Speech Collection (page 8)

G. L. Jessop making recruitment speech in Manchester, WW1
Captain G. L. Jessop, the famous cricketer, of the 14th Service Battalion, Manchester Regiment, speaking in April 1915 at a recruiting meeting in Albert Square, Manchester. Date: 1915

WW1 - Eastern Front - Morale-Boosting Meeting for Russians - June 1917 Date: 1917

Speakers Corner
Evangelist at Speakers Corner, Marble Arch, 1987 Date: 1987

WWI Poster, Why more men are needed
Why more men are needed. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster with a quotation from the Prime Ministers speech at the Guildhall (9 November 1914) saying

Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy

The Cortes Generales proclaimed Juan Carlos King of Spain. 22/11/1975

JUAN CARLOS I of Spain (1938). King of Spain from 1975. The Cortes Generales proclaimed Juan Carlos King of Spain. 22/11/1975

DIDEROT Denis. L Encyclop餩e
DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). French erudite writer and philosopher. L Encyclop餩 e. Preliminary speech of the publishers. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

The Persuading of the Pacifist, by W. Heath Robinson
The Persuading of the Pacifist -Even more unpleasant than swallowing his own words A William Heath Robinson cartoon depicting a falling bomb landing directly in the mouth of a speech-making pacifist

WWI Poster, Prime Ministers speech
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, quoting from a speech by the Prime Minister at the Guildhall, London (9 November 1914). It is going to e a long drawn-out struggle... Date: 1915

WWI Poster, No price can be too high
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, quoting a speech by the Prime Minister: No price can be too high when honour and freedom are at stake. Date: 1915

Eva Peron giving a speech to graduate students
Eva Peron (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), wife of the Argentinian President, giving a speech to graduate students at the Juan Peron High School

WWI Poster, War Loan
WWI Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster, War Loan, quoting from a speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Date: circa 1916

Governor opening exhibition of works, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), watched by scouts and their leaders, opening an exhibition of works. Date: 1960s

Prince Mikasa giving speech at Jamboree, Karuizawa
Prince Mikasa of Japan giving a speech at the opening ceremony of the 4th Japan Boy Scouts Jamboree in Karuizawa, Japan. Behind him on the left is Hidesaburo Kurushima

Scouting leader speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
A scouting leader speaking to girl guides and boy scouts at a campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Local founder speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
The local founder giving a speech at a scouting campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Island Commissioner speaking at campfire event, Mauritius
The Island Commissioner welcoming guests to a scouting campfire event in Mauritius. Date: 1960s

Farewell to scout commissioner, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts say farewell to their commissioner, Ghana, West Africa. Major and Mrs W H Donald visited Accra headquarters as guests of honour on their retirement from the country

A recruiter speaking on the plinth in Trafalgar Square, WW1
Sergeant Newsand, a constant speaker in Trafalgar Square in the cause of recruiting for the war, pictured in action in December 1915. Date: 1915

Major Sir Pieter Bam recruiting in Trafalgar Square
Major Sir Pieter Bam addressing a recruitment meeting in Trafalgar Square at the end of 1915. Sir Pieter was a member of the South African Parliament

Suffragette Mrs. Martel in Prison Cartoon. Portrays Mrs. Nellie Martel (?1885-1940) in a prison cell, captioned, Suffering Suffragettes not to mention other folk in a speech on Oct 27th

Suffragette W. S. P. U Militant Methods
Suffragette W.S.P.U Militant Methods. Issued by the National Womens Social & Political Union with speech by the Earl of Lytton on the Militant Methods of the W.S.P.U given on June 15th 1909

Israel Zangwill Lords and the Ladies Votes. The Lords and the Ladies, text of a speech given at the Albert Hall, December 11th 1909, by Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) suffrage supporter. Date: 1909

Suffragette Force Feeding Maiden Speech. Gentleman, at dinner, glass in hand proposes a toast. Gentlemen I wish you to drink the health of the women eh - the females eh - the ladies

Winston Churchill addressing meeting in Birmingham
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Seen here addressing a meeting at the Birmingham Town Hall (along with Lord Hugh Cecil)

Marie Somers in Trafalgar Square, C. 1915
Belgian nurse Marie Somers (here called Margaret Somers), known as the angel of Antwerp, addressing a recruiting rally in Trafalgar Square, London, c. 1915

George Robey & Horatio Bottomley recruiting in London
Popular music hall star, George Robey, known as the Prime Minister of Mirth, pictured speaking at a recruitment rally in Trafalgar Square, London in 1915 alongside Horatio Bottomley

Women recruiters, WW1
A woman in Trafalgar Square encouraging young men to join up and fight during the First World War. Date: 1915

Cartoon, Sir Herbert Tree as Falstaff in Henry IV Part I at His Majestys Theatre, London. A speech bubble says: Zounds! I am so big that they ve had to make a full page of me. Date: 1914

Poster, Britain Today, showing the benefits and freedoms available

David Penhaligon, Cornish MP
David Charles Penhaligon (1944-1986), Cornish Liberal MP, seen here giving a speech

Kitchener as war minister, shortly before his death, 1916
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum and Broome (1850-1916), as war minister: his last speech in the Lords on 30th May 1916, on the subject of volunteers. Date: 30th May 1916

Reginald McKenna and his wife, WW1
REGINALD McKENNA (1863 - 1943) British banker and Liberal politician, serving as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the Asquith premiership, pictured with his wife

British Association meeting
In the Town Hall, Sir William Armstrong delivers the opening address to the meeting of the British Association at Newcastle-on-Tyne Date: September 1863

Chinese anti-communist meeting
At an anti-communist meeting in Wukiang, of young people and students, the local magistrate, wearing the traditional long gown, delivers a speech. Date: 1939

Churchill cheered by the House
Winston Churchill sits down, head in hands, following his speech to the House of Commons on 4 July 1940. On the previous day

King George V broadcasting to the nation
King George V (1865 - 1936), pictured making notes at his desk, while waiting to make a wireless broadcast to the Empire. Date: 1935

Arthur Balfour, British politician, giving a talk
Arthur Balfour, British politician and former Prime Minister, giving a talk on lawn tennis at Panshanger, home of Mr Almeric Paget

Crowds in Whitehall, London, waiting for news, WW1
Crowds in Whitehall, London, on Bank Holiday Monday, waiting for news of the declaration of war. 3 August 1914

The royal visit to India
The Queens speech to a gathering of half-a-million people at delhi, during her royal visit to India in 1961. Date: 1961

A speech in Teheran
A group of Persians listen to a speech made by a representative of the Shah to instil loyalty in his subjects. Date: 1909

Silent radio telephony on the battlefront 1943
Using a throat microphone and wireless silent speech transmitter, the soldier on patrol can report instructions back to base from under the noses of the enemy. Date: 1943

Camille Desmoulins 1
At the Palais Royal, the usual Sunday afternoon crowd are harangued by a young lawyer who rouses them to action with an impassioned speech. Date: 12 July 1789

William Lole - 1
WILLIAM LOLE Leicestershire hermit and eccentric, known for the extravagance of his ideas, his speech and his clothing. Date: CIRCA 1850

William Lole - 2
WILLIAM LOLE Leicestershire hermit and eccentric, known for the extravagance of his ideas, his speech and his clothing. Date: CIRCA 1850

Donald Mackinnon
DONALD MACKINNON Scottish scholar and linguist, noted for his studies of Gaelic and indigenous Scottish speech : involved with social conditions of crofters. Date: 1839 - 1914

David Lloyd George
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE (1863 - 1945) Welsh statesman circa 1920s Date: 1920s

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