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Description: Photographs Illustrating Proposed Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. White River (Lower) Rapids above Prospect Falls. Typical of this River.
Location: Jamaica
Date: 1860-1936
Description: Photographs Illustrating Proposed Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. White River (Lower): Upper Prospect Falls.
Location: Jamaica
Date: 1860-1936
Description: Photographs Illustrating Proposed Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. White River (Lower): Lower Prospect Falls.
Location: Jamaica
Date: 1860-1936
Description: Photographs Illustrating Proposed Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. White River (Lower): View of river gorge from Prospect Common looking upstream.
Location: Jamaica
Date: 1860-1936
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/369
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Description: The Askari Monument, Dar-es-Salaam
Location: Tanganyika
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/166
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Description: Juju (Dakka)
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/63
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Description: Jukun (Kwora)
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/63
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Description: General View. Springfontein Camp from North East.
Location: Springfontein
Description: General View. Springforntein Camp from North East.
Location: Springfontein
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/215
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Location: Springfontein
Description: Entrance from the Railway Springforntein Camp.
Location: Springfontein
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/215
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Composite image of Tropical Storm Pali (centre right) and Tropical Cyclone Ula (lower left) from 09:00 UTC on Monday, 11 January 2016.
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Now a sight along the Milwaukee's third ward river walk, this movable truss swing bridge was constructed in 1915 so Chicago & Northwestern twin cities 400 passenger trains could cross the Milwaukee river. The train line was called the twin cities 400 based on the trains being able to cross from St. Paul to Chicago in 396 minutes. This bridge is currently non-functional and permanently parked in the open position.
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Typhoon Haiyan approaching the Philippines (13:00 UTC 11/7/2013).
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Description: Teenagers in London's Carnaby Street.
Date: 1969
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 14/147
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Composite image of Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston, as it made landfall over Fiji at 06:00 UTC on Saturday, 20 February 2016.
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Description: The dried copra is crushed for oil which is used both in the manufacture of hair oils and soap, the cake left is used as cattle feed.
Location: Tanga Province, Tanganyika
Date: 1960
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/164
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Description: Mr. G.W.F.Mahoney, Veterinary Laboratory Superintendent at Abuko, Innoculating a cow against rinderpest. June 1959.
Location: London, Abuko, Gambia
Date: June 1959
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/28
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Description: Northern Province.
Location: N. Rhodesia
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/3
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Description: Photograph from the log book of RAF Squadron Leader B.J.E. Lane.
Date: 1940-2
Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 4/58
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Description: Barbados. 'Barbados Rediffusion Service: Continuity studio'. [Depicting radio engineer at his desk]. Photograph No K 20370 Official Barbados photograph compiled by the Central Office of Information.
Location: Barbados
Date: [1950]
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 10/42/9
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Description: In Lagos.
Location: Lagos
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/71
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Description: Photograph of three skeletons, one seated at piano, one playing banjo, one singing. Garden scene. No 1.
Date: 1893
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/411/21
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Catalogue reference: MEPO 31/21 (1)
A Metropolitan Police Special Branch Report from August 1970 on the Black Power Demonstration showed that non-uniformed police were planted around the demonstrators and photographers prepared, showing the police expectations of the march before it has even happened.
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Description: Audience wearing special glasses watch a 3D "stereoscopic film" at the Telekinema on the South Bank in London during the Festival of Britain
Date: 11th May 1951
Our Catalogue Reference: WORK 25/208
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Description: Barbados. 'Newsboys waiting to collect their copies of 'News' - a Barbados daily paper'. Photograph No D 106640 Official Barbados photograph compiled by the Central Office of Information. Publicity statement on reverse. Crown copyright reserved.
Location: Barbados
Date: 1960 Nov
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 10/39/10
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Description: Photograph of "an unusual atmospheric atmospheric occurrence observed over Sri Lanka" forwarded to the Ministry of Defence by RAF Fylingdales.
Date: 27th March 2004
Our Catalogue Reference: DEFE 24/2036 p.67
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Description: Actress and socialite Lillie Langtry photographed by William Downey (1829-1915).
Date: August 1885
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/373/215
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Description: "Mill Hill School, London"
Date: 1926-42
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 9/442
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Description : George Davey was sentenced to one month's hard labour in Wandsworth Prison in 1872 for stealing two rabbits. He was ten years old.
Date: 1872
Our Catalogue Reference: PCOM 2/290
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Description: Playtime at Trench Town Comprehensive School, Kingston, Jamaica.
Date: 1965
Our Catalogue Reference: INF 10/147
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Catalogue reference: MEPO31/21 (3)
Photographs of the protesters were taken for evidence in the Mangrove trial. The slogans used on the signs and the dress of some of the marchers, including leather jackets, dark glasses and berets, reflected the Black Panther campaign in America.
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Description: American stage actress Mary Brown-Potter photographed by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn (1847-1908)
Date: 1887
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/381/253
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Description: Colour sketch sent to the Ministry of Defence of a ‘spaceship’ creating crop circles
Date: 1998?
Our Catalogue Reference: DEFE 24/1999 p.47
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Description: Aerial photograph of Heathrow Airport
Date: 1955
Our Catalogue Reference: BT 219/115
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Typhoon Haiyan approaching the Philippines (13:00 UTC 07/11/2013).
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Left to right: Angela Raspin (Archivist), Yvonne Holder (Archives Assistant), David Waller (Research Assistant). Taken by Oscar Stevenson.
IMAGELIBRARY/1172
Description: Photograph of miners working at Bersham Colliery near Wrexham in Wales.
Date: c.1960
Our Document Reference: COAL 80/97
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Description: "Wind Costume". Late 19th century Japanese hand tinted photographic studio portrait.
Date: c.1900?
Our Catalogue Reference: CO 1069/416 f.48
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Description: "Carriers crossing a river on the seaboard. Appolonia." The photograph was taken on the coast of what is now Ghana.
Date: c.1901
Our Catalogue Reference: CO 1069/34 part 2, 49 (1)
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Description: MI5 staff member pictured on beach. This ordinary looking snapshot was taken and planted as part of a complex WWII intelligence plan known as Operation Mincemeat.
The intention was that this photograph would make other documents secreted with it seem more authentic. These documents, passed on to German agents after they were found on a body washed up on the coast of Spain (planted by British intelligence) suggested that the Allies were not planning an invasion of southern Europe via Sicily. This led to a weakening of German defence of Sicily which assisted the eventual Allied attack.
Date: c.1944
Our Catalogue Reference: WO 106/5921
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Desciption: Patented textile pattern by Christopher Dresser, one of Victorian Britain's leading industrial designers. This design was intended for dress fabric for the African market.
Date: August 1887
Our Catalogue Reference: EXT 9/104 (79119)
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Description: Great Pyramid, Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure
Location: Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt
Date: 1890 - 1899
Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/179
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Description: A British made Cierva Autogiro flies over Manhattan Island. The brainchild of Spanish aeronautical engineer Juan de la Cierva, the autogyro was developed in the early 1920s.
The National Archives' file relates to proposals within the Great Western Railway company to build what would now be called helipads at railway stations.
Date: c.1931
Our Catalogue Reference: RAIL 257/76
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Description: 'Making the Empire Christmas pudding', artwork by F C Harrison produced for the Empire Marketing Board
Date: 1926-39
Our Catalogue Reference: CO 956/62
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Description: "Miss P Broughton in swing, full length, white dress, nearly full face, shoe on", photograph by William Edward Downey (1855-1908)
Phyllis Broughton (1862-1926) was an actress and dancer who found fame through her appearances at the Gaiety Theatre on Aldwych in London, home of the "Gaiety Girls".
Date: 1892
Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/408/262
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Description: Unidentified Flying Object sightings
Date: c.1969
Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 20/11612
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Description: German Graf Zeppelin flies over St. Paul's Cathedral while on a press visit to London.
Date: 1930
Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 11/237
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Description: Poster from the newly nationalised British Railways, advertising Whitley Bay in North Tyneside. Signed "Michael".
Date: 1949
Our Catalogue Reference: AN 14/203
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Composite image of Hurricane Lorenzo near the Western Azores, from 12:00 UTC on Monday, 30 September 2019.
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Catalogue reference: MEPO 31/21
The Mangrove was a popular restaurant, and attracted celebrity voices in support of it’s cause. Newspapers reported the support of actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave at the time, and Corin Redgrave walking along with Barbara Besse, one of the Mangrove Nine.
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