Cold War Collection

Soviet Spy Kim Philby holds a press conference after being cleared of spying by the Foreign Office. October 1955 P009631

Actor Richard Burton pictured in a London pub during the filming of " The Spy who came in from the cold". May 1965

Air crew of 617 Squadron scramble their Avro Vulcan Bomber at RAF Scampton as part of a QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) exercise. 12th February 1965

Aircraft Vickers Valiant. A photograph taken at No. 232. Operational Convertion Unit R.A.F. Gaydon showing the ground servicing facilities of the Valiant Bombers. March 1956 P004847

Visit of the American president John F Kennedy and his wife Jackie to London, England. Pictured leaving London Airport in open top car with British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. 4th June 1961

The first nuclear powered submarine the USS Nautilus seen here in Plymouth Sound with the American aircraft carrier Essex in the background

Vulcan Bomber squadron. 1964

617 Squadron at RAF Scampton as they prepare to leave for Goose Bay in Canada. 31 August 1971

Air Vice Marshal Sandy Hunter seen here exploring the abandon nuclear bunker at Kenton near Newcastle. 8th April 1997

Air Vice Marshal Sandy Hunter seen here at the entrance to the nuclear bunker at Kenton near Newcastle. 8th April 1997

Actor Richard Burton, enjoying a moment of reflection in a London pub while shooting the film " The Spy who came in from the cold". May 1965

RAF Technicians at one of the launch control suites for one of the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

RAF Technician runs a tests on the Rocketdyne propulsion unit for a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

Press Visit to R. A. F. Feltwell - Thor Ballistic Missile Base
Press Visit to R.A.F. Feltwell - Thor Ballistic Missile Base. The Thor is a intermediate range ballistic missile. Seen here taking its places as part of the operational front - line of the Royal Air

The moment of detonation of the second test of Britains Hydrogen bomb. As seen by members of the press and naval ratings aboard HMS Alert 35 miles offshore of Malden Island

Checkpoint Charlie crossing point in the Berlin Wall located at the junction of Friedrichstrae with Zimmerstrae and Mauerstrae

The Berlin Wall along Zimmerstraze, Berlin, close to Checkpoint Charlie and the location where Peter Fechter a bricklayer aged 18 was shot

Mass demonstration held outside Rathaus Schoneberg City Hall in protest against the construction of the Berlin Wall which began three days earlier overnight on the 12th-13th August

For the first time since its erection, the Berlin Wall is opened for border crossings for 18 days over the Christmas period

Scenes in East Berlin, East Germany soon after the start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. Police monitoring the situation around Frankfurter Allee in the east of the city. 18th August 1961

A Blue Steel missile at RAF Waddington The UKs nuclear deterrent seen here being loaded aboard a RAF Avro Vulcan. 14 February 1963

RAF Patrington and Holmpton. Underground telephone exchange. From left reporter Stuart Russell, Capt JD Ford and Wing Cdr Geoffrey Oliver

RAF Patrington - In the Hot Seat sits the man with a hot line to London. Gp Capt JD Ford, master controller, warns of unidentified enemy aircraft

An air to air picture of a Vickers Valiant tanker refuelling Avro Vulcan Bomber in flight in 1962

Henry Frederick Houghton who spied for the Russians stops for a cigarette after being released from prison having served 9 of his 15 year sentence. Portland Spy Ring. 12th May 1970

Telegraph sent from Sean Bourke to George Blake after he was declared a free man after he helped Blake escape from Worwood Scrubs Prison in London in October 1966. 4th February 1969

William John Vassall, a British civil servant who, under pressure of blackmail, spied for the Soviet Union. He was a RAF Photographer in WW2. OPS His Minox spy camers. 12 September 1962

Sub-Lieutenant David Bingham (l) receives the sword of honour in 1970 two years before being jailed for selling secrets to the Russians to pay off debts. 14th March 1972

Aircraft Avro Vulcan B2 bomber July 1963 line up at RAF Wittering as a Vulcan makes an approach to the runway. The Vulcan along with the Victor

Emergency in Malaya. The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment seen here sitting calmly in the aircraft before tree parachuting (a technique of low level parachuting)

President Dwight Eisenhower (Right) seen here with Prime Minister Harold MacMillian at Heathrow Airport. The President who had flew in from Germany made a short speech on his arrival before he left

Interior of Polaris submarine HMS Resolution. 21st May 1970

Press showing of the Handley Page Victor bomber with its Blue Steel stand - off bomb. The pictures were taken at R.A.F. Wittering, near Peterborough

Moscow Army February 1990

Exterior picture of Management House in Parker Street, London WC2, where the Russian Wood Agency have offices on the 9th & 10th Floors September 1971

Exterior picture of Moscow Narodny Bank in London September 1971. A number of Soviet citizens who work at the bank were asked to leave

Exterior picture of Moscow Narodny Bank in London September 1971. A number of Soviet citizens who work at the bank were asked to leave

Residents read the official soviet newspaper Izvestia from a public noticeboard in a Simferopol park. April 1960 M4000

Press showing of the Handley Page Victor bomber with its Blue Steel stand - off bomb. The pictures were taken at R.A.F. Wittering, near Peterborough

CND Ban the Bomb Demonstration London 10th September 1961. Seated at the base of Nelsons Colum are Diana Collins (A speaker), Constance Cummings (A speaker)

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev accompanied by other Russian officials leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris after he said goodbye to French President Charles De Gaulle. 16th May 1960

Actor Richard Burton pictured in London during the filming of " The Spy who came in from the cold". May 1965

Chief Tech, Norman Clamp, of Southport, checking a Rocketdyne propulsion unit for a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

The officers and men who form the launch crew standing in front of a Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile at the R.A.F. Station, Feltwell, Norfolk

A mushroom cloud rises over the Pacific moments after the detonation of Britains second Hydrogen bomb. As seen by members of the press

Members of the press and naval ratings aboard HMS Alert 35 miles offshore of Malden Island, Kiribati. Seen here dressed in protective suits known as Goon Suits

Memorial for escapee Peter Fechter, at Zimmerstrae, Berlin, close to Checkpoint Charlie. Circa 1965 Peter Fechter a bricklayer aged 18 was shot

A Triumph Herald crossing the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie. Circa 1965 Following the erection of the wall in 1961, diplomats and foreigners were still allowed to cross the wall

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