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Main headline: no change in official views on racing. present intention not to cancel Newmarket and Ascot meetings: Scots rugby star is prisoner. Round up of other sports news.
Tags: sport
Britain's hour of destiny
Page 7 - editorial comments with photograph of a Whitley production line. Other headlines: Britain will fight on, munition worker's pay
Tags: home front; Whitley
Invasion this month or next, warns Henderson
Page six. main article suggesting Hitler would attempt to invade England this month or next. Other headlines: How glorious went down. don't waste a single vegetable, guard ships order.
Submarine holds up American Refugee ship: first pictures
Three photographs of passengers on refugee liner Washington after she had been stopped by U-boat. Other headlines: guns are quiet now in no-mans land, Petain's speech stunned France, ambushed pressmen escape.
Tags: displaced person
Hitler will meet Duce today
Pages 2 and 3 of Daily Sketch with several other headlines and articles. French army fighting on as dictators decide surrender terms, Will French navy obey cease fire, Empire pledges herself anew, French insist on peace with honour, Nazis near Swiss…
We shall fight on unconquerable
Top - article subsidiary headline: US hears premiers words. Round up of news from France and broadcast by prime minister Winston Churchill relayed to the United States. Bottom - article headline every man to arms accompanied by photograph of RAF…
Five men in a Battle
Account of possibly the last Battle aircraft to escape from France before the country fell to the Germans in June 1940. Tells of the aircraft of 88 Squadron being repaired after being force down at Poitiers. Took of from Fontenoy-Le-Conte near La…
Dieppe and Ostend
Top left - reconnaissance photograph showing the port of Dieppe. Basin running middle left to top right with many barges tied up. River runs above top edge of basin with industrial building between. Below basin more industrial buildings and a further…
What is it?
Top left - oblique aerial photograph of open countryside with fields and a few woods, dotted with farms. Many dark 'blots' which could be anti-aircraft fire bursts. Captioned 'A03 FEL 21.12.42//M8:1000 J.p.48'. Top right - oblique aerial photograph -…
Brest
Reconnaissance photograph of a port city with sea to the right and a river running centre right to left. Docks above and below river mouth. Photograph caption '622 W/642. I.P.R.U. 27.5.41. F/20:R↑'. Page caption 'Brest'.
Japanese C-47 variant
Side view of a Japanese C-47 variant. Captioned 'Replica of USA 'Dakota' made by Japs, inc Jap language marked instruments etc.'.
Tags: C-47
Argentan pocket watch
Pocket watch owned by Peter Banks's grandfather. Case marked 'ARGENTAN'.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: heirloom
Mitsubishi Zero
The aircraft was found in the jungle close to Seletar camp. It has nosedived into the ground. One man is standing by the cockpit. On the tail is code B1. The wing tip is hinged upwards.
Additional information about this item has been kindly…
Additional information about this item has been kindly…
Tags: crash
Angkor Thom
Photograph 1 is an oblique of a road across a lake captioned 'Road leading to Angkor Wat temples'.
Photograph 2 is a near vertical view of a temple captioned 'Another Angkor Thom temple (still under re-construction)'.
Photograph 3 and 4 are two…
Photograph 2 is a near vertical view of a temple captioned 'Another Angkor Thom temple (still under re-construction)'.
Photograph 3 and 4 are two…
Tags: aerial photograph
Cambodia Angkor Thom
Oblique aerial photographs of the lost city of Angkor Thom. Captioned 'Cambodia The lost city of Angkor Thom re-discovered in 1861. Above & right:- City founded by Emperor Jayavarman II in 9th century. Angkor Wat temple built by Emperor Suryavarman…
Tags: aerial photograph