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A cavalry charge that saved the line, Matania, WW1
The German line taken in flank by a mounted charge in the teeth of heavy machine gun fire. Major Evelyn H. W. Williams of the Hussars was awarded the DSO for his action

V2 rocket attack on Manor Park, East London, WW2
A woman is rescued after a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many such amazing rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks launched in the latter stages of WW2

Gothic Art. France. Paris. Notre Dame. Facade. the archangel
Gothic Art. France. Paris. Notre Dame. Sculptures decorating the portal of the Last Judgment. It was built in the 1220s-1230s. Facade

HMS Majestic battle-ship torpedoed and sunk 1915
On 27 May 1915, HMS Majestic battle-ship was torpedoed and sunk, off the Gallipoli Peninsula by a German submarine U-21. Nearly all the officers and men were saved. 27 May 1915

Louis Pfeiffer
LOUIS PFEIFFER Swiss military commander in the service of Charles IX of France whom he saved at the retreat of Meaux : known as the King of the Swiss. Date: 1530 - 1594

Jamestown, Virginia, USA - Pocahontas and John Smith
Jamestown, Virginia, USA - Pocahontas (1595-1617) and Captain John Smith (1580-1631), the Old Fort and the ruins of the Old Church. Postcard produced for the Jmestown Exposition of 1907 Date: 1907

Mary Marvin, saved from the Titanic
Mary was onboard the Titanic with her husband, Daniel Marvin, returning to New York from their honeymoon trip. Her husband, Daniel, nineteen years of age sadly died, but she survived the disaster

Essex ring auctioned at Christie s
Two views of the famous Essex ring which Queen Elizabeth I is said to have given to the Earl of Essex, and which might have saved his life if it had been returned in time

Captain of the Empress of Ireland, Captain G. H Kendall, wen
The Captain of the ill-fated lliner, the Empress of Ireland, who went down with his ship, but was saved and taken aboard the colliding vessel, the Storstad

Rolls Royce car accident
A photograph of an upturned Rolls Royce, belonging to Mr. Benjamin Guinness on the road between Pisa and Rome. All the passengers were saved due to the body pillars in the car which withstood

Paul and Silas in prison at Philippi are saved by a providential earthquake

Rome saved from Gauls by geese
Rome is saved from the Gauls when the alarm is given by the Geese of the Capitol (the Sacred Geese of Juno)

A gallant rescue under fire, saving a pals life, WW1. 1914-1918

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

People on the ice on a comic Christmas card
Two men on the ice on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset, with the thin man falling through and the plump man being saved by his dog. Date: circa 1890s

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

Accident Passenger Saved
When a sightseer is accidentally carried aloft by a balloon at Middleton, USA, acrobat Miss Daisy saves her by her hairs breadth... Date: September 1906

Cartoon, Armenia Delivered, WW1
Cartoon, Armenia Delivered. Russia delivers Armenia from the Turks, depicted here in an allegorical way. Date: 1916

Pocahontas saves Captain John Smith
Captain John Smith saved by 13 year old Pocahontas Date: 1607

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

A penny saved is a penny earned
Popular proverb. A penny saved is a penny earned. Image first published by Tower Tea, Nottingham. Artist: Eugenie Richards Date: 1904

Naval Division in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Royal Marine and Naval Brigades (Naval Division) of the British Royal Navy being guided by Colonel Seely in a car, leaving Antwerp after their gallant defence

WWI Poster, Every Second Matters
Every Second Matters, Every second saved in unloading these ships means another American soldier and more food. British Dockyard work incentive poster supporting the Americans coming into the war

Women WW1 Joan of Arc
A poster appealing to the women of Britain to buy war savings certificates to help Save your Country, as Joan of Arc had saved France in the past. Once again the artist uses the iconic image of St

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

Firefighter in a flying bomb film, WW2
Firefighter in a flying bomb film -- taking a moment to relax after a job well done. Date: 1944

Rescue following flying bomb attack, London, WW2
Rescue following a flying bomb attack -- a man and a woman at basement window, calling for help. (1 of 4) Date: 1944

Rescue following bombing, WW2
Rescue of civilians by firefighters following bombing during the Blitz. Date: 1940s

Rescue following V2 rocket attack, Manor Park, London, WW2
Rescue of a woman following a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks, launched in the latter stages of WW2

Saved by parachute from a burning plane
An airman is saved by his parachute from a burning plane which plummets to the ground. Date: 1928

How Lieutenant Colonel Forbes-Robertson Saved the Western Li
Forbes-Robertson won the Victoria Cross saved the defence line by making a rapid reconnaisance on horse-back in full view of the enemy under machine gun and close range shell fire

Marie De Sombreuil
MARIE-MAURINE VIROT DE SOMBREUIL - daughter of governor of Invalides, imprisoned with him, saved his life by drinking a glass of blood. Date: 1774 - 1823

Mouron De Rety
CONSTANT MOURON DE RETY Frenchman who not only saved the lives of 14 shipwrecked persons, but won the favour of Louis XVIII by his devotion to the Bourbon family. Date: 1761 - ?

Pierre Dumoulin
PIERRE DUMOULIN French protestant churchman, saved from the Bartholomew massacre by a servant, found refuge in England and Holland. Date: 1568 - 1658

Marquise De Montesson
CHARLOTTE JEANNE BERAUD de la HAYE de RIOU, marquise de MONTESSON - wife of duc d Orleans, saved from the guillotine by Josephine, author of several plays. Date: 1737 - 1805

Jan Van Mildert
JAN VAN MILDERT Flemish artist from Antwerp, saved from oblivion only by having his portrait done by van Dyck. Date: 17th century

Felicien Mallefille
JEAN-PIERRE FELICIEN MALLEFILLE - French writer, consul at Lisbon, sometime love of George Sand, saved Versailles library during the Commune. Date: 1813- 1868

Bela Kun in 1919
BELA KUN Hungarian radical statesman, Bolshevik, founder of Hungarian communist party. None of which saved him from being liquidated by Stalin. Date: 1886 - 1937

John Morley MP pulled out by Labby and Campbell-Bannerman
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air (cont.). John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman

The Lady of the Lake - Old Soak fished out of the water
The Lady of the Lake - A Drunken Old Soak is fished out of the water by a dapper gent in a punt. Her bottle heads for the bottom and perhaps the dunking has sobered her up! Date: circa 1915

Salt Lake City - Utah, USA - Seagull Monument, Temple Block
The Seagull Monument - a small monument situated immediately in front of the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Blackburn Blackburn, N9828, saved from going over the side of HMS Furious (47) c.1928

Lusitania - Saved and Missing
A page from The Illustrated London News, illustrated with photographs of some of the survivors of the Lusitania, along with pictures of some of those who perished

Moses saved from the water. 18th c. Maiolica

Saint Blaise
SAINT BLAISE physician, later bishop of Sebaste (Armenia), who saved a womans only pig from wolves and later received its head as thanks, as shown here Date: died circa 316

Scaling ladder rescue drill demonstration, WW2
The position in which a line is attached to a scaling ladder in order to perform a rescue from the upper floors of a building

Saved!. Illustration shows a beautiful, partially nude, winged woman goddess rescuing an airman who has fallen out of an airplane, and giving him a kiss. Date 1910 December 14

Federal Theatre Project presents The drunkard or the fallen saved Originally produced by PT Barnum in his museum: A rip-roaring melodrama with thrills & laughter!

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