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Admiral Nelson and Captain Hardy during TrafalgarDuring the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, it was shortly before Nelson was mortally wounded that a shot struck the fore brace bits on the quarter deck and passed between Nelson and Hardy
UFO abduction in New Hampshire, USAA UFO abduction in New Hampshire, USA. Betty and Barney Hill, driving at night, see a UFO. Later they are stopped by the aliens, taken on board the flying saucer and subjected to a medical examination
Sayers V Heenan 1860English champion Tom Sayers fights the American challenger for the belt. Unresolved, the fight is stopped by the police
Man & 1948 Triumph motorcycleMan on his 1948 Triumph Trophy 500cc motorcycle road side circa 1950
Doukhobors StrippingMen of the Second Pilgrimage are stopped at Yorkton, where they undress : the Canadian Police arrest them and order them to get dressed, then take them back to the settlement
The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and AmethEngraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877
Never-stop railway at British Empire Exhibition 1924Diagram showing step-on, step-off method, where people walked slowly onto the moving carriage that went around the British Empire Exhibition, in Wembley, designed by William Yorath Lewis
English Touring Motorcyclist at Dojran, North MacedoniaAn English Touring Motorcyclist - stopped off at Dojran, a city on the west shore of Lake Dojran in the southeast part of North Macedonia. circa 1909
General Jean MeiserA sculpture of General Jean Meiser of the Belgian Army, Commander of the Legion of Honour. Labelled as a heroic defender of Dixmude who stopped the German army on their way to the channel ports in
The Motor Picture Book, What, Only Doing Sixty? Date: 1930
Ray Bernard, left-wing campaigner, giving a speechRay Bernard, a left-wing political campaigner, giving a speech in the street. Various people have stopped to listen. Date: circa 1950s
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Comic postcard, Fight the good fight! Date: 20th century
Stopped at a barricade, a pass from the Paris Commune, 1871. Two fashionable women in crinoline dresses and hats show papers to a soldier with rifle. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
On the Paris Ramparts during the war of 1870. Soldier, gentleman and fashionable women on the snow-covered ramparts during the Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
2nd Worcesters Memorial, Geluveld MillThis commemorates the famous battle of 31 October 1914 when the Worcesters, together with the 1st South Wales Borderers, stopped a German attack that was close to breaking through to Ypres
Abraham offering up Isaac for sacrificeAbraham offering up his son Isaac for sacrifice is stopped just in time by an angel
Columbus arrives at San SalvadorChristopher Columbus and his caravels arrive at Guanahani island, later renamed San Salvador by Columbus. Row boats are heading towards the islands from where the three ships are anchored. Date: 1492
de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOSU (msn 0217 - ex RAF WB722) at Newcastle Airport. In 1977, this aircraft was in the process of conversion to the Supermunk prototype
The drivers of these Turkish ox-carts have stopped to give their animals a rest, or themselves, or both. Date: 1890s
Waving to Engineer Date: 1947
Asking For Directions Date: 1928
LION IN PASSENGER SEATOne way to avoid being stopped for speeding is to have a large lion in the passenger seat... Date: 1909
Sabbatarians stop delivery of post on SundaySabbatarians achieve a short lived victory, having stopped the delivery of post on Sundays. Though pleasing to Post Office workers, it infuriated the public. Date: 1850
Scottish Womens Hospitals Elsie InglisShows the second unit from the Scottish Womens Hospitals for Foreign Service, prior to their departure from Cardiff in April 1915
Mercedes Gleitze, swimmer, pulled from the waterMercedes Gleitzes second English Channel swim is stopped. She is hauled from the water against her will. Date: 1927
Napoleon halting the pillage of RomeScene during the Italian Campaign in the Revolutionary Wars -- Napoleon halting the pillage of Rome by his invading French army
Medieval DebaucheryHEREWARD THE WAKE Surrounded by his drunken men, Hereward (far right) sees Martin Lightfoot departing (far left) with the letter and realises that he must be stopped
Be-medalled General Sir H. Smith-DorrienGeneral Smith-Dorrien Commanded the British Second Corps that stopped the Germans at Mons. Date: circa 1915
Main road to Malindi, Kenya, East AfricaMen with a car on the main road to Malindi, Kenya, East Africa. circa 1922
1958 BSA motorcycles & sidecars1958 BSA motorcycles & A7/A10 sidecars parked roadside in the late 1950s
Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at WimbledonAnthony Wilding and Norman Brookes as " gentlemen in waiting" on the weather at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship in July 1914
Austin car, Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, WalesAustin car parked alongside the Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, Wales. Date: circa 1960s
District Railway line - London Underground - A sudden stop! (see: 10176658) Date: circa 1910
The Host Who Forgot To Approve The Dish by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a group of people about to have dinner, but the host has forgotten to approve the dish
Things I Should Like To See II by Bateman. A Dentist having a tooth stopped. One Dentist filling the tooth of another. The look of fear and pain is clear of his face
Country road with sheep, Sardinia, ItalyCountry road with sheep and shepherd, Sardinia, Italy. Date: 1972
Susi - rain stops play. 1950s
Train Stopped by SnowA night train stopped by snow - workers clear the drift by the lights from the locomotive. Date: 1854
Massive fire damage at hat factory after 1906 fire, showing the extent of destruction, yet manufacture was stopped for only 6 weeks Date: 1906
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, suspendedR.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December 1931 as Cunard had run out of funds
Queen Mary Ocean Liner crisis stops workTragedy comes to Clydeside. On 10th December 1931, almost exactly a year after signing of the contract for the construction of Hull Number 534, know as Queen Mary Ocean Liner
British Gunners under fireA British artillery battery, on its way to take up a position further forward, is stopped in its tracks by an enemy shell which lands in the road immediately ahead. Date: July 1917
Two men with Austin carTwo men with an Austin car, parked at the roadside under a signpost in Brecon, Wales
Man with his Austin car, parked at the roadside for repairs or maintenance
British transport halted on a road, Western Front, WW1A line of British transport halted on a road on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. DavisMeeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers
Advert for the General Electric Company 1944Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944