Format: Photograph Notes: Nancy Bird Walton was born in Sydney in 1915. In 1933, at the age of 17, she became the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot's licence. One year later she obtained her commercia More
Air Raid Precautions in London, 1939 Sandbagged petrol pumps at West Hill, Wandsworth, London.
The Outbreak of the Second World War, 1 September 1939 Civilians gather to watch government officials enter 10 Downing Street, London, following news of the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939.
John Ross McLean (top right) with Canada's High Commissioner in London, Georges Vanier (later Governor General, bottom left), Vincent Massey (later Governor General, bottom right) and Lester B. (Mike) Pearson ( More
John Ross McLean (1905-1984), Canada House, London
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Newspaper man holding stack of newspapers and sign stating "Special late news: War - Official," Whitehall, London.
QF 3.7 inch anti-aircraft guns in Hyde Park, London in 1939.
London, Louise (2000). Whitehall and the Jews, 1933–1948, back cover: "Cover illustration: members of a group of Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia are marched away by police at Croydon airport on 31 March 19 More
Nederlands: Omschrijving: Het nieuwe schip de "Mauretanië" in haar dok te Londen, Engeland 1939.
Nederlands: Omschrijving: Tweede Wereldoorlog. Scheepsramp van het Nederlandse schip de "Simon Bolivar", dat ten prooi viel aan de zee-oorlog tussen Engeland, Frankrijk en Duitsland, en op een mijn liep, -waar More