Wattstown, Wales: a rescue brigade of the coal mine, with breathing equipment and a training dummy. Photograph by A. Davies, 1914.

[Leaflet describing the work of the British Red Cross Society asking for donations and volunteers].

[Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].

[Envelope ro return donations to the British Red Cross Society accompanying a form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive].

Rescue of people from buildings damaged by explosion in civil defence. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

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Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response / Sphere Project ; editor, Isobel McConnan.

Four figures showing (1) different types of stretchers; (2) transport on the stairs; (3)-(4) correct (level) picking up and putting down of the injured

Weiterbildung im Grundwissen der Zivilverteidigung

1 print : lithograph, printed in colour ; sheet 57.5 x 81 cm.

Transport of injured people in civil defence: use of stretchers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

After an oil painting of women pilots in the China Air Force. The painting shows a heroic woman captain setting flying assignments to the team. Their mission is to carry immediate sustenance to the disaster area as well as passing the Party’s solicitude to the people suffering. In the background, supplies are loaded on to an airplane from a lorry. On the wet ground, the bag marked "zhong liang" is grain for food and the box with the red cross is inscribed "Give our best regards to the people in the disaster area!" ("xiang zai qu ren min wen hou!")
From the 1950s onwards, the PLA Air Force recruited female pilots. Chairman Mao claimed that "Women can uphold half the sky" ("Fu nu neng ding ban bian tian"). He meant that women were as able as men; they also were important revolutionary forces. The painting shows the life of women pilots in fighting disasters and emergencies. These women pilots are characterized as true warriors. They are assigned formidable, crucial and urgent missions, such as transporting armaments and paratroops, fighting floods and earthquakes, and flying special planes for the leaders of the State and the Army

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 53.4 x 77 cm

China during the Cultural Revolution: women pilots about to take aid to a disaster area. Colour lithograph after Tian Kesheng, 1975.

251 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

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[Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].

Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response / Sphere Project ; editor, Isobel McConnan.

Transport of injured people in civil defence: use of stretchers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

China during the Cultural Revolution: women pilots about to take aid to a disaster area. Colour lithograph after Tian Kesheng, 1975.

World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.

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[Form letter asking for donations (EPH464:157, EPH464:158) to help work in disaster relief in China, Myanmar and Bangladesh from Sir Nicholas Young, the Chief Executive of the British Red Cross Society].

Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response / Sphere Project ; editor, Isobel McConnan.

Transport of injured people in civil defence: use of stretchers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

China during the Cultural Revolution: women pilots about to take aid to a disaster area. Colour lithograph after Tian Kesheng, 1975.

World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.

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