Watching Collection (page 8)

Aerial Derby
6th June 1914: Louis Noel, the winner at the Aerial Derby at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Finish Of Race
October 1913: The finish of the race at the Bristol Motor Car Club speed trials at Weston Supermare. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Harbord Cup Race
25th May 1907: An entry for the Harbord Cup Balloon Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hendon Aerodrome
22nd July 1911: Spectators watching a competitor arriving at Hendon during the Daily Mail Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
September 1913: A view of the motors in the enclosure at the Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

In Flight
July 1910: Planes flying over the hangars at a Bournemouth Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Henley Trophies
1907: The Trophy table for the Henley Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes Regatta
1st August 1911: Members leaving the Royal Yacht Club landing for the yachts at Cowes Regatta, Isle of Man. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Oxford Summer Eights
23rd May 1910: Spectators on a moored boat watch the Christ Church crew lead the Pembroke College boat during the Oxford Summer Eights. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Model Aeroplane
July 1909: One of the first model aeroplanes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kite Flying
1908: Man launching a kite on Wimbledon Common, while a group of children look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kite Special
1908: A Brogdani dihedral kite being held ready for launch while a group of youths look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Gulls In The Park
January 1909: A flock of gulls swoop over the heads of onlookers in St James Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Boat Race
March 1910: Crowds on the Thames watching the Oxford Cambridge boat race.. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
20th September 1913: Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes
August 1912: Visitors arriving by steamboats on the Isle of Wight during the Cowes Regatta Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Family Fun
circa 1905: Family flying a kite on Wimbledon Common. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flooded Railway
10th March 1914: An engine arriving at Burnt Mill Station, near Bishops Stortford, over flooded lines. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Houndsditch Outrage
January 1911: The besieged house is identified with a cross during the Sidney Street Siege. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Marshalling Yard
circa 1921: The Midland Station yard at Bradford, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Wrecked Cars
circa 1924: Several cars swept into Lake Erie during a tornado. Two of the occupants were drowned. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bloomsbury Damage
circa 1925: A general view of the extensive damage caused by a gas explosion in High Holborn, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

General Strike Food Convoy, May 1926
9th May 1926: An armoured car escorts spirit wagons through Aldgate, watched by interested bystanders during the General Strike

Beach Umbrellas
circa 1934: Two holiday-makers standing under umbrellas on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Capital Flying Visit
1st August 1928: The flying boat Calcutta, lands on the Thames, outside the Houses of Parliament, after its flight from Rochester to Westminster. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Piggy-Back Race
1st December 1905: Members of the Salvation Army farm colony at Hadleigh prepare to take part in a piggy-back race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Roman Catholic Parade
13th September 1908: Crowds watching the procession for the Roman Catholic Eucharist Congress at Westminster. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Spectator Sport
1st April 1907: A group of hunters watch from the banks of the river during a meet of the Hawkston Otter Hounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hunt Crowds
5th November 1909: Crowds at the Quorn Meet at Kirkby Gate. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bramham Hunt
12th October 1908: The Bramham Moor Hunt meet outside the Harewood Arms in preparation for the afternoons fox hunt. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Watching Trials
11th August 1911: Spectators watching the Auto Cycle Union Reliability Trials at Blue Bank. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Speed Trials
2nd May 1925: Spectators watching the 100 miles high speed reliability trials at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, England, in progress at a hairpin bend

Henley Regatta
30th June 1926: Crowds at the Henley regatta watch the rowing race from the banks of the Thames. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Swimming
July 1922: Crowds watching the swimming and diving at Surrey Docks, London (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes Regatta
August 1923: A race during the regatta at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes Crowd
6th August 1928: A crowd on the sea front during the Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Speedy Sands
18th June 1922: Drivers attempt to break the world speed record on Saltburn Sands in Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hastings Motors
17th March 1909: A large crowd watches a line of motor cars arriving at Hastings. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ready For The Off
circa 1920: Hot air balloons about to take off. The name Gordon Bennett, a wealthy American journalist who was a sponsor of ballooning, is clearly displayed on two of them. (Photo by M)

Franco-British Fair
June 1908: The visitors pack the stands round the band stand in the Elite Gardens at the Franco-British Exhibition, 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lord Mayors Show
9th November 1912: The Lord Mayors Show procession passing over Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Leopard Breakfast
circa 1935: A Leopard in the Bostock and Wombbells Menagerie watches for his keeper to bring his breakfast. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Strikers Protest
1st July 1907: Trollies loaded with paper, upset by the striking Belfast dockers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Breaking Seas
People watching the huge seas breaking over Portsmouth Harbour

Baseball Crowd
A crowd at a baseball match in New York. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

One-Legged Race
July 1916: A very literal one-legged race held during a garden party for wounded soldiers at Roehampton House. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lifeboat Launch
The launching of the Newquay lifeboat

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