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1940 1949 Collection (page 5)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Goodwin Sands

Goodwin Sands
1st May 1948: As the tide begins to flood, the water rises through the sands, rendering it treacherous with all the firmness of molten wax

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Highland Cow

Highland Cow
11th August 1945: A Highland cow belonging to farmer Duncan Stewart grazes in the bracken on the hills of Balmuick, Scotland

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Thirsty Hounds

Thirsty Hounds
31st March 1945: A pack of beagles needing refreshment after chasing a hare during a hunt. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1932 - A Day Out With Beagles - pub

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Flooded Homes

Flooded Homes
6th July 1946: Flooded homes in the village of Norton Canes in the Cannock Chase coalfield. The buildings are being undermined by the mine subsidence

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Slag Heap

Slag Heap
A vast slag heap at the Grove Colliery, in the Cannock Chase coalfield, 6th July 1946. Original Publication : Picture Post - 4111 - The Hungry Pit Of Norton Canes - pub

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Liberty And Plane

Liberty And Plane
View of the Statue of Liberty, with an American airplane flying just behind her, New York City, 1940s. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Photomontage Victory Poster

Photomontage Victory Poster
Photomontage features a squadron of aircraft as it flies in a V formation, which is mirrored on the water below by sunlight from behind battleship, early 1940s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Flying Formation

Flying Formation
circa 1945: Aerial view of three Army Air Corps Boeing bomber Flying Fortress planes traveling south over the Manhattan skyline, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: New Fire Engine

New Fire Engine
1940: The latest streamlined fire engine, supplied to Croydon Fire Brigade. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Building Ablaze

Building Ablaze
1941: Flames shoot out from all floors of the Negretti and Zambra building in Holborn Circus, following a German air raid on London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Searchlights

Searchlights
1940: Anti-aircraft searchlights scanning the sky for enemy aircraft. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Houses of Parliament Searchlight

Houses of Parliament Searchlight
1943: A searchlight over the Houses of Parliament, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: American Avenger

American Avenger
1940: Six American Avenger torpedo attack planes begin a dive out of formation, World War II, African Front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Sunlight And Soldiers

Sunlight And Soldiers
22nd March 1943: British soldiers carrying their luggage walk along the platform at a railway station in war-time London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Heart Of London

Heart Of London
1941: A view from the roof of St Pauls Cathedral, which was itself damaged, showing the devastation in the heart of the City of London. The Old Bailey is seen in the centre distance

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Saving Petrol

Saving Petrol
circa 1940: An Austin Therm balloon car. The bag on the roof is full of coal gas used to fuel the saloon car thus saving petrol during World War II

Background image1940 1949 Collection: London Blitz

London Blitz
1940: Smoke rising behind St.Pauls Cathedral during the Blitz. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Damaged Landmark

Damaged Landmark
circa 1940: The famous dome of St Pauls Cathedral in London surrounded by debris from a World War II German bombing raid. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: London Skyline Blitz

London Skyline Blitz
1940: The London skyline during the blitz. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Londons Old Bailey View After The Blitz

Londons Old Bailey View After The Blitz
High angle view of the ruins of the Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey, with its dome intact, and the surrounding book publishers district after a fire bomb raid

Background image1940 1949 Collection: German U-Boat

German U-Boat
A painting of German U-Boat U-26, flying the German Battle Flag, circa 1940. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Berlin In Ruins

Berlin In Ruins
A view over the ruins of East Berlin, Germany, circa 1945. The ruins of the Klosterkirche are at bottom, right. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Atomic Damage

Atomic Damage
14th October 1945: Atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Hole In Floor

Hole In Floor
19th October 1940: A hole in the floor of St Pauls Cathedral, London, after the cathedral was hit in a German bombing raid. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Air Raid Pattern

Air Raid Pattern
6th September 1940: Interwoven vapour trails over London during an early morning air raid in the Battle of Britain. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Damaged St Paul s

Damaged St Paul s
20th October 1940: A hole in the roof of St Pauls Cathedral after an air raid. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace
The transmission mast above the BBC wing of Alexandra Palace, north London, 20th August 1946. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Forgotten

Forgotten
Abandoned rusting old car

Background image1940 1949 Collection: FDR Re-Elected

FDR Re-Elected
8th November 1940: American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) speaking to a crowd of 25, 000 at Madison Square Gardens, New York, before his sweeping re-election for a third term

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Crowd At Coney Island

Crowd At Coney Island
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s Beach Crowd At Coney Island In Bathing Suits & Street Clothes With The Boardwalk Stores & Billboards In The Background Sunbathing (Photo by H)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Black and white illustration of 1940s Cadillac

Black and white illustration of 1940s Cadillac

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Ivangorod Castle

Ivangorod Castle
circa 1945: Built by Ivan The Terrible Ivangorod castle is at the border of Russia and Estonia on the river Narva. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Bombs Dropping

Bombs Dropping
500 pound bombs dropped from a US Army Air Force Flying Fortress bomber fall towards an oil refinery at Leghorn. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Perfect Pudding

Perfect Pudding
23rd October 1947: Three sponge puddings at different stages in the rising process, from Good Housekeeping Magazine. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Historic Coast Guard Station, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Historic Coast Guard Station, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Abandoned Historic Coast Guard Station on Whiskey Island, now a public park in the City of Cleveland

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Foggy Paris Nightclub Exterior At Night

Foggy Paris Nightclub Exterior At Night
PARIS FRANCE - NOVEMBER 1: Nightclub exteriors on a foggy street at night on November 1 1948 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Beach Weights

Beach Weights
circa 1940: A woman stands on wet sand at the waters edge balancing on one leg and holding aloft lightweight dumbbells. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Push Start

Push Start
15th July 1941: Schoolboys pushing a tractor driven by one of the female undergraduates from Oxford, sent by the Agricultural Research to prepare boys for farming land in place of absent farmers

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Flying Turkey

Flying Turkey
7th October 1943: A turkey flying across a country lane near Braintree, Essex. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Wood Walk

Wood Walk
25th August 1944: Two small children from London walking in a wood at Elstree, where they are spending their holidays at a Scout camp. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: New Austin

New Austin
March 1947: Austins new A125 sheer-line model at the motor show in Geneva. The number plate reads AUS 110. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Ship Canal

Ship Canal
1948: SS Pacific Importer in the Manchester Ship Canal. Cars waiting for transport line the quay. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Dunkirk Fires

Dunkirk Fires
Fires raging at Dunkirk, seen from a destroyer, during the evacuation of British troops. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Timeless Image

Timeless Image
circa 1945: The Statue of Liberty or Liberty Enlightening the World on New Yorks Liberty Island. A long exposure shot has captured the movement of the stars across the night sky

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Spitfires

Spitfires
11th January 1940: A Royal Air Force Spitfire on the ground and three in flight. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Forties Shoes

Forties Shoes
circa 1945: Patent leather ladies shoes with snakeskin trim, left, and plaited leather, right. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: Abbey Ceiling

Abbey Ceiling
circa 1940: The fine fan vaulting on the ceiling of Westminster Abbey in London, surrounded by stained glass windows. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1940 1949 Collection: A pick pocket at work in New York, 1940

A pick pocket at work in New York, 1940
circa 1940: A pickpocket at work in New York. (Photo by William Davis/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



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