Watching Collection (#17)

WW2 Christmas card, Father Christmas with a telescope, watching ships and aeroplanes supplied by America to Britain (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence, designed by Allan Burrows, produced by the Paddington Mobile Unit (ARP), with cartoons of typical activities (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog and cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card, may Good Luck spot you! A spotted dog and two black cats watch the sky with binoculars, as fire watchers and aircraft spotters. Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, Victory singing, WW1
Cartoon, Victory singing, with happy soldiers walking along a road. A pessimistic civilian man watches them, and comments: Its unbelievable

Christopher Columbus nears the New World
Christopher Columbus about to set his eyes on the New World for the first time, after his perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean, sighting the Bahamas archipelago on 12th October, 1492

Introducing Tanks to Londoners - Film of Battle of Ancre
" The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks" - an official film shown at the Scala Theatre, London. Seen by an estimated 250

Children watching Punch and Judy show, Balham, SW London
Children watching a Punch and Judy show, Balham, SW London. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1961

H. L. Oakley cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer
Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, the famous silhouette artist, pictured cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer in what looks like a dug-out during World War One. Date: 1920s

Pirate by Lawson Wood
A pirate, musket in his arms, looks thoughtful, unaware perhaps of the large cat of puma stalking up behind him. Illustration by Lawson Wood to accompany a short story in The Bystander by Rupert

LOUIS VI the Fat, of France (1081-1137). King of the Franks (1108-1137). King Louis VI (1080-1137) Watching the Construction of a Church, from the Grandes Chroniques de France 1375-79. Gothic art

Two boys with geese, Allerford, Somerset
Two boys watching white geese in a stream at Allerford, Somerset. Date: circa 1959

Shepherds watching their flocks
Winged angel directing shepherds to the birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Artist: Ada Dennis Date: circa 1903

India - Swinging Festival
A black and white lantern slide of crowds watching men swinging on tower. Slide number 34 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens a visitor by opening & clicking its beak - adults are watching from a distance. (Nyctea scandiaca). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Lion - Male running (Panthera leo). Ndutu - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Tanzania - Africa

Bottlenose Dolphin jumping with crowd watching in background (Tursiops truncatus)

Ranger with binoculars - watching for Kopet Dag Arkal sheep. slopes of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. April - spring

Agama Lizard - on a dry bush watching for prey (Agama sanguinolenta ). Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - former CIS - March

British v. American navy boxing championship, WW1
British v. American navy grand fleet boxing championship, taking place at Rosyth Dockyard, Fife, Scotland, on 28-29 July 1918, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

General Denikin and family arriving at Southampton
General Anton Denikin, his wife and young daughter at Southampton, 14 June 1920, about to disembark from the Emperor of India. They were anti-Bolshevist exiles from Russia. Date: 1920

Visit by Kaiser Wilhelm II, Gibraltar
Visit by the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, to Gibraltar. Date: 1904

Moor FROG - watching beetle (Donacia sp), (Rana arvalis Nilsson). Russia

Group of men with policeman, Vienna, Austria
A threatening-looking group of men, watched closely by a policeman, Vienna, Austria. Date: 1920s

Governor, Mayor and Scouts at a rally, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), with the Mayor of Port Louis (Raymond Devienne), scouting leaders, boy scouts and others at a rally

Governor receiving casket from Mayor, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), receiving a casket from the Mayor, watched by scouts and others

Traditional Japanese activities at scout camp
Traditional Japanese activities taking place at a scout camp

HM Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge. She is talking to Show Secretary Albert Riddle whilst a prize Hereford bull looks on. circa 1982

General Montgomery meeting cub scout, Netherlands
General Montgomery meeting a Dutch cub scout, watched by a crowd of spectators in the Netherlands. Date: 1945

Princess Marijke with Dutch boy scout
Princess Marijke (Maria Christina, right), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, watching a Dutch boy scout who is polishing a brass kettle at Soestdijk Palace as part of

People taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
People taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Greek boy scouts taking part in an event
Greek boy scouts and others taking part in an event, with a fire about to be lit

Cub scouts on parade, Athens, Greece
Cub scouts on parade on a National Anniversary day, Athens, Greece

Cub scouts on parade, Heraklion, Crete
Cub scouts on parade in Heraklion, Crete

Sea Scouts demonstrating with cannons, Gibraltar

Band of boy scouts marching at a rally, Mauritius
A band of boy scouts marching past at a rally, Mauritius, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1962

Governor and scouting leader at a rally, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), presenting scouting leader Guy de la Hogue with the Silver Acorn at a rally

Governor and scouts at a rally, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), with scouting leaders and boy scouts, taking part in the presentation of new colours (flags) at a rally. Date: circa 1962

Scouts blindfold boxing in Ghana, West Africa
Scouts entertaining visitors with blindfold boxing, one of many activities at a Founders Day celebration in Ghana, West Africa

Flag ceremony at Scouts Own Service in Ghana, West Africa. Handing in of the colours by the colour party, watched by brownies, cubs, scouts and guides. Date: 1951

Wolf cubs watching athletics, Ghana, West Africa
Wolf cubs from various packs watching an athletics competition (part of scout training), Ghana, West Africa

Greek cub scouts at an outdoor event, with a woman in sunglasses in the middle of the group

London in Winter - Skating at Princes Skating Club in Knightsbridge. A couple skating, taking tea on the promenade and having ones skates put on under the Band Stand Date: 1914

Changing of the Guard, Horse Guards Parade, London
Changing of the Guard in Horse Guards Parade, London

German troops driving down a street, WW2
German troops on army vehicles, driving down a street watched by civilians. Date: 1940

Local Chief watching scouting rally, Ghana, West Africa
Local Chief watching a scouting rally, Ghana, West Africa. Date: 1948

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