Minutes Collection

R. Bannister Runs Mile
Roger Bannister of Great Britain, with a time of 3 mins 59.4 seconds, becomes the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes, at the Iffley Road Sports Ground, England

De Havilland Aircraft Company Poster
Poster, De Havilland Aircraft Company, From Mildenhall to Melbourne in 70 Hours 59 Minutes winning the Worlds Greatest Race

Nottingham Forest vs. Derby County F. A. Cup Final, 1898
Illustration of John McPherson scoring the third goal for Nottingham Forest in their F.A. Cup Final Match against Derby County, played at Crystal Palace, London, 1898

LA Boheme / Puccini / I
La BOHEME Act I: within the first few minutes of meeting, Rodolfo and Mimi declare their love for each other Date: late 19th century

Western Airways Ltd Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare

The Great Western Railway service from Penzance
The inaugural trip of the Great Western Railway service from Penzance. The new express service, which shortens the journey by forty minutes

UFOS / SIBERIAN FIREBALL
Crew of the British steamer Siberian, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, see a huge ball of fire rise from the sea, move against the wind, then move away after 5 minutes

The Great Fight for the Championship

The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923
Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Ufos / New Mexico / Villa
UFO from Coma Berenices whose nine occupants spoke with Paul Villa for 90 minutes at Peralta, though what they talked about, no one knows 1 of 4

Transport / Flight / Airship
SANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize Date: July 1901

Gilbert Jessop (1874-1955)
Photograph of Gilbert Jessop, the Gloucestershire and England batsman, who was famous for his feats of quick-scoring - he once scored a century in only 40 minutes

Mediumship / Satirical
THE PLEASURES OF HAT-MOVING To perform this scientific experiment, the experimenters must touch hands for 20 minutes or so

Sectional drawing of the Lusitania showing the German U-boat responsible for the torpedo which sunk it in 18 minutes on May 7th 1915, with the loss of 1200 lives

Leningrad Library
Reading in the library despite constant bombing - during the siege, bombs landed about every 3 minutes. The sign reads Please keep quiet

Salamanca 1812 (Kelly)
At SALAMANCA Wellington scores a great victory, destroying a third of the French army in 45 minutes : British losses were only one-third of the French

Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 125482. The third production aircraft of ten completed, 125482 was bailed to the Allison Engine Company for flight testing of turboprop engines at Edwards Air Force Base in

Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton leaves Gloster Meteor EE549 at Fa?
Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton leaves Gloster Meteor EE549 at Farnborough after flying from Le Bourget to Croydon in 20 minutes at an average speed of 616mph on 16 January 1947

I Destroyed Two In Less Than Five Minutes
An illustration which shows the back of a WW2 fighter plane pilot from inside his cockpit, as he trails another aircraft. Date: circa 1940s

Royal Aero Club Mechanic armbands, Daily Mail Circuit
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely rare mechanic armbands from The Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Competition, circa 1911

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Traffic Signals, by H. M. Bateman
Policeman: Now, sir. Come along. You've been waiting here for the last ten minutes. What's the matter? Reveller: Conshtable, I can't poshibly proceed till that light goes green

Traffic at Ludgate Circus is halted and passers-by stand still to observe a minute's silence on Armistice Day Date: 1926

Baraduc 60 Mins Paranormal Photography 15 October
baraduc, 60, mins, paranormal, photography, 15, october, 1907, french, researcher, hippolyte, photographs, wife, nadine, minutes, death, succeeded, photographing, departing, soul, history

BARADUC - 20 MINS AFTER
French researcher Hippolyte Baraduc photographs his wife Nadine 20 minutes after her death, and has perhaps succeeded in photographing her departing soul Date: 15 October 1907

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Heinkel He 162A-2 VH515
Royal Aircraft Establishment - Heinkel He 162A-2 VH513 (Werknummer 120227, Air Min 65), (marked as Red 2 of 2/JagdGeschwader 1 when it was captured)

Comic postcard, Couple on a bench at night Date: 20th century

Joke notice, Lost Hours
Joke notice, Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, Two Golden Hours, each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No Reward is offered, for they are Lost For Ever. early 19th century

Faust in Five Minutes, by Henry Walker
Promotional music sheet for Faust in Five Minutes, a Musical Medley Historiette written by Henry Walker and sung by Howard Paul

Photography by wireless radio, taking one hour and three minutes from London to New York. 1926

United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune 89082 The Turtle (msn 26-1003), (often incorrectly referred to as The Truculent Turtle)29 September 1946

GROTTES DU LOUP
In Les Grottes du Loup (Grotto of the Wolf) ten minutes walk from the Basilica, is a cave, The Palace of the Madonna, where a stone seems to have been carved in her likeness Date: 1907

Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820
Gloster Sapphire Meteor F.8 WA820 at the 1950 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. In the background can be seen Gloster Meteor F.4 VZ389 and Avro Lincoln B.2 RA657 of Flight refuelling Ltd

MiG 29s at Fairford
Mikoyan MiG-29s from the Gromov Flight Institute in Ukraine, flying in formation, minutes away from colliding over the active aircraft parking area at Fairford. Date: 1993

Ufos / Abductions / Schirmer
At Ashland, Nebraska, police officer Herbert Schirmer encounters a landed UFO, misses 20 minutes; later under hypnosis he recalls abduction by aliens

Schirmer Abduction
At Ashland, Nebraska, police patrolman Herbert Schirmer encounters a UFO while on duty, later reports 20 minutes of missing time

Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon

Fine Timbered House, Audenshaw - Droylsden Area, Lancashire
Fine Timbered House, Thought to be in the Audenshaw/Droylsden Area, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Sign reads GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY - THREE MINUTES WALK TO FAIRFIELD STATION Date: 1900s

Roger Bannister
SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER CBE, neurologist and athlete best known for being the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Date: 1929 -

Southern Belle Express
The London to Brighton express is made up of five to seven Pullman coaches, and covers the 81 kilometres in less than 60 minutes

Daisy Headache Cure
Daisy headache cure : cures splitting headaches in a phew minutes

Find the Fault card No. 7 -- pocket watch. circa 1930s

Minutes of the Council of Jaca. 11th century. Fragment of an illuminated scroll. At the bottom, bishops. Diocesan Archives. Huescas Cathedral. Spain

Italy. Venice. The Clocktower with astronomical clock. 15th century. St. Marks square

Bathroom Water Heater
A new gas heater that provides instant hot water to bath and handbasin. A hot bath in approximately five minutes in summer or slightly longer during winter months - wow! Date: 1960s

2 Minutes Silence
Two minutes silence - before getting on with the next war... Date: 1933

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