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WWII Night time in London, September 1939Piccadilly after dark in the first few days of the Second World War, a man in uniform already in evidence on the streets. Date: 1939
Outbreak of WWII - crowds outside Downing StreetA large crowd gathered outside 10 Downing Street at 11 o clock on 3 September 1939, at the time the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain was broadcasting the announcement of war. Date: 1939
Outbreak of WWII - Queen visits Vincent Square hospital 1939Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) pictured visiting the Vincent Square Infants Hospital in Victoria, London, just before the declaration of war in September 1939
Outbreak of WWII - theatres close downCovers being drawn over seats in the auditorium of the Palace Theatre in Manchester. All theatres in London and the provinces were initially closed due to a war order concerning places where crowds
Outbreak of WWII - Sphere cover - Proclamation of war LondonFront cover of The Sphere with photograph depicting an official proclamation about the declaration of war made by Mr W. J
Outbreak of WWII - Germans leave London 1939Dr. Kordt, German Charge d Affaires in London, leaving the capital with his wife upon declaration of war in September 1939. Date: 1939
Outbreak of WWII - removing Canterburys priceless glassThe stained glass in the east windows of Canterbury Cathedral, being removed as a precaution after the outbreak of war in September 1939. Date: 1939
Outbreak of WWII Parisian greengrocer listens to the newsSeptember, 1939. A greengrocer from Montmartre in Paris enjoys a quiet supper behind his shop and switches on the radio to listen to the news. Date: 1939
Outbreak of WWII Germans trying to leave EnglandGermans resident in Britain attempting to return to Germany by the S. S. Europa which was scheduled to arrive at Southampton but never materialised. Date: 1939
Outbreak of WWII English tourists at DieppeA large number of English tourists were caught on the Continent when war broke out in September 1939. Photograph shows crowds on the quayside at Dieppe trying to gain passage back to Britain
Scene of Morant Bay Rebellion in JamaicaThe Governors house in Spanish town, during the outbreak of rebellion in Jamaica in 1865. A platoon of soldiers march in front the governors house
People by the Victoria Memorial, outbreak of WW1A crowd of people by the Victoria Memorial, London, on the outbreak of the First World War, August 1914. 1914
Poster, Freedom is in Peril, WW2Poster, Freedom is in Peril, defend it with all your might, Ministry of Information. 1939
British naval warships in Plymouth Harbour, Devonshire, England, only months before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: February 1939
Ashes of burnt bodies during Chinese plague outbreakMounds of ashes of cremated bodies and coffins during the plague outbreak in China around 1911. Officials with their faces covered by masks or cloths stand by the ash heaps. Date: C.1911
RUSSIA KRONSTADTBirds-eye view of the harbour at the outbreak of the Crimea War. Date: 1854
Statement from the Prime Minister on the outbreak of WW2Statement from the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the outbreak of WW2 " We have taken our stand". Date: 1939
WW2 poster, Beware of SpiesWW2 poster, Warning! Beware of Spies! Don t Talk. The Enemy Has Ears Everywhere. Published in September 1939, on the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: 1939
The Hand of Militarism in Europe, WW1 outbreakLike a modern Gulliver playing the war-game with the troops of Lilliput - a Sinister Picture suggesting the present state of things in Europe
Admirals of the British Navy, WW1The Sure Shield of Britain -- twelve Admirals of the British Navy on the outbreak of the First World War. They are: Rear Admirals Wemyss, Dudley De Chair, Warrender, King Hall, Limpus
Times newspaper headlines, Britain at War, WW1The Times newspaper headlines for 5 August 1914, Britain at War, announcing the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 5 August 1914
Russian Virgin VisionAt the outbreak of hostilities, Russian soldiers are encouraged by a vision of the Virgin Mary, but she is unable to save them from defeat
The super-dreadnought MonarchBritish super-dreadnought battleship, " Monarch" completed in 1912 and pictured at the beginning of the First World War
Crowds gathered outside War Office in August 1914, WW1Scene outside the War Office in Whitehall, London following the declaration of war in August 1914. Note the ubiquity of the straw boater among the men gathered there. Date: 1914
Suffragette Grace Roe Arrest 1914. Grace Watney Rose (1885-1979) was arrested in May 1914 when police raided the W.S.P.Us headquarters Lincolns Inn House
Britainnia ready by E. T. ReedReady! Decks cleared and mistress of herself. Britainnia stands posed with sword and shield, surveying the British naval fleet at the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
The British fleet at SpitheadThe British Fleet was concentrated at Spithead a fortnight before the outbreak of World War I. Twenty-two miles of warships ranging from Dreadnoughts to Destroyers passed in procession before King
Sir Edward Grey & Lord Haldane, outbreak of First World WarLord Haldane (Lord Chancellor, formerly Secretary of State for War) and Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) on their way to a Cabinet meeting during the crisis leading up to the First World War
Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly, Austro-Hungarian AmbassadorCount Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Diechstrichstein (1861-1945), Austrian Ambassador in London at the time of the outbreak of the First World War
Cartoon, The Glorious Twelfth -- the Bird to be brought down this August being not a Grouse but a Mad Eagle. A comment on the warmongering Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Mailed Fist strikes at last, WW1The mailed fist strikes at last. The German Empires challenge and the British Empires answer on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
Demonstration in Vienna, Austria, beginning of WW1Street scene showing people (mostly men) at a demonstration in Vienna, Austria, to celebrate the alliance between Austria and Germany on the outbreak of the First World War
The coal yard in Kings Arms Yard, Drury Lane, LondonConcern over the outbreak of Cholera highlighted this scene at night in the coal yard of The Kings Arms Yard in Drury Lane
Moran?s War Map, coloured to show Britain and her AlliesMap: Moran?s War Map, coloured to show Britain and her Allies, Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the neutral nations at the outbreak of the First World War
Cholera epidemic, Tiberias, IsraelCholera epidemic, Tiberias, Lower Galilee, Israel, 1-15 October 1918 -- chart drawn by the American Zionist Medical Unit (part of a missionary society), showing cases to the west of Bahar Jehud
Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum
Henri De BelsunceHENRI FRANCOIS XAVIER de BELSUNCE de CASTEL-MORON Bishop of Marseille, who won great repute for his heroism during at outbreak of plague in that city. Date: 1671 - 1755
Leaving Paris 1914Following the outbreak of war and the French Governments move to Bordeaux, many people leave Paris, including those seen here leaving for England by train from the Gare du Nord 1914
Poltergeists / BristolThe Lamb Inn, Bristol, (demolished 1905) scene of a classic outbreak of poltergeist activity in the family of Mr Richard Giles Date: 1761
Stone Trowing 1849At Saint-Quentin, France, an outbreak of stone-throwing is linked to a young servant-girl but she is not herself responsible Date: 1849
USS Tennessee, American cruiser, Falmouth, WW1The American cruiser USS Tennessee at Falmouth in August 1914. She was en route to Europe and the Middle East, laden with gold
Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2A reconnaissance planeRoyal Aircraft Factory BE 2A two-seater reconnaissance plane, the first British aircraft to land in France two weeks after the outbreak of the First World War
Bristol 142M Blenheim I had become obsolescent by the outbreak of war and took a mauling at German hands
Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley V -already obsolete by the outbreak of war Always confined to night operations
Sir Edward Grey in parliament on the eve of WWIThe Foreign Minister, Sir Edward Grey (1862 - 1933), making his momentous statement on the eve of World War I at the House of Commons. Date: 3rd August 1914
The Right Hon F E Smith, War Censor in Chief, WW1The Right Hon F E Smith MP, appointed War Censor in Chief, President of the newly formed Government Press Bureau, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
Collecting and branding horses, WW1Wanted for the Army -- collecting and branding horses for troops at the stables of W H Smith, the famous newsagents, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
Crowd in Whitehall, London, outbreak of WW1Waiting for War: the Crowd in Whitehall, London, waiting for news of the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914