Water Collection (page 5)

The Daily Mirror Trans-African Hovercraft Expedition, which took place between 15 October 1969 and 3 January 1970 through eight West African countries in a Winchester class SRN6 hovercraft

A man wearing Y fronts walking past two girls looking at him. July 1952. P017655

Glantaf Secondary Modern School, Llandaff North, Cardiff. October 1952 C4990-003

The exposed lakebed at Oldbury Reservoir, near Atherstone, North Warwickshire. Anglers risk a mud danger as they persue shaols of fish trapped in the dwindling area of water. 19th July 1976

When it comes to action nineteen years old Steven Beamish is very sharp off the line astride his powerful motor cycle. Through any conditions or weather

Actress Jill Clifford water skiing in the South of France. October 1952 C4903

Miners from Hamsterley Colliery in County Durham give their pit ponies a bath. August 1943 P017817

Dr David Bellamy (right) with his brother Gervaise on 29th March 1989

Diana, Princess of Wales in the water at Indian Castle Beach during her Nevis, West Indies holiday. 2nd January 1993

Princess Diana swimming in the pool while on holiday at Richard Bransons hotel La Residencia in the town of Deia, Majorca. 11th May 1996

The inaugural day of the first passenger hovercraft service on the Thames with a Denny D2 Hoverbus, was commenced from the Festival Hall Pier.1st July 1963

The Mummak KM, fresh water producer. Philip Noel Baker, Parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of War Transport drinking purified water

Frozen River Cam, Ice forms on the Jesus Lock weir during a cold spell, Cambridge, 13th January 1987

Scenes on the River Cam in Cambridge showing people enjoying a spot of fishing on their punts. July 1968

Scenes on the River Cam in the village of Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire. August 1972

Scenes at sunset looking along the River Cam in Cambridge. 18th January 1966

Scenes in Cambridge after the River Cam flooded, caused by heavy rain, March 1964

Scenes on the River Cam in Cambridge showing a gallery on a boat. Circa 1966

Scenes looking along the River Cam in Cambridge. Boats in the foreground temporarily moored as winter turns into spring. Circa 1965

Scenes on the River Cam in Cambridge showing sports and keep fit enthusiasts keeping active. Circa 1975

An impressive display at the opening of the new county Fire Brigade Headquarters in Cambridge. Circa 1974

The London Fire Brigade and the Auxiliary Fire Service demonstrate the power of their water pumps at the Serpentine, central London, to the Leader of the Labour Party and Lord Privy Seal

Auxiliary fireman seen here inspecting a water supply tank outside an Abbotts Shoe Shop in Cheapside, London which had an unexpected extra occupant of a shop dummy. 13th May 1941

A German U-boat caught in a hail of gunfire and bombs dropped by a Sunderland flying boat of RAF Coastal Command in the Bay of Biscay. June 1942

The airborne lifeboats, equipped with an engine and dropped by three parachutes from Air Sea Rescue aircraft, has been the means of saving the lives of many Allied aircrews forced down far out at

Flying Officer Ghesher and other crew of a destroyed Warwick rescue plane being picked up by a Naval launch which returned them to Britain. October 1944

Survivors of a destroyed R. A. F. Sunderland Flying Boat rescued by a British destroyer
Survivors of a destroyed R.A.F. Sunderland Flying Boat rescued by a British destroyer. September 1942

Airmen rescued from the sea by a RAF speedboat in the Channel. A bomber crashed into the sea near the French coast. Five members of the crew got into their rubber dinghy but three of them were so

Two airmen adrift in their dinghy in the Indian Ocean. A Hurricane on patrol sighted the drifting men, signalled his base, and then guided an RAF speed launch to the spot. March 1943

When a British bomber came down in the Atlantic its main dinghy failed to function and the six members of the crew piled into a dinghy designed for two people

The lives of many airmen whose aircraft have been forced down in the sea have been saved by rubber dinghies with which their aircraft are equipped

The 350, 000 gallon Emergency Water Supply tank in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, from which the Liverpool corporation are removing 150 tons of rubble thrown in by children. 26th September 1943

Army Guns. Training exercise. Picture shows a gun mounted on a boat, (numbered 27). Location unknown. Picture taken circa 1st February 1942

Men of the Pioneer Corps are doing valuable work all over the country making embankments alongside rivers which are likely to overflow or breach their banks

Picture shows an unusual craft on The River Thames outside Westminster. Suggests it is a small set or landing crafts. Picture taken circa 1st November 1941

British Army infantry in training exercises to keep a high level of fitness. The british Armed forces are maintaining the highest possible standard

Firefighters tackle a blaze in Kings Street, central Bristol following the Good Friday air raids by the Nazi German Luftwaffe, one of the major assaults of the Bristol Blitz. 11th April 1941

U-boat sinking in Atlantic Ocean, successfully taken out by a Short Sunderland British flying boat patrol bomber, April 1944. Sunday Pictorial Published Picture 23/04/1944

4Reconnaissance Corps in training. The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a corps of the British Army, formed during the Second World War whose units provided the mobile spearhead of

American made amphibious cargo carriers "Weasels"
American made amphibious cargo carriers " Weasels", with tracks instead of wheels being used in flooded areas of Holland during the Second World War. January 1945

Fire women of the National Fire Service using a hose during training exercises inn the Second World War. 21st March 1944

Villagers in Waen Village, Flintshire, have not been able to have a cup of tea for nearly a week because their main water supply has run completely dry

The conditions of living in the "Island", the tract of land North of Nijmegen
The conditions of living in the " Island", the tract of land North of Nijmegen on the road to Arnhem, Netherlands. This is after the flooding by the Germans

Ditched Halifax bomber in the Atlantic, rescued by the crew of the merchant ship " Jamaica Producer", including the captain P.C. Piejus. Circa October 1945

Bay of Biscay on 13 July 1942, when a No 77 Squadron Whitley crew was picked up by a Sunderland from the newly-formed No 461 Squadron RaF

After being adrift for four days the crew of a Coastal Command "Whitley"
After being adrift for four days the crew of a Coastal Command " Whitley" aircraft forced down in the sea off the South West coast of England, are rescued by a Polish destroyer

An R. A. F Catalina flying boat rescues members of a crashed Liberator crew who had been
An R.A.F Catalina flying boat rescues members of a crashed Liberator crew who had been forced down in the Mediterranean. August 1944

Wounded British Army personnel, from local hospitals in Norfolk are entertained on by The Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, and area of Wroxham

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