICS / 1948 / 5000 METRE
Gaston Rieff (Belgium) sets the 5000 metre record

OLYMPICS / 1948 / 200 METRE
Melvin Patton (USA) wins the 200 metres

Olympics / 1932 / Hurdles
Mens 3000 metre hurdles: Evenson (Great Britain) wins the heat, but comes 2nd in the final

OLYMPICS / 1928 / WOMEN 100M
Robinson wins womens 100 metre final

Olympics / 1912 / Hurdles
110 metre hurdles: FW Kelly, USA

Olympics / Paris 1900 Bois
The 500 metre race is run in the Bois de Boulogne between trees and spectators!

Lady in Court Dress 1770
A lady in the Court Dress of the Year 1770 - her skirt must be more than a metre in diameter, resembling the farthingales of earlier periods

Anne of Denmark Costume
Anne of Denmark, queen of James VI of Scotland/ I of England, wears the farthingale which is de rigueur for ladies of rank : they can be more than a metre wide !

Metric Series - Length
Length - a metre

Metric Series - Surface
Surface - a square metre

Metric Series - Volume
Volume - a cubic metre

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