Movements Collection (page 2)

World War I dog carts
The French army use dogs to haul supplies to their trench positions

Coal strike: movements towards an offical settlement 1926
Fillings in many of collieries was that the Genaral strike was coming to the end; a flow of men returning back to work steadily increased

Fancy dress costumes at the Picture Ball
A page from The Sketch showing the variety of fancy dress costumes worn at the Picture Ball, held at the Albert Hall in 1913 in aid of the Invalid Kitchens of London

German Troops 1918
Smart young German soldiers march proudly off to the Western Front to meet their fate. Date: 1918

British Reserves 1918
Young British reserve soldiers arrive on the Western Front and march past a huge crater created by enemy shells. Date: 1918

Australian Troops 1918
Australian field artillery troops advance to the Western Front with their horses and carts, watched by a group of British soldiers. Date: 1918

French troop train in World War One at a station
A French military troop train stops at a rural station, somewhere in France, and takes on refreshments and supplies at the military station canteen. Date: 1917

WW1 Troop movements: German POWs at Southampton, 1916
German prisoners of war on arrival at Southampton after their capture by the British during World War One. A train station can be seen on the left. Date: 1916

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

WW1 - British Horse unmasks a German spy hidden in haystack
WW1 - Behind British lines in a farmstead, a horse from a British cavalry patrol snatched a mouthful of hay from a stack, revealing a German officer

Aeronca L-3B - an agile and light handyman used to spot enemy movements, direct artilliary fire and even fly Generals to the front line

How staff are informed of movements at the Front by Matania
A scene in a stately French chateau. From the roar and the excitement of the trenches to the peaceful calm of a French chateau - a despatch rider at British headquarters with reports from

The Outflanking Machine by Heath Robinson
In this Heath Robinson cartoon, we have the steady advance of a bayonet wall bearing down on the German flank. This time, however, the bayonets are carried by a simple train engine

German strong point in Libyan desert by G. H. Davis
A German strong point in the Libyan desert during the Second World War. A stealthy prelude to major events: how a watch is kept by the Allies on enemy movements. Date: 1942

Cuttens pendulum recorder for psychical research
John Cuttens pendulum recorder (general view above, close-up below), for use in psychical research. This electronic device detects the movements of a pendulum which are recorded on the chart

Embarkation of Inniskilling Fusiliers
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, disembarking from a train at Tientsin (now Tianjin) docks for transfer to a troopship to take them back to Europe

Sir William G. Granet, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WILLIAM GUY GRANET (1867-1943) Italian born, British railway administrator, becoming general manager of the Midland Railway (later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway)

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind artificial screens to hide their movements. Date: circa 1905

Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s

Patches painted on the bow of the Queen Elizabeth
To record the movements of the hull at all stages of the ships plunge to the waters of the Clyde the white patches painted on the bow of the Queen Elizabeth are photographed by cine-camera when she

Spain (1910). Solidaridad Obrera, publication
" Spain (1910). " Solidaridad Obrera", publication of the Labour Societies. Cover with the news of the Labour National Congress (Barcelona, 4th November 1910)."

Germany (1892). Second Reich. Socialist demonstration at the Opera Square, Berlin (February 1892). Riot broken up by the police. Engraving

Gaudi Skeletons
Skeletons used by Catalan designer and architect, Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926), for the study of the structure and movements of the human body in order to create sculptures for the Sagrada Familia

Perspective picture of the twelve movements of a musical performance. Print shows a long hall receding into the background for a perspective view

Inniskillings at Chinese railway station
The Inniskilling Fusiliers, stationed in China, are ordered back to Europe to die on the western front : a scene in transit at Tientsin (now Tianjin)

Tea tango craze: learning to Tango, 1913
Ladies learning the tango standing in a circle, while teacher Mme Vicarni instructs and drills them in steps and movements. Here, the correct position of the arm is demonstrated. Date: 1913

U. s. Troops Paris 1917
The arrival of the first American troops in Paris, France. Date: 1917

Tango Couple (Bianchi)
Look, no hands ! He steers his partner with body movements alone... Date: circa 1914

Policemen on a stake-out
Non-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting

Accustoming learners to pedestrians / W H Robinson
Accustoming Learners To The Erratic movements of Pedestrians. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary

Egyptian Dancing Monkey
An Egyptian Dancing Monkey and owner, entertaining two small boys. The Monkeys owner has him dressed in a red dress and accompanies his movements with the beat of a hand-held drum

Turkish soldiers marching north of Rheims
Turkish soldiers marching to the north of Rheims during the First World War

Japanese juggler at St. Martins Hall
The Japanese performer and famous peg-top-man, Ja-En-See, spins his top with a string wound round it and contrives to make it go through such nimble

Konya, Turkey - A Main Street
A Main Street, Konya (also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium) in Turkey with troop movements visible. Dates from 3000 BC and successively came under the influence of the Hittites

Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin Airli
Photograph showing a large wall map of Berlin and its air corridors, in the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the airlift of 1948

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Proscenium of the English Opera House, in the Strand, formerly the Lyceum : with Walkers display of his EIDOURANIAN (showing the movements of the stars)

Reconnaissance Airships
Airships will be used for reconnoitring enemy positions and movements

Boer / Armoured Train / Iln
TROOP MOVEMENTS Soldiers travel in an armoured train near Frere

Miming a gesture, the method of registering sunshine, posed
Human speech the result of a variety of movements made by the muscles which control the lungs. A typical deaf-mute gesture, the sign language for sunshine

Franco Prussian War. Prussian barricade on the reuil Road: F
The reality of German occupation is summed up in this image of the Ffranco-Prussian war, where German soldiers control the movements of French labourers

French Troops Off to War
A poignant scene, showing two young women saying goodbye to French soldiers as they march enthusiastically away to the Western Front

Austrian Forces
In the face of growing unrest by Italian patriot movements, the Austrians bring more troops into Italy : a military camp

Cowpers Writing Telegraph
A diagram of Cowpers writing telegraph. Invented in 1878 by William Cowper (1819-1893), the machine was able to reproduce a message written some distance away by a process of interrupted electrical

Napoleon III Treviglio
Napoleon III, exercising personal command of the French expeditionary force, issues orders and directs troop movements at Treviglio

Boer on the March / 1899
TROOP MOVEMENTS Boers on the march through the Transvaal

Ww1 / Wurttemberg Trench
Wurttemberg troops observing. An officer uses a pair of binoculars in order to observe enemy movements

Wwi / British Staff Car
Four British soldiers in a staff car at an army base

Kaiser & Troops / 1915
Kaiser Wilhelm II watches from a balcony as German infantry, many of whom raise their helmets in salute, march off to the front line

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