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Early 20th century scenes featuring troops, military exercises, and public events with soldiers, capturing the essence of wartime camaraderie and activities.

German Concentration Camps - General German War Scenes. October 22, 1945.

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Men about to launch a small glider. In front of a large crowd of men in bowler hats.

The monk Almachis attempting to stop the gladiatorial combat. From the picture by Professor Ademollo, from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920.

'Four aces' of 372nd football team , Soldiers, Football players, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 372nd. Jack Miller Collection

Sworn in officers, 1903 - 1913 photograph Sworn ceremony of a group of three officers in an open site. An officer takes the oath with his hand. Nearby are some women, remotely more audience. Packed photo in an album with 87 photos about the construction of the Gajoweg on Noord-Sumatra between Bireuen and Takinguen between 1903-1914. Noord-sumatra photographic support Gajoweg

Shooting Muslims accused of starting a fire, flanked by troops from the Four powers (Italy, France, Russia and England), Chania, Crete, Greece, photograph by P Diamano and SJ Feigenbaum, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVI, No 1, January 1, 1899.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Anefo photo collection. 50 years and drain troops, Defile in Zandvoort, vehicles pass by. July 12, 1965. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Vintage Photograph. Army Cadets parading before Army-Penn football game at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frame 2

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Repro from an album leaf with various photos from pre-war knill period. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

War 1939-1945. "Reunion of the revolutionary militia during the speech of Mr Deat. Paris (Fifth arr.), April 11, 1943". Anonymous photographer. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 77873-10 Speech, arrondissement, collaborator, collaborationism, collaborationist, speech, listening, platform, crowd, group person, war 1939-1945, war 39-45, French politician, revolutionary militia, militiaman, neosocialist, propaganda, propagandism, gathering, Vichy , Reunion, Second World War, 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th, North Zone, Occupied area

Description: In Front of the Grand Stand, H.M. Tars of the Atlantic Flying Squadron, Illustrating Gun Drill, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto. Location: Toronto, Canada Date: 1905 ontario, canada, americas

12/03/1919. Madrid. The Artillery Festival. Becerrada Held yesterday afternoon at the artillery shooting school in Carabanchel.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

09/01/1936. The POUM cavalry parading in the bullring.

Crowd and officers at pier-side ceremony of accepting "Half Moon"

Estimation of officers. Attachment ceremony of a group of three officers on an open terrain. An officer lays down the oath with raised hand. Near a few women, remotely more audiences. Stacked photo in an album with 87 photos about the construction of the Gajoegweg on North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takenuen between 1903-1914.

Description: Parade of troops and schoolchildren at Sekondi, Coronation Day. Location: Sekondi africa

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Police Overpowering prisoner

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection The Tennis Courts at the Gretna munition township.

08/01/1912. Catching the banderillero Paintings in the Plaza de San Sebastian.

World War I era soldiers at Camp Bowie Ft. Worth, TX practice with bayonets ca. 1918.

German soldiers in the Olympic Stadium. Amateur photo of German soldiers from 1941 in the Olympic Stadium. There is a tent for the stands, around it large group of people.

Anefo photo collection. Military tattoo t.b.v. the military war victims in the Feyenoord stadium in Amsterdam. May 17, 1958. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

05/01/1913. Barcelona. Old Square. Ale when you enter Let's kill.

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, motorcade, address at Rice University, 9:34AM. President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nations efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. Art Godfrey, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectator

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Celebration Government Jubilee Koningin Wilhelmina. Public on a covered stand. August 31, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Award ceremony at the end of the sports matches in the School Infantry Framework, located at the Isabella Kazerne in Den Bosch (Vught), during Queen's Day 1964. Framework School Infantry: Training Sergeant Infantry

Engraving depicting the Great Unionist demonstration in Belfast 1892. The Protestant, include the Orange Order were against Irish Home Rule. Dated 19th century

The English Scene.A typically English scene as troopers of the Life Guards perform their picturesque Musical Ride at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Windsor Castle is seen in background. May 12, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Anefo photo collection. Arren in Halfweg. February 25, 1947. Halfweg

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Funeral ceremonies at the honor of Kembang Koening in Surabaya. Prince Bernhard Chapel. March 8, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Jubilee parties in Poerwakarta. Queen's Day 1948 was celebrated in a large manner in Poerwakarta. Many citizens and soldiers granted their cooperation to succeed these feasts. August 31, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Poerwakarta

04/20/1913. Vicente Pastor Giving the alternative to Torquito in the plaza of Madrid, on Sunday the 20th of the Current.

Cadets at Army-Navy game

Spar Color Guard. An audience of 75,000 greeted the smart stepping coast guard SPAR color guard which led the procession of uniformed units during Memorial Day observance at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Left to Right: Dorothy Baird, Slc, Phoenix, Ariz.; June Barnes, Sp(R)3c, King City, Calif.; Billie Bouck, Y3c, Phoenix, Ariz; and Katherine Hope, Y3c, Glendale, Calif.

Zandspruit, Holl. Corps Zandspruit, Group portrait of the members of the Hollander-Korps at Zandspruit, Part of Album with 191 photos of a trip to and through South Africa., photograph, photo, photos, height 120 mm, width 165 mm, photographer, 1899 - 1902, fourth quarter 19th century, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, papier, photographic paper, daylight gelatin silver print

12/31/1949. Mallorca towards the 50s.

A respite from bombing--Combat crews play softball while formations of Consolidated B-24 Liberators return from bombing Europe.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Celebration date December 7 Division to exceeding care (officers and sports competitions). Spears. 29 June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. President John F. Kennedy walks from the Army side of the stands to the Navy side during halftime of the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen). L-R: White House Secret Service Agents Gerald A. Jerry Behn and Roy Kellerman; President Kennedy (carrying a hat); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Anefo photo collection. Four-day, plowing, flags, parades. 24 July 1967. Nijmegen

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport demonstration. Man against man fight. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front. Black Watch hold sports whilst resting - A race for French children is never forgotten by Tommy. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk

Meeting Rad; NSB. Meeting of the wheel (Reichs Arbeitsdienst) in the Houtrusthallen in The Hague on July 13, 1941. Seyss-Inquart held a speech. The stands with the audience of aside. All of the left is just to see the objective.

05/01/1913. Barcelona. Old Square. Sources after half upper lunge.

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, motorcade, address at Rice University, 9:34AM. President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nations efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Dean of Engineering at Rice University, Dr. Franz R. Brotzen; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assi

Untitled single skuller. From: World War I photograph album black-and-white prints, documentary photographs

Austrian Chasseurs

Visit to the Atlantic Fleet: President Kennedy views Marine Corps exercises at Bogue Field and Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2:11PM. President John F. Kennedy (bottom left, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the Unit

Stormtroopers in Nestinsky. Jump over an obstacle.

The Camargue - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Parent day Wezep among officers school sky and army. November 23, 1951. Gelderland, Wezep

Trip to Western States: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. President John F. Kennedy (center, in shadow) and others view missile demonstrations from a reviewing stand at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Standing behind President Kennedy, left to right (mostly in shadow): Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Representative Ed Foreman (New Mexico); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. Notes: Scratches and blemishes in to

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport demonstration. Man against man fight with bayonet. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Army-Yale 10/19/12

Anefo photo collection. NDSM DegwaterLating Minas Gerais. June 7, 1952. Amsterdam

Tannenberg monument

5th Liaison pilots wearing medals. 1944.

Brichant (Belgium) falls while attempting to reach a widely, angled shot from the Americans, as Washer looks on. December 22, 1953. (Photo by The Telegraph Feature Service).

Military racing during an exercise on November 18, 1965 away from the Agusta-Bell's 204b of the Royal Navy.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

12/07/1918. Madrid. Feast of the Purisima. 1. Campaign mass of the Covadonga regiment at the Montaña barracks. 2. Gymnastic Exercises by the Soldiers of Wad-Ras.

West Point cadets coming on field

Air Force Personnel Being Briefed At The Heaton Theatre On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto.

12/31/1939. Manolete's caliphate is still perfectly alive in the memory of the Fan.

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. President John F. Kennedy walks from the Army side of the stands to the Navy side during halftime of the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen). Cadets of the Military and Naval Academies stand at attention on either side. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

12/31/1959. Combat of Pedro Carrasco.

DA-SC-85-06422. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Chun Chon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-86-02923. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Mexico Arena.

Mass Rally of 25,000 to draft Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as the Republican candidate for President on Feb. 2, 1952. After the 'non-candidate' Eisenhower won the New Hampshire Primary without campaigning, he finally announced his candidacy in March 1952.

American Otis Davis wins the men's 400m final.

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