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"Capturing the Essence of Action: From War to Film and Sports" "The Canadians at Ypres - William Barnes Wollen: A vivid depiction of bravery in action

Background imageAction Collection: CM6 4438 Simon Armer, March-Ford 703

CM6 4438 Simon Armer, March-Ford 703
Simon Armer, March-Ford 703, Derek Bell Cup, Formula 3, Goodwood 73rd MM March 2015, 73rd, 73rd Members Meeting, Action, Chris McEvoy, CJM Photography, classic cars, competition, Derek Bell Cup

Background imageAction Collection: CM6 4321 Shaun Rainford, Austin Metropolitan, Matt Green, Austin A35

CM6 4321 Shaun Rainford, Austin Metropolitan, Matt Green, Austin A35
Shaun Rainford, Austin Metropolitan, USL 871, Matt Green, Austin A35, 946 YUA, Sopwith Cup, Goodwood 73rd MM March 2015, 73rd, 73rd Members Meeting, Chris McEvoy, CJM Photography, classic cars

Background imageAction Collection: LCC-LFB firefighters change from brass to cork fire helmets LFB150

LCC-LFB firefighters change from brass to cork fire helmets LFB150
Two firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets. The man on the right is from Station 34, Shadwell

Background imageAction Collection: Preparing for the opening of the New Greyhound Racing Track at Harringay

Preparing for the opening of the New Greyhound Racing Track at Harringay. Fine action picture during trials. 23rd August 1927

Background imageAction Collection: Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London
Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire

Background imageAction Collection: Homo heidelbergensis in action

Homo heidelbergensis in action
A reconstructed scene by Angus McBride showing Homo erectus killing an elephant. Homo heidelbergensis lived for about 1.5 million years and is believed to have used sophisticated tools

Background imageAction Collection: GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQ

GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQ
To celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters

Background imageAction Collection: LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire

LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire
Firefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London

Background imageAction Collection: French balloon shot down by German aircraft, WW1

French balloon shot down by German aircraft, WW1
A French balloon shot down by a German aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageAction Collection: Man on a snowboard jumping off a cornice at Snowbird Resort in Little Cottonwood

Man on a snowboard jumping off a cornice at Snowbird Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. (MR)

Background imageAction Collection: Knot Calidris canutus at Snettisham RSPB Reserve in the Wash North Norfolk September

Knot Calidris canutus at Snettisham RSPB Reserve in the Wash North Norfolk September

Background imageAction Collection: British troops WWII

British troops WWII
Pictures of the 4th Border Regiment who held a large sector of the Somme during a vital stage in the German advance. They were an ordinary Infantry Battalion

Background imageAction Collection: Wounded Red Cross Dog

Wounded Red Cross Dog
A French soldier salutes a war hero - a Red Cross dog wounded in action

Background imageAction Collection: Tony Cairoli Whip Look - Maggiora MX Opening

Tony Cairoli Whip Look - Maggiora MX Opening
Stefano Minella

Background imageAction Collection: CJ10 7485 Ash Sutton, Ford Focus ST

CJ10 7485 Ash Sutton, Ford Focus ST
Ash Sutton, Ford Focus ST, BTCC bounces back into action in readiness for the 2022 race season, BTCC, British Touring Car Championship, Launch day and media event, BTCC Media Day

Background imageAction Collection: Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, 1863 (oil on canvas)

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, 1863 (oil on canvas)
989657 Paolo and Francesca da Rimini, 1863 (oil on canvas) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); 280.6x193.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Paolo and Francesca da Rimini. Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Background imageAction Collection: The Jewel Box, (pencil and watercolour on paper)

The Jewel Box, (pencil and watercolour on paper)
823500 The Jewel Box, (pencil and watercolour on paper) by Simonetti, Ettore (19th century); 75.5x53.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jewel Box. Ettore Simonetti (1857-1909)

Background imageAction Collection: The Moon Nymph, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board)

The Moon Nymph, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board)
989893 The Moon Nymph, 1883 (oil on canvas laid down on board) by Falero, Luis Riccardo (1851-96); 50.7x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Moon Nymph. Luis Riccardo Falero (1851-1896)

Background imageAction Collection: Diana of the Hunt, 1901 (w / c on paper)

Diana of the Hunt, 1901 (w / c on paper)
PNH371952 Diana of the Hunt, 1901 (w/c on paper) by Shaw, John Byam Liston (1872-1919); 76x54 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; English, out of copyright

Background imageAction Collection: Wheelchair Road Racing

Wheelchair Road Racing
José Prata dos Reis

Background imageAction Collection: Reefs from the Sun

Reefs from the Sun
Ken Kiefer

Background imageAction Collection: Airborne#4 In The Air

Airborne#4 In The Air
Martin Van Hoecke

Background imageAction Collection: Demonstration in London -- Tariq Ali (b. 1943, centre), writer, journalist and filmmaker

Demonstration in London -- Tariq Ali (b. 1943, centre), writer, journalist and filmmaker, linking arms with others and walking along a road

Background imageAction Collection: ISADORA DUNCAN 1909

ISADORA DUNCAN 1909
ISADORA DUNCAN American dancer: some action sketches Date: 1878 - 1927

Background imageAction Collection: CM30 3300 Colin Turkington, BMW 330i M Sport

CM30 3300 Colin Turkington, BMW 330i M Sport
Colin Turkington, BMW 330i M Sport, Team BMW, BTCC, British Touring Car Championship, Launch day and media event, BTCC Media Day, Tuesday 17th March 2020, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire

Background imageAction Collection: CM30 3344 Tom Ingram, Toyota Corolla

CM30 3344 Tom Ingram, Toyota Corolla
Tom Ingram, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters, BTCC, British Touring Car Championship, Launch day and media event, BTCC Media Day, Tuesday 17th March 2020, Silverstone, Towcester

Background imageAction Collection: Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Creator: Charles Mills Sheldon

Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Creator: Charles Mills Sheldon
Lord Methuen Rallying His Broken Forces at Tweebosch, 1902. Koos de la Rey ambushed Methuens column at Tweebosch on on 7 March 1902, Lord Methuen was captured by the Boers

Background imageAction Collection: The Night Charge of the 19th Hussars Near Lydenberg on Nov. 7th 1900, 1901. Creator

The Night Charge of the 19th Hussars Near Lydenberg on Nov. 7th 1900, 1901. Creator
The Night Charge of the 19th Hussars Near Lydenberg on Nov. 7th 1900, 1901. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VI", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Background imageAction Collection: Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

Background imageAction Collection: The Election, by William Hogarth

The Election, by William Hogarth
Photo of an original engraving from the Works of William Hogarth published in 1833

Background imageAction Collection: Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) surfacing, Fisheye lens. Pico, Azores, Portugal

Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) surfacing, Fisheye lens. Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Background imageAction Collection: Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) taking off from water with caught fish. Worcestershire, UK, March

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) taking off from water with caught fish. Worcestershire, UK, March

Background imageAction Collection: King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) flying low over water. Floe edge, Arctic Bay, Nunavut

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) flying low over water. Floe edge, Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada, April

Background imageAction Collection: Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding from Lavender (Lavandula) flowers, Mayfield Lavender Farm

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding from Lavender (Lavandula) flowers, Mayfield Lavender Farm, North Downs, Surrey, UK, July

Background imageAction Collection: A Horseman Trampling on a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

A Horseman Trampling on a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Horseman Trampling on a Fallen Foe, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Background imageAction Collection: Volcano on the island of Thera (Santorini) in eruption, 1866

Volcano on the island of Thera (Santorini) in eruption, 1866. The horseshoe shape of the island was created during a cataclysmic eruption c1500 BC

Background imageAction Collection: An action at Bucquoy, Western Front 1918

An action at Bucquoy, Western Front 1918
The Great Battle on the Western Front: open warfare - an action at Bucquoy, a village on the Arras-Albert road. Stand by British infantry at Bucquoy

Background imageAction Collection: Bobby Jones, golfer, in action at Lytham St Annes

Bobby Jones, golfer, in action at Lytham St Annes, watched by a large group of spectators. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageAction Collection: Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area

Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area
View of Peckforton Wood, in the Cheshire Hunt area, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

Background imageAction Collection: Common Raccoon - adult female, begging for food

Common Raccoon - adult female, begging for food (Procyon lotor). Zoo in Ekaterinburg, Urals, Russia

Background imageAction Collection: LFB major control unit in operation at a fire

LFB major control unit in operation at a fire
LFB firefighters in action, and a major Control Unit vehicle in attendance at a fire, 7 October 1955. The Control Unit had its own dedicated operational staff

Background imageAction Collection: Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Shad Thames, SE1

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Shad Thames, SE1
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at night, at a fire in Shad Thames, 19 February 1958, at the premises of Corry & Co, showing the Gainsford Street/Maguire Street corner of the building

Background imageAction Collection: Blitz in London -- Chambers Wharf, Bermondsey, WW2

Blitz in London -- Chambers Wharf, Bermondsey, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with fire engines and hosepipes at Chambers Wharf, Bermondsey Wall, on 12 August 1944. Date: 1944

Background imageAction Collection: Going into action, The Barraged Road on Blaga Planina

Going into action, The Barraged Road on Blaga Planina
The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. Going into action, The Barraged Road on the Blaga Planina. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918

Background imageAction Collection: British merchant ship war losses by G. H. Davis

British merchant ship war losses by G. H. Davis
British merchant ship war losses during the Second World War: the toll of oversea supplies. Britain lost through enemy action 2570 ships and over 11 million tonnage

Background imageAction Collection: Types of war bombs in use by G. H. Davis

Types of war bombs in use by G. H. Davis
Instruments of destruction: types of war bombs in use during the Second World War. A comparative chart showing the various types, including the incendiary, the high explosive, the armour piercing

Background imageAction Collection: Ice hockey players in ice rink

Ice hockey players in ice rink

Background imageAction Collection: Challenge: Inspirational Quote and Motivational Poster

Challenge: Inspirational Quote and Motivational Poster
Challenge - Inspirational Quote and Motivational Poster. It reads: The only way to grow is to challenge yourself. ~ Ashley Tisdale




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"Capturing the Essence of Action: From War to Film and Sports" "The Canadians at Ypres - William Barnes Wollen: A vivid depiction of bravery in action. " "CHAPLIN: MODERN TIMES, 1936: Charlie Chaplin's iconic final scene portrays action with a touch of humor. " "Scotland Forever. The Charge of the Scots Greys: Witness the thunderous power and courage in this legendary cavalry charge. " "Spitfires over Forth: Feel the adrenaline as these fighter planes soar through the skies during World War II. " "Between Two Fires, c1892 (1938): Francis Davis Millet captures intense action amidst chaos and conflict. " "British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis: Precision meets firepower in this remarkable display of military action. " "The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, WW1: A poignant reminder of the heroic actions taken during World War I. " "The Cruel Sea Poster (1953): Dive into high-stakes maritime action with this gripping black and white film poster. " "Crew Team Rowing: Witness synchronized strength and determination as rowers unite for an exhilarating display of team action. " "Pat Taaffe on Irish-trained Arkle takes the last fence ahead of English champion Mill House: Experience heart-pounding horse racing action at its finest. " Note that some captions have been combined or modified to fit within the given word limit while still conveying their essence accurately.