Target Collection (page 6)

Male archers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Male archers take part in a competition during the annual Naadam Festival in the stadium at Ulaanbaatar (or Ulan Bator), capital of Mongolia

Female archers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Female archers take part in a competition during the annual Naadam Festival in the stadium at Ulaanbaatar (or Ulan Bator), capital of Mongolia

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

Aerial torpedoes designed by an Australian engineer, Mr A Dunbar Wigram. They were expected to revolutionise the methods of modern warfare, by speeding over land and sea with a deadly aim

Men with bows and arrows, Madhya Pradesh, India
A group of native men with bows and arrows in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Russia - Bayonet Practise for members the Preobrajensky Guard Regiment

German Ultra-Heavy Artillery, Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing British and American soldiers examining some German gun barrels, each 28 yards long, captured in Essen, Germany, 1945

German Explosive Motorboat; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a German explosive motorboat being craned into the water, 1944. Controlled by one man, these craft were steered towards the target

Captured Nebelwerfers in Tunisia; Second World War, 1943
Photograph showing Allied soldiers inspecting captured German Nebelwerfer guns in Tunisia, North Africa, 1943. The Nebelwerfer was a six-barrelled mortar on a mobile carriage

Torpedo-shell
A French soldier about to fire a torpedo-shell from a trench-gun. The winged shell kept a straight course and exploded laterally, causing widespread damage to its target

Indian Mutiny, Soldiers
Loyal Indian sepoys at rifle practice

Anarchist Outrages 6
Churches, perceived as symbols of repression and the old regime, are a legitimate target for anarchists : the eglise Saint-Joseph at Paris is victim of a bomb attack

Anarchist Outrages 7
Churches, perceived as symbols of repression and the old regime, are a legitimate target for anarchists : the eglise Saint-Joseph at Paris is victim of a bomb attack

Fire Control Top of an American Warship, 1910
Illustration of an American battleships Fire Control Top, November 1910. In battle, the officers in these elevated positions would pick targets for their gun crews

SEA BATTLE 1550 - 2
The perils of sea warfare in northern latitudes - when their ship is caught in the ice she presents an easy target, so her crew hurry to cut her free. Date: 1550

Malta Bombed by Italians
The defence of Malta : the islands strategic value makes it the target for intense bombardment by the Italians and Germans, but they fail to dislodge the Allies

Germans Target Britain
A German map showing the targets for their bombers. The brown areas are mining districts, the stars ports, the circles factories : all must be destroyed !

Sport / Archery (Shaw)
Medieval archers shooting at the Butt (target) using crossbows

Bomber in Searchlight
A German bomber is caught in the beams of three Russian searchlights, making it a fine target for the anti-aicraft guns

Soviet Pe-2 Bombers
Soviet PE-2 bombers make a daylight raid on a hostile target

Bomb-Aimer over Berlin
Soviet bomb-aimer over Berlin picks his target for tonight

Malta Attacked
Malta : Italian bombers attack the island, a strategic target which is subjected to intense bombardment but manages to survive

WWI / 1915 / TORPEDO
A British bomber aims a torpedo towards its target

Rene Fonck, Air Ace
RENE FONCK Famous French air ace who once declared " I put my bullets into the target as if I placed them there by hand"

Zeppelin Interior 2
Interior view of a Zeppelin in the course of a bombing raid on England : in the forward nacelle the commander issues orders as the ship approaches its target

Britannia Cunarder
Passenger liner of the Cunard Line which starts the first regular transatlantic mail service; in 1849 she is sold to Germany and ends her career sunk as a target ship

C14 Archery at Butts
Archers practise at Butts

Newgate Prison / Press
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. A gathering in the Newgate Press Yard

Newgate Prison / Cell
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The condemned cell waiting for an occupant

Newgate Prison / Dore
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. Men in the exercise yard

Newgate Prison / Galleries
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The deserted Galleries

Richmond Burns
Though a primary target for the Union, the Confederate capital was not taken until 1865 : fires were started not by the incoming Federals but the departing Confederates

Armstrong Big Will Gun
Sir William Armstrongs 600- pounder shunt-gun Big Will tested at Shoeburyness against the Warrior floating target in the Thames

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