Rescue Collection (page 10)

RAF Survival School, Plymouth, where air crew are taught how to survive after ditching their aircraft. Seen here is a man in the water wearing an inflatable lifejacket. Date: 1966

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the coastguard rescue party, setting off on an emergency call with ropes and other equipment

RSPCA with chimpanzee, Heathrow Airport, London
RSPCA staff with a young chimpanzee, Animal Rescue Centre, Heathrow Airport, London. 1965

RSPCA tending a sick animal, Heathrow Airport, London
RSPCA staff tending a sick animal at the Animal Rescue Centre, Heathrow Airport, London. Date: 1965

Fantastic Adventures - The house that hate build
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1953, featuring the story The house that hate build by Peter Dakin. A huge weird looking face appeared in the distance watching how two men trying to rescue

Happy Families - Miss Blaze. circa 1940s

Prince Edward rescuing his father at Battle of Evesham
King Henry IIIs life is saved by his son Prince Edward (later Edward I) during the Battle of Evesham on 4 August 1265. 1265

Crusade of Rescue Offices, London
The offices of the Crusade of Rescue (now renamed the Catholic Childrens Society), 48 Compton Street, London Date: circa 1910

Shipwreck off a rocky coast, c. 1815
A ship is wrecked in a stormy sea off a rocky coast. People on shore try to rescue half-drowned survivors. A broken rowing boat has been washed up or dragged to shore

Frog rescue on a Christmas and New Year card -- five frogs try to rescue their friend from the beak of a large duck. Date: circa 1890s

Warming apparatus - Sir John Franklin search expedition
Warming apparatus on board the ships used in the search for the missing Sir John Franklin expedition. Date: 1848

Fairies with flower and insect on a Christmas card
Two fairies with a pink flower and an insect on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Gas Attack School
A school in Berlin, Germany, where pupils are taught how to protect themselves against asphixiating gas attacks and how to rescue and revive other people. Date: 1930s

Rescue of Chimney Sweep
The dramatic rescue of a stuck chimney sweep at a factory in Lisieux. Date: 1898

A Dramatic Rescue
A daring rescue : when a woman stumbles on the line at Bois- Colombes she is saved by a plucky railwayman from emulating Tolstoys heroine Anna Karenina... Date: 1900

During Paris Floods 1910
During the Paris inundations, three ladies leave their Avenue Montaigne home by boat, taking with them hat box, bird cage, and other baggage, not forgetting the dog January 1910

Cartoon, Bluebeard, WW1
Cartoon, Bluebeard. France and Belgium wave from their tower as American ships come to rescue them, with the Stars and Stripes flag in the background. Date: 1919

Rescue Rafts
German rafts in the English Channel give downed airmen a hope of survival, so long as they come down near one Date: March 1941

Dog War Work Red Cross
A Belgian Sheepdog (Groenendale) trained by the French Red Cross, wearing the distinctive medical marking, stands waiting, ready for action. Date: World War One 1914-1918

Balloon in Channel 1810
Sadler and Clayfields flight lands them in the Channel; fortunately the sea seems calm and look, theres a boat coming to rescue them ! Date: 1810

Nobile Rescue Vessel
Captain Tucci and his officers stand on the deck of the Citta di Milano, the supply ship supporting Nobiles ill-fated expedition Date: 1928

Verdi / Trovatore / Ii. 5
IL TROVATORE Act 2, Scene 5 Manrico comes to Leonoras rescue in the convent scene from a Covent Garden production of 1887 Date: 1887

St Bernard Finds Victim
St Bernard dog finds man burried in the snow Date: circa 1910

Quixote Defeated
When he tries to rescue some convicts in chains, he is left in a sorry state Date: First published: 1605-15

Firemens Dog Baron
" Baron" the Whitefriars fire engine dog runs alongside the fire engine as it goes to a rescue scene Date: 1900

Verne / Robur
ROBUR LE CONQUERANT [The Clipper of the Clouds] The Albatross comes to the rescue of the Goahead Date: 1886

Demon King repelled by knight
An armed knight protects his beloved from the evil clutches of the Demon King. Date: circa 1820

Euler / Malrand / Ferat
LEONHARD EULER Swiss mathematician, blind and ill, is saved from a fire Date: 1707-1783

Germany, Sleeping Beauty
Germany depicted as the Sleeping Beauty imprisoned by thorns - but there is no Prince Charming to come to her rescue ! Date: 1923

Boonville railway train wreck, New York State, USA
Boonville railway train wreck, on the New York Central Railroad, New York State, USA, 4 July 1908, in which five people died. Date: 1908

Salvation Army Home, Lower Clapton Road, London. At various times, the premises served as a rescue home, a knitting home, and a training institute for the Armys women social workers. Date: circa 1908

The Harbour Lights by George R Sims
Promotional postcard for Harbour Lights by George R. Sims. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 23rd December 1885. Lt. Kingsley is holding Lina Nelson, first played by Jessica Milward

Man reporting boat in trouble, Penzance, Cornwall
A man on horseback, reporting a boat in trouble during a storm, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1870s

USS Tennessee, American cruiser, Falmouth, WW1
The American cruiser USS Tennessee at Falmouth in August 1914. She was en route to Europe and the Middle East, laden with gold

People in and around a lifeboat, with horses and a car in the foreground. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Seaplane crash, 1915
WW1 - A derelict mine-sweeper seaplane seen crashed in the ocean and discovered by a Dutch trawler YN7. Two men row in a small boat towards the aircraft. Date: 1915

WW1 - British submarine rescues German sailor
WW1 - A British marine seen saving the life of a German sailor belonging to a war-ship sunk in the North Sea. The marine is hauling the man on board using a life-line which has been flung to him

Sikorsky H-5 -both the US Army Air Force and US Navy were beginning to employ helicopters on rescue duties by wars end

Douglas DC-3 N235A Convoy Patrol Santa Barbara 1977
Douglas DC-3 N235A of the Convoy Maritime Patrol and Rescue service at Santa Barbara on 5 October 1977 Date: 1977

British rescuing men from German destroyer, Heligoland, WW1
British sailors rescuing men of a German destroyer, under fire, at the Battle of Heligoland Bight - a gallant deed officially recognised by Germany

Colliery Rescue Team, England. Showing Proto Breathing Apparatus Date: 1920s

Lloyd George, unemployment cartoon 1921
Work for All. Come on everybody, and lend a hand, this isn t a one-man job! Prime Minister Lloyd George tries to rescue a half-drowned man representing trade from the river of unemployment while

Blind Frenchwoman helped from home by British soldiers, WW1
British soldiers helping a blind Frenchwoman out of her house in the village of Masnieres as it was being heavily shelled by the Germans. Date: 1918

Boy scout saves drowning woman, Athens, Greece
A 15-year-old boy scout, Sokrates Haris, jumped into the sea and saved a drowning woman in the port of Volos in the Byron District of Athens, Greece

Lifeboat crew and two cadets in a boat
Three lifeboat crew members and two officer cadets - Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) and Albert, later Duke of York (George VI) in a boat. Date: 1911

Senghenydd Universal Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, S. Wales
Rescue scenes as pictured in The Illustrated London News at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Scottish soldier in Loos rescuing French girl, WW1
Scottish soldier in Loos rescuing a French girl. Date: 1915

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