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Operation Collection (page 6)

Background imageOperation Collection: Bosnia - C Squadron Queen?s Dragoon Guards

Bosnia - C Squadron Queen?s Dragoon Guards
C Squadron Queen?s Dragoon Guards. One of 60 photographs of the deployment of the 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards in Bosnia, June to December 1996

Background imageOperation Collection: Bosnia - 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards on patrol, Kljuc

Bosnia - 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards on patrol, Kljuc
1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards on patrol, Kljuc. One of 60 photographs of the deployment of the 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards in Bosnia, June to December 1996

Background imageOperation Collection: First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943

First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943
Lantern slide showing infantry moving up for the First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943; Churchill tanks which took part in the operation can be seen in the background

Background imageOperation Collection: WW2 - Operation Overlord - unloading equipment

WW2 - Operation Overlord - unloading equipment
Photograph, 7 Jun 1944: unloading transport, tanks, stores and equipment, from landing ship tank Associated with Operation Overlord, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)

Background imageOperation Collection: Operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit

Operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit
Photograph: an operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps, in an Italian prison still under enemy fire

Background imageOperation Collection: Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan

Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan
Photograph from a compact disc of multimedia. Associated with Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan (2001-2014), 2006. Date: 2006

Background imageOperation Collection: ?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly... ?, 1995

?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly... ?, 1995
?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly...?, 1995. Colour hotolithograph recruiting poster published by the Armed Forces Careers office, 1996. Date: 1996

Background imageOperation Collection: British Air Defence Exercises - Searchlight operators

British Air Defence Exercises - Searchlight operators
Air Defence Exercises - 90cm Anti-Aircraft Searchlight operators. Date: circa 1940

Background imageOperation Collection: Brain stereotaxy

Brain stereotaxy - using apparatus to locate the target of a medical operation. Date: 1897

Background imageOperation Collection: Ruston steam engine, vineyard in Penedes, Catalonia, Spain

Ruston steam engine, vineyard in Penedes, Catalonia, Spain
Ruston steam engine in operation at the Marques de Monistrol cava-producing vineyard in the Penedes district of Catalonia, Spain. The machine had a straw-burning engine and was used for ploughing

Background imageOperation Collection: HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering seaplane

HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering seaplane
HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering her seaplane (detailed on this card as " Her small child" !). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy

Background imageOperation Collection: Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama

Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama
History. Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama. Deutsches Museum(Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Background imageOperation Collection: Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama

Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama. Deutsches Museum. Munich. Germany

Background imageOperation Collection: Coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation of minecard

Coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation of minecard
History. Mining. coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation by minecart. 19th century. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Background imageOperation Collection: Room work in a potash mine. 1925

Room work in a potash mine. 1925
History. Mining. Room work in a potash mine. 1925. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Background imageOperation Collection: American Signal Box Int

American Signal Box Int
The interior of a signal box using Saxby and Farmers system of switches and signals. The standing man shifts the levers, his colleague uses the telegraph. Date: 1875

Background imageOperation Collection: Coaling by night at Singapore 1876

Coaling by night at Singapore 1876
Coaling by night at Singapore; an important function of the worlds ports is to supply coal, and teams of workers are needed to carry out the operation basket by basket... Date: 1876

Background imageOperation Collection: Buiding the Houses of P

Buiding the Houses of P
The Hoisting-scaffold in operation during the construction of the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Pugin. Date: 1850

Background imageOperation Collection: Suez Construction 4

Suez Construction 4
Digging the cutting between the Sweet Water canal and Nefiche : giving some idea of the massive scale of the operation, most of which is done by manual labour. Date: 1863

Background imageOperation Collection: Santa Rita Motor 1881

Santa Rita Motor 1881
The operation of the Santa Rita motor vehicle of Drumen & Saco is a little obscure... Date: 1881

Background imageOperation Collection: Vernon at Cartagena / 1741

Vernon at Cartagena / 1741
The Spanish American port of Cartagena besieged by Admiral Vernon. Despite Vernons claims, the operation was a failure, and many men were lost through disease. Date: March 1741

Background imageOperation Collection: Graf Zeppelin on Ground

Graf Zeppelin on Ground
LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN Manoeuvring the greatest of the Zeppelins out of its hangar is a delicate operation Date: 1931

Background imageOperation Collection: Steam shovel at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction

Steam shovel at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction
Bucyrus steam shovel in operation, at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction, loading railcars with soil. Date: circa 1914

Background imageOperation Collection: Theatre nurse at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall

Theatre nurse at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall
Theatre nurse in an operating theatre at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall. Date: 1980

Background imageOperation Collection: Two theatre nurses at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall

Two theatre nurses at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall
Two theatre nurses in an operating theatre at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall. Date: 1980

Background imageOperation Collection: Barnardo boys in London during evacuation

Barnardo boys in London during evacuation
Barnardo boys in transit through London during a pre-war evacuation operation in September 1938. Date: 1938

Background imageOperation Collection: Insert of cover design, Popular Flying

Insert of cover design, Popular Flying
Insert reproduction of cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, July 1936. Running the Gauntlet(s), showing a Hawker Demon (with a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine) of 23F Squadron

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Hindenburg in the saddle

WW1 - Hindenburg in the saddle
WW1 - Depicting Paul Von Hindeburgs (1847 - 1934), Germanys Chief of the General Staff, commanding loyal co-operation from the Austrian armies on the Eastern Front

Background imageOperation Collection: Allied Invasion forces gather

Allied Invasion forces gather
The scene in an English village in May 1944, as the Allied forces gather in preparation for the invasion of the continent

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - German gas attack

WW1 - German gas attack
WW1 - Illustrating a gas attack in the eastern war zone from an aerial viewpoint. The poisonous cloud rolls before a westerly wind towards the Russian lines

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Zeppelin holding up Norwegian Vessel, North Sea, 1915

WW1 - Zeppelin holding up Norwegian Vessel, North Sea, 1915
WW1 - An illustration from a German paper, showing a German airship holding up a Norwegian steamer, the Muyrek, in the North Sea

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Patrolled U-Boat over Heligoland, German Islands

WW1 - Patrolled U-Boat over Heligoland, German Islands
WW1 - An illustration showing two air-crafts patrolling over Heligoland. From their aeroplanes, they observe a U-Boat hidden in the rough waters of the North Sea. Date: 1915

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Lady aviator air-gunner demonstration in aeroplane

WW1 - Lady aviator air-gunner demonstration in aeroplane
WW1 - An illustration of Mrs A. S. Hitchcock who was part of the Italian Army for expert skill in aeroplane operation. She is seen here giving a demonstration within Italian lines for a number of

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Russian reconnaissance plane, 1915

WW1 - Russian reconnaissance plane, 1915
WW1 - A Russian airfield covered in snow with Russian sky-pilots seated in their aircraft. Surrounded by their fellow airmen

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - British seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915

WW1 - British seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915
WW1 - Seven British seaplanes flying towards their first real oversea air raid. The British naval pilots on a mission to bomb various enemy naval works in Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - French air reconnaisance, 1914

WW1 - French air reconnaisance, 1914
WW1 - French air-scouts on a Breguet biplane. A Sergeant of Engineers is piloting, one passenger is observing the country below, the other throws out a cylindrical case containing a message

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in Gallipolli

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

Background imageOperation Collection: WW1 - Battle of Sari Bair - Heavy artillery advancement

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

Background imageOperation Collection: Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat -too big for carrier operation

Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat -too big for carrier operation and too late for the war

Background imageOperation Collection: German Type AE observation balloon

German Type AE observation balloon, copied from a French model, which was used extensively from early summer 1916 onwards. It was capable of day and night operation

Background imageOperation Collection: Consdolidated B-24H Liberator -later, bigger, faster an

Consdolidated B-24H Liberator -later, bigger, faster and longer ranged than Boeings B-17, the Liberator served in all theatres of operation

Background imageOperation Collection: An S. A. S. parachute operation in the Malayan jungle

An S. A. S. parachute operation in the Malayan jungle
A squadron of 57 Special Air Service (S.A.S.) paratroops parachuting into the deep Perak jungle searching for Malayan Communists. Date: 1952

Background imageOperation Collection: Listening for counter-mining in the First World War

Listening for counter-mining in the First World War
A French officer of engineers in a mine-gallery, listening for German counter-mining with special drums and microphones. A very delicate operation. Date: 1917

Background imageOperation Collection: South Africa - Washing gear and floor

South Africa - Washing gear and floor
Black and white image of mining operation, South Africa.. Part of Box 287, South Africa Diamond Mines, Boswell Collection. Slide number 31. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageOperation Collection: Switzerland - Lake of Lucerne, View from the Rigi

Switzerland - Lake of Lucerne, View from the Rigi
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Lake of Lucerne from Mount Rigi, Queen of the Mountains. In the foreground appears to be a train track, that of the Rigi-Bahnen

Background imageOperation Collection: Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2

Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2
Sir Ernest Gowers (1880-1966), civil servant in charge of Civil Defence in London, watching rescue operations during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Background imageOperation Collection: Blitz in London -- inside a bombed church, WW2

Blitz in London -- inside a bombed church, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with a hosepipe inside a bombed church, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageOperation Collection: Blitz in London -- salvage operation, WW2

Blitz in London -- salvage operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- a salvage operation on a bomb site following an air raid. Date: 1940s



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