Threat Collection

Churchill speaking at Theydon Bois
In a speech at Theydon Bois on 27th August, Winston Churchill declared that the whole state of Europe was moving steadily towards a climax which could not be long delayed

Ulster 1914 - Patriotic Postcard
Patriotic Postcard from Ulster, 1914 depicting an Ulsterwoman with a gun, standing up for the British flag and her views as a Loyalist Unionist

Punic War, Cato & Senate
PUNIC WARS Cato insists to the Senate that Carthage is a threat to Rome and must be destroyed

LCC-LFB Westminster fire station, SW London
Opened in 1906, Westminster fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)

Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms

Consolidated PBY-5 seen clad in drab 1942 livery Catalinas flown by the US Navy and RAFs Coastal Command helped defeat the U-Boat threat across the Atlantic

Threat of Zeppelin gas-bag or terror - which? 1915
Cartoon showing Kaisers head on the front of a Zeppelin airship, during World War One. German Zeppelins first successful raid was on the night of 1920 January 1915, in which two Zeppelins

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge fire station, SW London
Opened in 1907, Knightsbridge fire station was a London Fire Brigade station (the name had changed from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1904)

Danae Cast Adrift (1903)
Danae, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos, is impregnated by Zeus : perceiving her son Perseus as a threat, papa casts them adrift in a boat, but of course they survive Date: 1903

Iraq threat to Kuwait, 1961
Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961 reporting on the tensions in Kuwait after the Iraqi leader General Kassem had claimed Kuwait should be part of Iraq

Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing havoc aid his fellow road-users, knocking over a man and his dog. An old take on a current issue! Date: 1904

Tobacco Ban Threat
Beware, Mr Smoker, your turn is next ! - a prophetic satire from the Prohibition Era in America

Panjdeh incident - Russian encounter with Afghan forces at Pul-i-Khishty (Brick Bridge). The incident of 1885 was a diplomatic crisis between the British Empire

Cartoon, John Bulls Alien Act -- a satirical comment on an incident which took place on 10 April 1848, when a Frenchman was heard shouting out that all the English were cowards

Dassault Falcon 20DC G-FRAU
Dassault Falcon 20ECM G-FRAU (msn 213). of FR Aviation, as an electronic warfare threat simulator. Date: circa 1995

Dassault Falcon 20DC G-FRAK
Dassault Falcon 20ECM G-FRAK (msn 213). of FR Aviation, as an electronic warfare threat simulator. Date: circa 1995

Boeing NKC-135A 55-3134
United States Navy - Boeing NKC-135A 55-3134 (MSN 17250), at Davis-Monthan AFB for storage and disposal. Initially converted to JKC-135A test aircraft and then to NKC-135A King Crow I?

WW2 Railway Workers Won't Stop
A photograph of some British railway workers, busy in the night, undeterred from the threat of a raid. Date: circa 1944

Georgian cartoon, Equality - Stand and Deliver! - scruffy thief threatens well dressed scarecrow Date: circa 1820s

The Press Gang - forcing men to join the navy Date: 1879

Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant. Showing General Charles-Francois Dumouriez retreating with the French army (in blue)

Comic postcard, Little girl with slate Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, An Englishmans Home Date: 1909

WW2 - Destroyer escorting large convoy - Atlantic
WW2 - A Royal Navy Destroyer escorting a large convoy through the German counter-blockade - The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

Cartoon, Don t Touch the Queen (Irish Church)
Cartoon, Don t Touch the Queen -- a satirical comment on Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill, which was carried against the Conservative government by a large majority

Cartoon, Ben and his Bogey (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Ben and his Bogey -- a satirical comment on Disraelis speech to his Buckinghamshire electors, suggesting that the Roman Catholic Church will be the only organisation to gain from

Cartoon, Steering Under Difficulties (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Steering Under Difficulties -- a satirical comment on Disraelis reaction to Gladstones Irish Church Suspensory Bill

Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? (Mr and Mrs Bull)
Cartoon, Don t You Smell Fire? Mrs Britannia Bull tells her husband John that he should investigate a nasty smell of something smouldering -- smoke can be seen on the right

Cartoon, A Silly Trick -- Farmer John Bull can t be fooled by a trickster with a turnip head, pretending to be an invading French soldier. Date: 1848

Cartoon, Wellington Stirring Up the British Lion -- with the threat of a French invasion, the lion dozes unconcerned, telling the Duke that he will be ready when hes wanted. Date: 1848

Spanish Armada setting sail for England on 18 May 1588 - about 130 vessels with 24, 000 soldiers and sailors on board. Date: 1588

Engagement of British Fleet and Spanish Armada
Engagement of the British Fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Isle of Wight, 25 July 1588. 1588

United States Air Force - Martin B-57B Canberra 52-1564 taken in the 1960s - Converted to EB-57B in the late 1960s to provide electronic target and threat simulation after service in Vietnam

Scientists examining maps and statistics at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist in a mask, examining locusts in perspex containers at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist in a mask, examining a locust in a perspex container at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist at work in the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Close-up of a scientist examining and testing a locust at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist examining and testing a locust at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Close-up of a scientist examining a locust through a microscope at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist examining a locust through a microscope at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

JOHN BULL AIRSHIP THREAT
John Bull feels under threat from airships and other new flight craft Date: 1908

ROMAN SIEGE THREAT
Roman troops threaten to use their battering ram against a Parthian town : the residents come out to parley with the besiegers Date: circa 200

Dramatic light on the Cook range of mountains, New Zealand
Dramatic light on the Cook range of mountains on South Island, New Zealand Date: 1993

Tarantula spider in threatening pose (Trochosa singoriensis). South Tuva, Russia

Russian deserters forced back, WW1
Two demoralised Russian soldiers, on the point of deserting, are forced back by a loyal soldier on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Date: 1906

Sir Francis Drake, The Spanish Armada is in Sight (19 July 1588) -- despite which, according to legend, he stayed and finished his game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe. 1588

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