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Military Commemorations and Ceremonies

Historical scenes of military commemorations, parades, and dignitaries interacting in formal settings, showcasing veteran honor and remembrance.

'Nazis' Strut Through Scarborough -- On the eve of the Socialist Party conference, steel-helmeted 'Nazi Storm Troopers' jack-boot their way through Scarborough, Yorkshire to-day (Sunday) in a procession arranged by the West Yorkshire Peace Organization as a 'welcome' ***** delegates.Some 200 women ***** children headed the procession, ***** which the black cross of the ***** regime mingled with banners ***** the names of notorious ***** camps. One banner ***** 'Don't arm the Nazis.' September 26, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

American soldiers in Germany recover and document stolen paintings after the collapse of the Nazi regime 1945

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo Collection National Information Service Private, Photo number 156-0674. 1956

At the Royal Institute for the Marine (Kim) in Den Helder, an installation of curators takes place.

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam fire department. February 4, 1946

Anefo photo collection. National Field Day Army of Heils Baarn Colonel Westergaard (London). June 23, 1954. Baarn

Queen Sees St. Paul's Damage - H.M. The Queen gazes down at the gaping hole in the floor of St. Paul's cathedral, the spot where the bomb penetrated before crashing through to the Crypt. September 02, 1941. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Anefo photo collection. Funeral Marine Brother In Groningen. December 21, 1949. Groningen

RAF Bomber Command 1940 A Wellington crew admire the Pinocchio artwork on the side of their aircraft, 5 September 1940.

A Hoezee at the ceremony of the blue pennant during a sea kadet zummer camp in1956.

10/24/1916. In the Retiro Exhibition Palace. H.H. Mm. Contemplating the project of a monument to the sacred heart of Jesus, which, at the initiative of Don Ramón García Rodrigo Noceda, must be erected on the Cerro de los Ángeles (Getafe).

Anefo photo collection. KMA Breda new cadets. December 4, 1950. Breda

G.P.S. Regatta. April 23, 1940.

Raids (Mock) England - War General. July 08, 1940. (Photo by International News Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Memorial evening Dam Square Amsterdam, N.A.v. Hungarian Uprising. Marechaussee action. November 5, 1956. Amsterdam, Hungary

Abattemaggio in court - viterbo

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Movable Niwa Theater. The mobile stage of the NIWA can be moved in its entirety by 3 tonner. The parts are all foldable and can be set up in two hours. The stage offers all possibilities that a company can wish. A mini-piano also belongs to the interior. A lighting agency ensures the lighting. Two comics are on stage. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Journey with HR. Ms. "Johan Maurits van Nassau". August 19, 1947

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

Anefo photo collection. Opening by Prince Bernhard of the Hagemeyer NV office in Naarden. Prince Bernhard performs the opening with a shot of the crossbow. 17 June 1975. Naarden, Noord-Holland

Anti-Gas TrainingOfficers in all departments concerned with public safety are now being trained in Melbourne by the Defense Department in the use of gas masks. This photograph was taken at a South Melbourne drill hall. January 20, 1937.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. An emigrant who studies Ivrient on deck of the ship that brings him to Israel. January 1, 1948. Israel

Anefo photo collection. Meetings Party of freedom. May 8, 1946

Aust. Federal Police. October 24, 1950.

Anefo photo collection. Colonel Weston arrival with MS orange. July 18, 1946

Anefo photo collection. HR. Ms. "Evertsen" back in Den Helder. Crew members with leopard cubs. January 15, 1948. Den Helder

Armistice Day in Edinburgh:H.R.H. the Prince of Wales laying a wreath at the stone of Remembrance during the Armistice Day ceremony in Edinburgh yesterday. November 12, 1935. (Photo by The Topical Press Agency Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Female police officers first service for cs. January 17, 1955

Princess Beatrix brings an introductory visit to various parts of the Royal Navy. Visit to the church of the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) from the Mariniers in Doorn corps.

Anefo photo collection. Garders in Gala Uniforms. 1 hunter. September 9, 1948

Cherbourg Ship Launching. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Germans deploy direction indicates Hague. 1940. Hague, South Holland

Officials - Radio. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Board of the VVDM for Ministry of Defense, v.L.n.R. Meyer van der Wiel, Boom, Beemsterboer (chairman), Waayers. November 16, 1972

Visit of General M.P.J.F. Koenig, commander of the French occupation zone in Germany, to the Netherlands in April 1948. The Lord P.J.Old (mayor of Rotterdam) is left with his wife.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Vintage Photograph. Palace Guard at London England.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration aircraft models in Binnenhof. 11 April 1953. Binnenhof, The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. DEILER SOUTDIVE. On the middle area. April 30, 1979. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Poll photo collection. Reportage Marine. Man writes Vlissingen on a blackboard under the head "Transport no. I to Zeeland", while a 1st class and citizens lieutenant. 1945

Anefo photo collection. Goeree Overflakkee Haagse fire brigade at work. March 25, 1953. Goeree-Overflakkee

War Prison exchange in Trelleborg. The men sit and smoke in a room where smoking is prohibited.

King Gustav VI Adolf and Crown Prince Carl Gustav's visit to M/S Trelleborg General Erik Upmark

Anefo photo collection. Memorial ceremony of the Allied Fallen in Westerkerk in Amsterdam. November 7, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Mr. Churchill Inspects Civil Service Home Guard -- Mr. Churchill raises his hat and gives the Home Guard a typical Churchill smile as he arrives on the parade ground with Sir Austin Hudson, M.P. Mr. Churchill inspected the Civil Service Home Guard, drawn up on the Horse Guard's Parade. September 1, 1942.

An air-raid warden sounds a gas alert with his rattle during an exercise, 14 March 1940. A practise warning being sounded on a gas rattle in case of a gas attack.

Australia Remembers 'The Few': Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan G.B.E., Vice-President of the Royal Air Forces Association, lays a Wreath on the R.A.F. Memorial on the Thames Embankment, London, today (Sunday). The Ceremony is one of the Concluding ones following a week of commemoration of victory in the Battle of Britain in 1940.This wreath was sent by air from Melbourne by the Victorian Division of the Australian Air Force Association to the Royal Air Forces Association. September 17, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

06/30/1906. Ss.Mm. Visiting the electricity cabinet and listening to the explanations of the colonel director of the artillery academy.

Anefo photo collection. Start "Heitje for Chore", Marine Officer makes his shoes brush on the Dam. April 20, 1960

Danes Take Course at NATO Defense College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Military greeting Superior () Talanan in Haarlem. May 29, 1957. Haarlem

Visit HM Queen Beatrix (second from the left) at the school for NBCD (nuclear, bacteriological, chemical, damage control) and operational safety in Den Helder in March 1989. HM view the so-called 'wet moot' here, where can be practiced in fighting From calamities regarding the water resistance of ships. All of the left the head of the NBCD school Captain-Lieutenant-Ter-Zee B.J.H.H. Rous (1941-1999).

Marine badminton championships in the Marine training camp (Mokh) on the emergency road in Hilversum. Award ceremony by the commander of the Mokh, Captain-Ter-Zee (KTZ) J.C.A. Siliacus.

Here Comes the Band (Dutch Marine). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Preparations for the opening of the States General 1945. Maintenance and cleaning of the throne. November 19, 1945

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Zaandlandse shipbuilding me; DewaterLating Rane. August 21, 1970

Portsmouth Navy Week - Earl Beatty. August 04, 1934. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. The Marine monument in Rotterdam will be revealed on Friday by Prince Bernhard. July 2, 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland

Watering disaster 1953. Overview of the area affected by the disaster, the broken old dike at the Biemond farm. Dutch soldiers in conversation with a radio reporter. The Oude Dijk runs between the Polder Oosterland and the Bruinisse Polder.

Royal Air Force- Demobilisation, 1945. Airmen board RAF motor transport at a railway station in London, bound for No. 100 Personnel Despatch Centre at Uxbridge, Middlesex, for demobilisation.

Anefo photo collection. British embassy and ambassador Bland. January 5, 1946

NATO Ministerial Session. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Old Scene With New Surroundings -- A Japanese photographer does some picture business with two American Soldiers who pose with Jap girls in front of the moat surrounding emperor Hirohito's Tokyo Palace, a section of which can be seen in the background. January 21, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).;Old Scene With New Surroundings -- A Japanese photographer does some picture business with two American Soldiers who pose with Jap girls in front of the moat surrounding emperor Hirohito's Tokyo

Anefo photo collection. Schout night C. W. Slot board HR. Ms. Air disturbance cruiser "Jacob van Heemskerk" port Nieuwediep command naval power Netherlands vice-admiral J. J. L. Willinge .. March 1, 1951. Den Helder

Photograph of a British policeman at the Western Wall aka the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Dated 1934

09/30/1921. Saragossa. The trip of the Minister of the Interior the Count of Coello (X) in the Blessing of the first stone of the future House of Posts and Telegraphs.

King Ibn Saud Hears The Day's News Summary In The DesertKing Ibn Saud if Saudi Arabia has been visiting American oil development inn the desert along the Persian Gulf. The Arabia American oil. Company which holds the coneessions in the Saudi desert draws 200,000 barrels of crude oil daily, and has invested more than 50,000,000 sinking wells, pipe lines, and building living quarters for the more than 1000 American families working the coneessions. February 2, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Van der Putten case for Arnhem civil service, widow aernout and son. March 23, 1962. Arnhem

Canadian Contrast -- Two contrasting "fashions" seen during the Queen's Guard mounting ceremony on Horse Guards Parade this morning were that of the familiar Guardsman's uniform whose bearskin was in direct contrast to the Canadian hat fashion worn by the interested spectator on the right Mr. Don McDonald from Quebec. A magnificent "free show" was provided in London this morning by the splending spectacle of the Queen's Guard mounting ceremony on Horse Guards Parade. May 25, 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Commissioning Radboud Hospital Nijmegen. Unveiling of Crown Staff Crucifix Mgr. Alfrink. September 29, 1956. Nijmegen

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit General Simons and Dr. Karamoy to Djokja. Dr. Karamoy (Secretary of State and Head of the Department of Health) in conversation with a non (head nursing?). January 17, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Yogyakarta

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Wounded soldiers in bath chairs outside the examination schools, Oxford.

01/31/1916. The New Knights of the Golden Fleece. The Dukes of Infantado (Arteaga) and Mandas leaving the Palace, after being given the necklace of the Precious Order.

Anefo photo collection. Mission Zaanlandse shipbuilding me; MS. Tiber. November 7, 1970

Policeman in Washington D.C. using a Fire Department call box circa 1913.

Watched by a policeman, nurses and nuns leave the War Office after receiving their orders following the outbreak of war in August 1914. Date: August 8th 1914

A poultry farm on a London rooftop at the Central Prisoners of War Committee, 4 Thurlow Place, south west London, where the daily yield from a dozen hens is from six to nine eggs. Date: 1917

Disaster at the Reading Pit near Falkirk. The pit was flooded by a inrush of water which had accumulated in a disused workings at a higher level. Ten men were able to escape imediately whilst 43 were missing. It was impossible for rescuers to descend the pit shaft, as the water had reached 40 fathoms deep. Efforts were made to save the miners by moving to an entrance half a mile away, were 21 exhausted men were saved. The rescue operations were witnessed by a crowd of relatives of the missing me

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Platform from Rheine railway station with repatrides. 1945. Germany, Rheine

Poll photo collection. Rome: The papal Swiss Guard in Vatican City. Soldier poses in daily out. December 1937. Italy, Rome, Vatican City

An exhibition, depicting "The Fighting Services in the Present War," has been organised in London, and war relics are being added as they are received. The Picture shows a captured German flying suit and gloves. Suit of silk and electrically heated. June 3, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Commemorative Sunday Kerkang Prins Bernhard Baarn. February 8, 1953. Baarn

NATO Defense College, Ecole Militaire. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

During the siege in the city of Leningrad, Russian Photographer

Anefo photo collection. Rise new recruits in Assen. March 4, 1948. Assen

'La garde champetre; Derriere le front de la Somme, a Hangest-en-Santerre : lecture d'une proclamation concernant l'alarme a donner en cas d'apparition d'avions allemands', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

'Amethyst's' Ensign Comes To Rest -- The Chaplain of the Fleet, the Venerable Archdeacon Leonard Coulshaw, examines the embattled ensign of the 'Amethyst' between guards, in the Royal Naval Church of St. Nicholas at Devonport today. The ensign is now laid up.A memorial plaque for the men of the Devonport Port Division who lost their lives aboard H.M. ships 'London', 'Amethyst' and 'Consort' in the Yangtze River incident last April was unveiled today (Remembrance Sunday) by the Commander-in-chief Plymouth, Admiral Sir Robert L. Burnett, in the Royal Naval Barracks Church of St. Nicholas, Devonport. November 6, 1949. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

un momento della vita di crociera sul transatlantico victoria. 1915-1940

07/01/1919. Tarragona. Campaign Mass. Blessing of the flag of the new Tarragona infantry regiment, number 78, with assistance from the Ladies' committee that gave it as a gift.

Trip to Europe: Italy, Rome: President Kennedy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President John F. Kennedy stands at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Victor Emmanuel Monument (Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II) in Rome, Italy. President Kennedy observed a moment of silence after a wreath was laid at the tomb on his behalf.

Norwegian prisoners of war, released from the Nazi detention camp Grini after Germany's capitulation. Here at Charlottenberg station.

Anefo photo collection. Protection for the French president. March 15, 1963

Anefo photo collection. His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard opens the Museum of the Corps Riding Artillery in Leiden in Legermuseum. May 26, 1963. Leiden, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Museum Bataviaasch Society for Arts and Sciences. Under the clear blue sky this sculpture garden is quiet and pure as an oasis in the heat of Tropenzon and political tension that presses the city. November 23, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

The funeral of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, a Hitler confidant who was convicted as a war criminal by the Nuremberg court martial, turned into a manifestation of Knight's Cross bearers, old and new Nazis. Aumuehle near Hamburg, 06.01.1981, Germany, Europe

02/06/1937. The Standard Bearer of one of the "alert!" Schools, at the end of the tribute held to the Madrid Combatants.

Today's news typewriter competition in 1944 in Eriksdalshallen. Participants from the teaching institution.

12/10/1960. The minister of the army and the mayor of Úbeda at the time of unveiling the monument in honor of Ensign Francisco Rojas Navarrete, first Cíido of the University militia.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Specimens of Charms worn by soldiers and sailors.

The family pictured above has just received allotment being issued by the ***** Army ***** allied and ***** objects in the international settlement of Kobe, Japan. October 01, 1945.

Participation of naval crew on the Elfstedentocht of 3 February 1954. Is part of Object series AVDKM 540044 up to 540053.

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