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Islands Collection

Background imageIslands Collection: Poolewe and the River Ewe 24th July 1948

Poolewe and the River Ewe 24th July 1948

Background imageIslands Collection: The flash of US Navy destroyer guns light up the vessels deck

The flash of US Navy destroyer guns light up the vessels deck and superstructure during a night battle off Vella Lavella in the Central Solomons Islands of the South Pacific

Background imageIslands Collection: Life on Tahiti, one of the Polynesian Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean

Life on Tahiti, one of the Polynesian Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia

Background imageIslands Collection: How the Jersey islanders kept in touch with what was going on in England

How the Jersey islanders kept in touch with what was going on in England. Although he Germans confiscated all radio sets and threatened severe penalties to anyone listening to the BBC home made

Background imageIslands Collection: First close up pictures to be released of the terrific pasting the US Navy delivered to

First close up pictures to be released of the terrific pasting the US Navy delivered to the Japanese on Attu Island. Army and Navy forces advanced to the attack together

Background imageIslands Collection: Tracer bullets light up the night sky as guns from a US Navy warship pout their fire on a

Tracer bullets light up the night sky as guns from a US Navy warship pout their fire on a Japanese barge during a night battle off Vella Lavella in the Central Solomons Islands of the South Pacific

Background imageIslands Collection: Darkness partly veils, partly intensifies the violence of modern warfare

Darkness partly veils, partly intensifies the violence of modern warfare. The camera catches the white flare, smoke*hazed and shadow-blurred

Background imageIslands Collection: Life on one of the Polynesian Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean

Life on one of the Polynesian Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. A family wash their clothes in a stream. It is not clear the exact Island. It maybe one of the Marquese Islands

Background imageIslands Collection: General scenes on Lundy Island. Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel

General scenes on Lundy Island. Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel. It lies 12 miles off the coast of Devon. 4th April 1969

Background imageIslands Collection: General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic

General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic, 21st July 1986. Drying fruit and vegetables on pyramid hanging rack

Background imageIslands Collection: General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic

General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic, 21st July 1986

Background imageIslands Collection: General Mountain Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic

General Mountain Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic, 21st July 1986

Background imageIslands Collection: General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic

General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic, 21st July 1986. Beach Scenes. Fishing Boats

Background imageIslands Collection: 18-year-old Barbara Ball poses with some of the earliest Narcisi Soleil flowers ready for

18-year-old Barbara Ball poses with some of the earliest Narcisi Soleil flowers ready for shipment to the mainland. The flowers are being shipped each week from St. Mary s, Isles of Scilly

Background imageIslands Collection: On 364 days of the year Lairg, Sutherland, is a quiet village of 1, 046 people

On 364 days of the year Lairg, Sutherland, is a quiet village of 1, 046 people. The only excitement is the catching of a large salmon or the weekly visit of a mobile cinema

Background imageIslands Collection: The Island of Swona in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. 18th May 1957

The Island of Swona in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. 18th May 1957. Home to Violet Rosie, a.k.a. The Silent Woman of Swona

Background imageIslands Collection: Crofter, Callum MacLeod, 63, shoulders his shovel after another day

Crofter, Callum MacLeod, 63, shoulders his shovel after another days work on the road... his OWN road, 29th April 1973. It weaves two and a half miles through two lines of hills

Background imageIslands Collection: Harbour scene in the Hebrides, Scotland. Circa 1960

Harbour scene in the Hebrides, Scotland. Circa 1960

Background imageIslands Collection: Stromness with Orkney Fishermans Society new factory in the foreground

Stromness with Orkney Fishermans Society new factory in the foreground January 1999

Background imageIslands Collection: View of Lemreway Island circa 1842

View of Lemreway Island circa 1842

Background imageIslands Collection: Lemreway isle of Lewis 1958

Lemreway isle of Lewis 1958



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