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The Battle of Taranto during the Second World War. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history
Hes fluffy and cuddly. Wendy Harrison seen here with one of the baby Chinchillas her mother Mary breeds. 3rd January 1959
A Sten sub machine carbine, an all metal gun used in a similar way to the American Thompson sub machine gun, weighing only seven pounds and designed especially for parachute troops
A Avro Anson of Coastal Command working in cooperation with two convoy escorts hunt down a German U-Boat in the Western Approaches in the spring of 1940
Eight pilots of a rocket projectile Typhoon squadron went to attack a group of enemy tanks. Owing to the bad visibility they could not see how many tanks were destroyed in the attack
Christmas party for Nelson Street Kids in Ladywood, Birmingham. The party was the climax to eight weeks of fund raising by customers of the Nelson public house
The nuclear mushroom cloud rising over the Japanese city of Nagasaki following the dropping of the plutonium implosion bomb codenamed Fat Man on the city on the 9th August 1945
A formation of Mk1b Typhoons of No 56 Squadron on patrol from RAF Matlaske, Norfolk April 1943
The enormous scale of the blast effect from the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki can be seen in the remains of this factory, which was half a mile from the detonation point
UFO, TV Series. Actresses from the science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, pictured during photo-call to promote the series outside Hall of Memories, Birmingham, 15th September 1970
Members of a army bomb disposal squad rolling a unexploded German bomb through a London Park after defusing it. The bomb was later taken to Hackney Marsh where it was exploded. Circa September 1940
Rifles stand stacked ready while farmhands in the uniform and forage caps of parashooters carry on their work at an Essex farm
Mrs Myriam Mandragon tucks in baby Alphonse as older brother Ricardo looks on and asks his mother why wasn t the baby a new sister for him, as he had ordered. 3rd January 1959
Golcar Nursery school children pictured during a Wild West fund day and barbecue, organised as a treat after they won a prize for their float at the Golcar gala, 2nd July 1992
A Bren Gun Carrier seen here taking part in Army exercises in Northern England Circa 1941
Lord Dowding revisits Battle of Britain Operations room. Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding in the operations room of No. 11 Group RAF fighter command Uxbrdge
The Churchill shows its sting. The Churchill Crocodile is the most powerful flame thrower in the world today. With its special fuel it shoots a flame thats is terrifying and deadly
This is one of the first pictures to be released telling the story of Radar. The radio locational development which British scientists had in readiness at the outbreak of war
South East Beavers Fun Day, Whitley Beaumont Campsite, West Yorkshire, 4th July 1992
Three thousand American troops marched through London, doing their bit for " Salute the Soldier" week, and London in return saluted these tough and engaging warriors and their four bands
Friday the Thirteenth reaches its century. A Halifax III of RAF Bomber Command No 158 Squadron ominously named Friday the 13th is pictured here standing quietly on dispersa at RAF Lissett following
The Hunt Class destroyer HMS Brocklesby steaming at high speed during a target practice exercise off Plymouth Sound 4th November 1941
The Flower class corvette HMS Hibiscus (K24) escorting a convoy on the North Atlantic. September 1941
A US destroyer fires a pattern of depth charges during a search for a German U-boat. 9th November 1942 The depth charge was the main anti-submarine warfare weapon used against the German submarine
A Sherman VC Firefly tank of 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade, near St Leger, 11 June 1944. The Sherman Firefly was based on the US M4 Sherman Tank but fitted with the powerful 3-inch calibre
A big range of aircraft parked at the forward end of the flight deck of HMS Illustrious after landing on completion of an exercise in the Indian Ocean
Birmingham town crier rings in the new year 1st January 1959
General view showing the first British Motor Show organised by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, held at Crystal Palace. February 1903
General view looking across the centre of damage at Hiroshima following the dropping of the " Little Boy" atomic bomb on Monday 6th August 1945
Hobarts Funnies were a number of unusually modified tanks operated by the 79th Armoured Division and the Royal Engineers. These specialized tanks were developed under the guidance of Major General
Reading Home Guard seen here during a exercise at a weekend training camp. 15th June 1942
Motor Show Preview Day at Earls Court. Traffic Warden Jacqui Smith looks at the Flying Car model for the new James Bond film " The Man With The Golden Gun", an AMC Matador Coupe
Prince Pop Singer at Music awards. 11th February 1985
Fancy dress rugby match at Kings Meadow Park, Reading, Berkshire, July 1980
Gala, Beenham, Berkshire, July 1980
The former pool, set amongst the rocks, at Porthcawl front. Circa 1995
One of the sea water pools, set amongst the rocks, at the Esplanade, Porthcawl front. 8th June 1994
A pool, set amongst the rocks, at Porthcawl front. 8th June 1994
Operation Pluto (pipe-lines under the ocean). First pictures. One of the greatest supply stories of the war is now being told for the first time
Prefabricated Ports. Two Prefabricated Ports each as big as Gibraltar were manufactured in Britain in sections, towed across the channel, and set down off the coast of Normandy
Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. 12th April 1941. (Embargo date). Pictured, an Air Gunner in one of the - Blister - gun turrets