FRM564125: 08.1980 Gdansk. General strike in Lenin Gdansk Shipyard, main gate. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564189: Warsaw, 08.04.2005. Day of Pope John Paul II's funeral which was held in the Vatican. Warsaw residents go on a thanksgiving march i honor of Pope John Paul II. 200 000 people (mainly young) took part in the march. At 21.37 which is the time when the Pope died, sirens were sounded and everyone lifted a candle in the air. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564249: Stanislaw Moniuszko (05.05.1819-04.06.1872). The father of Polish national opera. Polish composer, conductor and teacher. / Bridgeman Images

TRK561795: Valley of the Artisans. Temple of Hathor and Maat. Goddess Hathor. Deir el-Medina. Egypt (photo) / Bridgeman Images

FRM564290: Wadowice, town in Souther Poland, 50km from Cracow, the birthplace of pope John Paul II. Monument of the Pope in front of the Virgin Mary's Offertory minor basilica. Themonument is believed to have miraculous power and atrracts pilgrims from all over the country Lesser Poland Province, 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564303: Warsaw, 1989. George Bush's visit to Poland. Fot,Jerzy Kosnik / Bridgeman Images

TRK563095: Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial. United States. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564358: Gdansk, Neptune sculpture - fountain, the old town city on the Baltic coast, northern Poland, Pomerania province. Polands fourth largest metropolitan area. 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FRM563498: Warsaw, Okecie airport 1983. Pope John Paul II's second Pilgrimage to Poland. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563805: Former Audience room, sculpture of Hercules' head. / Bridgeman Images

MPX422043: Christchurch ruins, after the air raid, April 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422066: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip accepting a posy from a child in the crowd at Gypsies Green, on the North East Leg of the Jubilee Tour in 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422082: Miss Sylvia Pankhurst addressing a massed meeting of suffragettes in Trafalgar Square, 28th July 1913 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422096: Crowds making their way down to an underground shelter as the air raid siren sounds, minutes after war has been declared, 3rd September 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422164: General Dwight D. Eisenhower with Winston Churchill after talks about the situation in Europe following the Allied victory, 16th May 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422179: The Berlin Wall with soldiers patrolling, October 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422214: May Day Parade in Red Square, 9th May 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422231: May Day Parade in Red Square, 9th May 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422261: Three year old Thanh half naked on the grave of Marie Nguyen Thi Vong with a toy pistol in his hand, February 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422268: NASA Apollo XI Astronauts on a visit to London, October 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422271: President Woodrow Wilson arrives in France, December 1918 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX422283: The Queen riding beside President Reagan at Windsor, 1982 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

DGP421175: General Charles Gordon by Sir Hamo Thornycroft (photo) / Bridgeman Images

DGP421222: View of the Guards' Memorial by John Bell, with Florence Nightingale by Arthur Walker and Lord Herbert by John Foley, Waterloo Place (photo) / Bridgeman Images

DGP421290: George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP421410: Bodelwyddan Church, Denbighshire, Wales (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP421437: Effigy of the first Lord Burghley (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX421835: A newspaper vendor, c.1950 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX421853: Silver Jubilee street party in Deptford, June 1977 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX421868: Charing Cross Road after Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was re-arrested after recovering from her hunger strike, 1913 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX421881: Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence pictured leaving Bow Street Police Station, April 1912 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX421906: Vietnam War demonstration march from Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square, November 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX421922: This 68 year old flower seller presents an unusual picture as she carries her flowers on her head from the market to her stall, November 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

LIT423525: Ava Monastery, Myanmar (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LIT423624: Yaksagana Theater in Karnataka, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LIT423647: Himeji Castle, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (photo) / Bridgeman Images