Rescue Collection

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

Firefighters, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. September 1991
Lostwithiel firefighters gather for the retirement of three of their number in 1991. Standing, from left to right: Terry Sandercock, Karl Bowden, Francis Doney, Neil Savage, Malcolm Hicks

Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey
Commemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties

Badger & Mole / Willow
Badger & Mole on their way to rescue the Toad: " Crossing the hall, they passed down one of the principal tunnels". Date: First published: 1908

Scene of devastation after flying bomb attack, WW2
A panoramic daytime scene of devastation following a flying bomb attack in London during the latter stages of the Second World War. Rescue workers look for buried casualties

Wessex helicopter winching up survivior in rescue from sea

Red Cross Dog Waiting
A Malinois (Belgian Shepherd Dog) trained for work as a French Red Cross dog. Duc II, stands ready for action

RNLI Padstow Lifeboat No. 2 Edmund Harvey with the tug Helen Peele alongside in the background, Padstow, Cornwall. 1901
The photograph is thought to have been taken on the lifeboats inauguration day in 1901. She served from 1901 to 1929. The crew are all wearing cork life jackets

The London Blitz An ARP warden rescues a young girl from the wreckage of a building bombed by Germany. V1 attack Buckingham Gate, Victoria

Grace Darling, rowing with her father
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

Crew of the Barry lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris Frederick Batten and Eric Fry (right) at the tiller on board the boat. Standing left is Mr. Emlyn Davies. 14th March 1970

Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535 base rescue helicopter
Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535, the base rescue helicopter at Upper Heyford. This helicopter is currently in the Midland Air Museum, Coventry

Blitz in London -- ambulance at Ladywell, Lewisham, WW2
Blitz in London -- an ambulance and rescue workers in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE13, where houses were demolished by a parachute bomb, 18 September 1940

Bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, 14 November 1944, with ambulances ready to remove casualties from the scene

Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, 25 February 1956. An escape ladder is extended to the second floor, with Sub Officer Kirby of A9 Fulham carrying a 19-month-old child

Dog - St Bernard - Mountain Resuce dog wearing barrel round neck
LA-5576 Dog - St Bernard - Mountain Rescue dog wearing barrel round neck Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

RAF Sea King Helicopter about to land on Crinkle Crags in the Lake district to evacuate an injured walker being treated
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

St. Bernard Dog - with barrel Digital Manipulation: eyes
JD-14488e-M St. Bernard Dog - with barrel John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Kaman HH-43F Huskie 62-4450 (msn 176), fire-fighting and rescue helicopter. Delivered as a Kaman HH-43B Huskie 62-4450 was converted to an HH-43F by replacing the original piston engine with a

Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters in a display at Lambeth HQ, London, on 28 July 1937, following a presentation of certificates for bravery by Mr E Cruse, Chairman of the London Fire Brigade Committee

NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

Small boats used in the Dunkirk evacuation, WW2
A convoy of small boats which had been used in the Dunkirk evacuation, seen here on 9 June passing Lambeth Bridge, on the River Thames in London. Date: 1940

Crewmen of the Fishguard and Goodwick Lifeboat: left to right: Ken Bean, Ieuan Bateman, Noel Murrow, Roy Williams, Jack Jenkins, Glyn Bateman, Richard Fowles, George Bateman and Byron Nichols

Picture No. 10900348
Royal Air Force mountain rescue helicopter Date:

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

British soldiers rescuing horse from ditch, Flanders, WW1
British soldiers trying to rescue a horse which has fallen into a ditch, blown by the force from a bursting shell, on the road to Reutel, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

FILM: THE PERILS OF PAULINE serial film poster, 1914

Ben Dale, lifeboatman of Harwich, Essex
Ben Dale, a famous lifeboatman of Harwich, Essex, who served as Coxswain for 23 years. Pictured here with two medals pinned to his chest

Titanic lifebelt
A canvas-covered circular lifebelt with the words RMS TITANIC LIVERPOOL on it. Date: 1912

Dog - St Bernard - Mountain Resuce dog wearing barrel round neck in snowy mountain setting with puppy
LA-5580 Dog - St Bernard - Mountain Rescue dog wearing barrel round neck in snowy mountain setting with puppy Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Childrens Exercise Drill at Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South
Staff take young children through an exercise drill at the Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South Norwood, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)

Lifeboat and crewmen at Appledore, Devon
View of the local lifeboat and crewmen at Appledore, on the North Devon coast. The lifeboat has left the shore, and the crewmen are wading in the shallows

Mary Qoss Messenger
A pigeon carries messages for Mary Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Tutbury, to Babington who is plotting to rescue her and set her back on the throne again

Picture No. 11073692
Lifeguards Surfboard and warning flags on beach Sennen Cove, Cornwall, UK

JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791). English theologian and founder of Methodism. The rescue of the young John Wesley from the fire that destroyed the rectory of his father Samuel, center right on bended knee

Saved by a female Bather
A gentleman bather who has found himself in trouble, is rescued by two extremely glamorous lady bathers. One has him firmly In Tow

Switzerland St Bernard
The hospice of the Great Saint Bernard, where the monks keep dogs to rescue travelers lost between Switzerland and Italy

Redcross War Dogs Rescue
Two Red Cross rescue dogs, a German Shepherd - at this date also named Police Dog - and a Belgian Shepherd Dog, find the body of a man killed on the battlefield

Saving of Audacious Crew
Audacious, one of the most powerful members of the Allied fleet, is sunk by a German mine. A rescue operation is immediately begun

Bulldog Drummond / Sapper
Bound he may be, but in a moment the square-jawed hero will rescue the girl from the evil clutches of the villain

Merryweathers Engine
Merryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames

Sailors rescued by fishing boat during First World War
Torpedoed sailors are rescued by a Brixham fishing boat, aptly named the Provident, during the First World War. The Provident, also known as BM291, was built in the shipyard of J

RAF Sea King Helicopter crew attend a mountain rescue incident in the Lake District UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Grace Darling, lighthouse keeper's daughter
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, who rowed with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

A red cross working dog during WWI
A wounded German soldier is found by a Red Cross dog. Date: 1915

Dog - Black Labradors by Fire Engine
JD-18854 Dog - Black Labradors by Fire Engine John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Skopelos Sky shipwreck at Port Isaac, Cornwall. 15th December 1979
The wreck of the Greek Skopelos Sky cargo vessel which ran aground at Hells Mouth, Port Isaac in December 1979 during hurricane force winds

Picture No. 10900759
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Date:

A montage of images
to promote The Avengers episode Dead Mans Treasure

A Spate in the Highlands, 1866 (oil on canvas)
MAN90587 A Spate in the Highlands, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Graham, Peter (1836-1921); 120x176.8 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: by Peter Graham); © Manchester Art Gallery

Deluge scene. Painting by Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy Trioson, 1767-1824)
JLJ4690546 Deluge scene. Painting by Anne Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy Trioson, 1767-1824), 19th century. Oil on canvas. Dim 4, 41 x 3, 41m

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft

The new motor lifeboat Robert and Marcella Beck in Plymouth before its naming ceremony in Plymouth, Devon. 3rd July 1927

The Hayle lifeboat New Oriental Bank (later renamed E. F. Harrison) with the wreck of the SS Escurial in
SS Escurial, an iron built schooner-rigged screw steamer built by Alex Stephens of Lighthouse, Govan, for Raeburn and Verel of Glasgow in 1879, was outward bound from Cardiff, laden with 1

Universal Rescue Mission Caravan - E. H. Smith of Sheffield
Universal Rescue Mission Caravan and its owner, Mr E. H. Smith of Sheffield (on the right) - a local Christian Evangelical preacher, known as the Blind Evangelist

Simon Le Bon in Cornwall
Simon John Charles Le Bon (b. 1958), English musician, in Cornwall, at the time his yacht capsized during the Fastnet race off Falmouth

Rescue with the breeches buoy
Antique illustration of a Rescue with the breeches buoy

Digital image sequence of pilot sitting in ejection seat, explosive charge forcing seat from aircraft, pilot floating in sky suspended from parachute

Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863
Rebel attack on Union gunboats at Galveston, Texas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

John McDermott, coxswain of the Hoylake lifeboat with crew members Richard Martindale, Alan Tolley. Steve Armitage and Jeff Kernighan. 4th October 1990

The Barry lifeboat RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans at Barry docks. Circa 1961

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus. A British armoured car, draped with the Union Jack, helps to guard a refugee convoy as it leaves Nicosia. 22nd July 1974

Two Short Sunderlands rescuing crew, 1940
An artists impression of two Short Sunderlands rescuing the crew of the torpedoed merchant ship Kensington Court, 1940. On 18th September 1939 Kensington Court was stopped by U-32 with 13 shots of

Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, 25 February 1956. A mother is reunited with her son after a dramatic rescue by Sub Officers Kirby and Temple under dangerous conditions

LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

Blitz in London -- rescue workers in bombed street, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue teams and building workers (not firefighters) searching and making safe houses in Sydney Street, East London, after a bombing raid in the East End

Citroen 2CV Recovery van

Fairy Tales of Summer - Sleeping Beauty by Pauline Baynes
Sleeping Beauty by Pauline Baynes, one of a four illustrations of a fairy tale to reflect each season. In this instance, the handsome prince emerges from the forest to find Sleeping Beauty

Dunkirk evacuation in World War Two
Like a Regatta: the embarkation of the British Expeditionary Force by small boats from the Dunkirk beaches. Swarms of light craft taking off Allied troops to larger ships

Jatayus Fights Ravana
Jatayus, king of the vultures, tries to rescue Sita from the demon Ravana who is carrying her off to Sri Lanka. Sita throws her jewellery to earth as a sign for Rama

The new lifeboat Augustus and Laura is named by Lady Frances Osborne at Newbiggin. 24th June 1939

Keeping a lookout during exercises of the Barry lifeboat in the Bristol Channel is crew member Mr. Emlyn Davies. 14th May 1970

Carving a wake in the winter grey waters of the Bristol Channel, the Barry lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris sets out on an exercise. 13th March 1970

Former coastguard Eric Michael at Mumbles lifeboat station. 8th April 1992

Celebrating the 175th anniversary at the RNLI station, Atlantic college, St. Donats. Pictured here are students Richard Noyes, aged 18 of St

The scene at No. 38 Dudley Road, Folkestone when a shell fired from the German batteries
The scene at No.38 Dudley Road, Folkestone when a shell fired from the German batteries on the French coast struck the house

Lifebelt, Newquay Harbour, Cornwall. August 1913
A stereoscopic view of Jill Trounson, sister of Jack Trounson, looking through a G.W.R. lifebelt on Newquay Harbour. A view of Newquay town and Towan beach and the Island in the background

RAF lifeboats to the rescue
RAF motor boats rescuing a pilot who has crash landed at sea. The boats were built at the British Power Boats works at Southampton and with 100 h.p. engines, could travel at 26 miles per hour

Ramsgate lifeboat men on board stranded ship
Ramsgate lifeboat men with passengers on board a ship caught on the Goodwin Sands. Date: 19th century

Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. Davis
The latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954

A man in a barrel crossing the Niagara Falls, illustration from Le Petit Journal
XIR346392 A man in a barrel crossing the Niagara Falls, illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 9th October 1910 (colour litho) by French School

England, Cornwall, Gweek. Portrait of a rescued grey seal (called Fatima) at the National Seal Sanctuary

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"Rescue: A Glimpse into Heroism and Hope" In the face of raging flames, a heroic fireman fearlessly rescues a young girl from the clutches of destruction. Amidst the chaos of war, a brave firefighter emerges as a guardian angel, saving an innocent child from the horrors of bomb damage in Brampton Road during WW2. Grace Darling's unwavering courage shines through as she rows with her father to rescue stranded souls amidst treacherous waters. The heartwarming tale of Badger and Mole reminds us that true friendship knows no bounds when it comes to rescuing those in need, just like Willow did for them. From high above, a Wessex helicopter descends to save a survivor from certain peril at sea - proof that hope can be found even in the most desperate situations. With unwavering loyalty and patience, a Red Cross dog waits anxiously for its human companion's safe return after another successful rescue mission. The crew members aboard Barry lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris Frederick Batten and Eric Fry exemplify selflessness as they risk their lives to save others at sea. During the devastating Blitz in London, an ambulance stationed at Ladywell becomes an emblem of hope and salvation for countless wounded victims during WW2. Firefighters in Lostwithiel demonstrate immense bravery as they battle against fierce flames to protect lives and property in Cornwall during September 1991. In times of great adversity such as Pimlico V1 bombing attack during WW2, NFS (London Region) firefighters prove their mettle by swiftly responding to rescue those trapped amidst chaos and destruction. The Kaman HH-43B Huskie base rescue helicopter soars through the skies with one purpose - saving lives without hesitation or compromise.