Landed Collection (page 7)

Tel-Aviv Harbour Busy scenes Tel-Aviv harbour
Tel-Aviv Harbour. Busy scenes in the Tel-Aviv harbour, lumber being landed for orange boxes. 1938, Israel, Tel Aviv

Palestine disturbances 1936 Army ambulance landed
Palestine disturbances 1936. Army ambulance, just landed from the ships. 1936

Troops And Stores Being Landed In Gallipoli From A British Ship During World War I. From The Illustrated War News 1915

Blue Butterfly On A Plant

Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon

Memorial to the Belgian Piron Brigade, Ranville Church
There is another Piron Plaque just outside the entrance to the British War Cemetery in Ranville. The Brigade landed on Gold Beach on 5 August and 17th August

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Reviers, Normandy
The Reginas landed on Juno Beach at Courseulles onD-Day and headed inland towards Reviers through which runs the River Mue, a tributary of the River Seulles

Airstrip B3 Memorial, Free French Sqns, Ste Croix
The first Free French planes landed here on Liberated soil on 13 June 1944 as part of 2nd Tactical Airforce RAF. Present at the unveiling of the Memorial Area was Wing Cdr Johnnie Johnson

Commandant Kiefer & 4 Commando Memorial
This is in Colleville-Montgomery opposite the First British Graves Memorial and remembers both Kieffer and the French Forces of No 4 Commando. There are a number of memorials to Kieffer

85th Field Company RE, Nottingham Bridge, Courseulles
The Memorial was put up in 1994 by Old comrades of 85th Fld Coy, RE. It has a handsome frame with badges in bas-relief. The 85th landed at Graye-sur-Mer in the early hours of D-Day 6 June 1944

Memorial to CSM Stan Hollis VC Green Howards
Stan Hollis was the only man to win the VC on D-Day. He landed here with D Company of the 6th Battalion. Thinking that the original hut was a German pill box he fired the entire drum of his Lewis gun

2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Memorial, Asnelles
The Borderers were part of 231st Brigade of 50th Northumbrian Division who landed here on D-Day. The black Memorial carries inscriptions in English

The Arrival of Amelia Earhart at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

Docks of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt
Docks with landed boats on the Suez Canal and view on Port Said in north-eastern Egypt, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and on the western bank of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1910

Harbour of Port Said, Egypt
View on the harbour with landed sailing ships, boats on the canal and pedestrians walking on the shore in Port Said, a city on the north-eastern coast of Egypt

Ufos / Hessdalen
This flying saucer landed in the village of Hessdalen, but was snowed in by bad weather, and its occupants had to stay with the locals until the weather cleared Date: 1996

The Epic of Arnhem, WW2
The Epic of Arnhem, where the First Airborne Division saw action during the Second World War. Showing how the newcomers at Arnhem were welcomed as they landed by parachute. Date: 1944

MiG-17 Soviet jet fighter C016 / 2720
Side view of a Soviet MiG-17 jet fighter. A product of the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau, the MiG-17 (NATO reporting name Fresco ) was a development of the successful MiG-15

Luna 2 spacecraft. This unmanned Soviet spacecraft was launched on 12 September 1959. On 13 September 1959 it became the first spacecraft to impact the Moon

Upper class Victorian girl
An upper class Victorian girl, Alice Polhill-Turner (Alice Kate Frances, 1856-1931), seen here at the age of six, sitting on an upholstered chair in a lacy white dress and white stockings

Motor car and cycle club rally, Neyland, South Wales
The First Pembrokeshire Motor Car and Motor Cycle Club Rally, photographed outside Williamston House, Neyland, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Colour engraving of Prior Park, Bath
Colour engraving of Prior Park, near Bath, the seat of Ralph Allen Esq

Ufos / Taylor / Livingston
Near Livingston, Scotland, Robert Taylor has close encounter with landed UFO whose spiked satellites tear his trousers

Ufos / Pienaar / Transvaal
Farmer Jan Pienaar, driving with unnamed African farmhand, encounters landed saucer across the road

Ufos / Quarouble, France
At Quarouble (Nord) Marius Dewilde sees UFO landed on railway tracks and has close encounter with bizarre aliens

Amelia Earhart Greeted at Southampton
Amelia Earhart is greeted by local dignitaries at Southampton on June 18th, 1928 following her flight across the Atlantic (becoming the first woman to travel the route as a passenger)

Aerial view of the initial landings, taken from low-flying R
Photograph: aerial view of the initial landings, taken from low-flying Royal Air Force aircraft. Newly landed vehicles drive in well-ordered lines up the beach and along a road inland

Victorian scrap - The hunting squire
Victorian scrap - The Hunting Squire, Good Old Style. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - 20 Livings in his Gift
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - 20 Livings in His Gift. late 19th century

Indian soldiers in trench, Gallipoli, 1915.Photograph by Reggie Savory, 1915.Sikh soldiers of 29th Indian Infantry Brigade rest in a trench, probably in the Cape Helles area

Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1 (possibly Caudron no. 3880). 1916

Crimean War, foraging party after landing at Kerch
Crimean War -- a foraging party after the allies landed at Kerch, showing soldiers catching poultry and pigs. 1855

King William Stone, Carrickfergus - a view of the stone behind the Carrickfergus Castle, where King William landed. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carrickfergus). Date: circa early 1900s

Cannons and American Air Force plane that landed in Albania in 1957 during the Cold War. Gjirokaster Castle. Republic of Albania. Date: 20070809

American Air Force plane that landed in Albania in 1957 during the Cold War. Gjirokaster Castle. Republic of Albania. Date: 20070809

Albania. Gjirokaster viewed through the cockpit of the American Air Force plane that landed in 1957 during the Cold War. From the Castle of Gjirokastra Date: 20070809

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopter
A 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex, lands safely

See-saw in the garden
Eight men are around a wooden structure, probably some sort of see-saw. The man on the right of the see-saw has fallen off and the man on the left has landed heavily on the ground as a result

Overland Low Water Land
At low water the Indian mails are landed from the steam packet by rowing boat at Folkestone. Date: 1844

Overland - Suez
The harbour at Suez where mail from India is landed, and mail for India taken out to the ships by small boat. Date: 1844

Lady Offley 1642
Lady Offley instructs her men to defend her mansion (Geashill) against Irish rebels. Date: 1642

Louis XVIII in 1815
Louis XVIII has been on the throne only a few months when news comes that Napoleon has quit Elba, landed in France, and is headed for Paris : he hurriedly quits the Tuileries Date: 19/20 March 1815

Letters from the Planets
Venusian space travellers, who have landed on one of Jupiters moons, walk from night into day Date: 1892

Arthur Phillip, Vice-Admiral and Governor of New South Wales (formerly Captain Phillip, R.N.) (1738-1814). In January 1788, Phillip instituted a tiny settlement on the shores of Port Jackson

Children of the year July
Young girl in long white chiffon dress, standing in a garden gazing at a butterfly that landed on her hand.Date: 1901

Saluting the Vanquished Foe, WW1 in the air by C Clark
A German monoplane, forced to descend with the British lines on the Western front. The plane was forced to alight owing to the tactics of the British aviators in the neighbourhood where the aerial

Sailors landed on a beach, WW2
Sailors landed on a beach from a rowing boat, with a large ship in the background. Date: 1940

Peers of the Realm who had joined up, WW1
Double page spread from The Sketch showing portraits of peers of the realm who had joined up during the early weeks of the First World War

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"Landed: From Apollo 17 Astronaut to the Normandy Landings, a Journey through History" In the vast expanse of space, an Apollo 17 astronaut gazes upon Earth, marveling at our little blue planet. As he reflects on his incredible journey, he can't help but draw parallels to other significant landings throughout history. One such landing takes us back to the year 1914 when brave soldiers faced unimaginable horrors in World War I. Known as "Our Little Contemptibles, " they landed on foreign soil with unwavering determination and resilience. Fast forward three decades later, and we find ourselves amidst the chaos of World War II. On June 6th, 1944, the Normandy Landings marked a pivotal moment in history as Allied forces stormed the beaches of France. The bravery displayed by those who landed that day forever changed the course of the war. But landings are not limited to battlegrounds alone; sometimes they involve extraordinary feats of endurance. Pheidippides' legendary run from Marathon to Athens is a testament to human perseverance and determination—a landing that symbolizes victory against all odds. However, not all landings are noble or heroic. Gun running by Ulster Volunteer Force reminds us that some actions have darker motives—landings driven by political unrest and conflict rather than unity. As we delve into more localized stories, Oxton House in Devon becomes our focus—a place where Reverend John Beaumont Swete's footsteps once landed upon its grounds. Similarly, Pynes House in Exeter stands tall as a historical landmark since its construction in 1825—an architectural marvel that has witnessed countless arrivals and departures over time. Shifting gears from houses to harbors brings us face-to-face with Fortunio Matania's depiction of A Fish Pontoon at Grimsby—a bustling scene capturing fishermen returning home after their successful catch—yet another kind of landing that sustains communities.