Explosion Collection (#3)

The demolition of Wearmouth Colliery in October 1994

Crowds watch the demolition of Westoe Colliery, South Shields in April 1994

Nuclear mushroom cloud seen here over Malden Island following the detontation of the bomb called Short Granite. The explosion was the first of three carried out by the United Kingdom 15th May 1957

Nuclear cloud seen here in the late stages of development over Malden Island following the detontation of the bomb called Short Granite

Nuclear cloud seen here following the detonation of the bomb named Purple Granite over Malden Island. The explosion was the third carried out by the United Kingdom 19th June 1957 watscan

Factory fire after WW2 flying bomb attack 1944

Prices Candle and Nightlight factory fire December 1944 which was hit by flying bomb during WW2

WW2 The Blitz Bomb damage in London Local residents stop to look at bomb damage caused by german bomber attack on London. ARP and rescue teams look through the demolished building

Germans shelling a Convoy in the English Channel May 1943 1940s

German shells bursting in the great reservoirs at Waelhem close to Antwerp. September 30th 1914

Bombs destroy a double span railway bridge near Liege in Belgium. Accurate bombing took out this important link in the Germans supply route

British troops raid German bases on Lofoten Island Norway. WW2 March 1941

The United States army troop ship "Meigs"blazing after being hit during a
The United States army troop ship " Meigs" blazing after being hit during a Japanese air raid on Port Darwin 1942 WW2

Smoke rises from the Messeshmitt Neupertritor ME 110 component plant at Brunswick Germany after being attacked by Liberators of the US Stratigic & Tactical Air Force during WW2. 1944

A bomb hits a lock gate on the Western Canal 25 miles from Bangkok. Bombing was carried out by RAF B24 Liberators of the Stratigic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. WW2 1945

A B17 Flying Fortress on daylight raid on Berlin Germany during WW2 - 1944

Mushroom cloud rises from Japanese ammunition dump on Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific after being hit by bombs from US planes. WW2 1944

Allied bombs explode on dockside at Fuge Honshu Japan during a WW2 air raid - 1945

A Y. M. C. A Mobile canteen on an anti aircraft gun battery during the blitz on London
A Y.M.C.A Mobile canteen on an anti aircraft gun battery during the blitz on London November 1940

German pocket battleship Graf Spee sinking War WW2 ship being sunk Scuppered itself following the battle of River Plate in Uruguay 1940s

WW2 US marines on Namur Island 1944 Two marines relax in a machine gun nest overlooking a burning farm building after a 24 hour battle with Japanese troops which led to the capture of Namur Island

WW2 Allied troops watch from a ship as a German fuel dump of coal & oil burns out of control on the coast line 1941

WW2 II: German battleship Bismarck sinks the Royal Navys largest warship HMS Hood off Greenland with the loss of more than 1, 400 lives

Convoy being bombed in the straits of Dover In 1940 the German Luftwaffe started to concentrate on aerial attacks on shipping in the English Channel.The plan of the man in charge, Hermann Goering

A convoy being bombed in the straits of Dover during WW2 In 1940 the German Luftwaffe started to concentrate on aerial attacks on shipping in the English Channel.The plan of the man in charge

Time lapse photography of the destruction of a swarm of V1 flying bombs by the armys search light and anti aircraft batteries stationed on the coast at Folkestone Circa 1st August 1944

An Amoured Division which played an important part in the successful Battle of the Kasserine Pass is seen here exploding a Teller mine to allow a scout car through a gap in the enemy defences

Rommel brought to a standstill in the Alamein and El Eisa sectors. Our picture shows; an infantryman talking cover as a 2000 pound bomb explodes perilously near the front lines. August 1942

East Coast of Kra Isthmus. Chumpon railway station and shipment yard left in a mass of flames after RAF Liberators flew a round trip of 2, 300 miles to bomb the strategic targets

Bomb explodes in High St. Kensington. Bomb damage at a jewellers shop in High Street, Kensington tonight. January 1975 75-00516

Spray from German shells bursting in the reservoir at Waelhem falls over waiting Belgian ambulances near Antwerp. 30th September 1914

The Goliath Mark 2, trundling along on its first mission. May 1973 P005086

Broughton Moor Green Slate Quarry blasted; Coniston; ICI experiment slate is forced out by the explosion at the tunnel entrance; the roof goes up, and then drops. September 1951 P005351

A fireman was killed and more than 80 people were injured yesterday when a van packed with explosives blew up in the middle of a busy industrial estate

On February 22, 1948, as the conflict over the coming partition of Palestine grew, three car bombs arranged by Arab irregulars exploded on Ben Yehuda Street killing 52 Jewish civilians

On February 22, 1948, as the conflict over the coming partition of Palestine grew, three car bombs arranged by Arab irregulars exploded on Ben Yehuda Street killing 52 Jewish civilians

British official observes from a distance the destruction of an amminition dump beforev retreating from the advancing German army. April 1918

Enemy tanks ablaze during a battle in Cyrenaica in Libya during the Second World War. The tanks were captured by South African troops along with other armoured vehicles December 1941

Bombs bursting on some disused sheds near South Africa brigade headquarters during fighting at El Alamein in Egypt during the Second World War July 1942

R. A. F Liberators bomb a Japanese train 15 miles south of Anim
R.A.F Liberators bomb a Japanese train 15 miles south of Anim, on the Pegu-Ye railway line in Burma. The train was carrying retreating Japanese troops and oil supplies. 13th June 1945

War Submarine. British Destroyers sink U-boat. British plane overhead. August 1940 P012075

World War II: Shipping Germans shell convoy in the English Channel. August 1940 P011671

World War II: Shipping. S. S. James Harrold, the 8, 000-ton American Liberty Ship ablaze
World War II: Shipping. S.S. James Harrold, the 8, 000-ton American Liberty Ship ablaze off Deal, Kent. January 1945 P012340

World War II. Shipping. Merchant ships shelled by The Germans in the English Channel. August 1940 P011676

World War Two, Royal Navy destroyer drops depth charges on a German U-boat, April 1942

World War II: Shipping. HMS fearless seen here in the background on fire after being hit whilst escorting a convoy to Malta. April 1942 P011677

Mill chimneys in Brook Yard, Hipperholme, near Halifax, were demolished. Susan Heviour, Josephine Woodhouse, Ruth Collins, and Patricia Fairbank

Suez Crisis 1956 Royal Engineers take cover as they blow up a mine from a beach near Port Said which they are clearing

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