Attempts Collection (page 6)

The Cable Lost
The broken cable is lost, and all attempts to grapple and retrieve it fail : the Great Eastern will have to return to England, and prepare to try again

Breaking the Record !

Crinoline Prevents Kiss
Adolphus is foiled in his attempts to obtain a kiss from his beloved. The new fashion is proving a barrier to matrimony and intimacy between the sexes

Eyston Thunderbolt 1938
Dunlop tyres pay tribute to George Eyston who this year drives his Thunderbolt on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, at a speed of 536 km/h

Seagraves Golden Arrow
Henry Seagrave drives his Golden Arrow; at Daytona Beach, Florida, achieving a speed of 372 km/h

Sheep Rescued from Wolf
A sheep is about to be carried off by a wolf when a police- dog hurries to her rescue, armed with a spear

Dollys Piano Lesson
A little girl attempts to give her doll a piano lesson

Father / Daughter C1910
A little girl whose mother has died attempts to comfort her father

No Match for a Gun
An unequal match The truncheon is no match for the gun. A brave policeman attempts to disarm a burgler who threatens him with a gun

Cat & Dog having Dinner
An amused boy watches as a cat attempts to share a dogs dinner!

Game : King of Barbaree
All form two lines : the Kings line attempts to capture the Tower = something like Nuts in May

Napoleon III Strasbourg
Napoleon attempts a coup against Louis-Philippe at Strasbourg, counting on popular support for the Napoleonic idea, which alas fails to materialise

Running with Model Plane
A young man runs along and attempts to get his model aeroplane to fly, at a model aeroplane show

Charles I / Five Members
Charles I attempts to seize the Five Members whom he had accused of treason

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