Rescue Collection (page 9)

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopter
A 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex, lands safely

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue
Crew jackets belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Lifeboat practice drill, Eastbourne, Sussex
RNLI lifeboat practice drill in progress off Eastbourne, Sussex. early 1960s

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

Fire brigade attend Woolworth store in Manchester
People watch from a safe distance as the fire brigade attends a fire at a Woolworth store in Manchesters Piccadilly Gardens, where ten lives were lost on 8 May 1979. Date: 1979

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

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