The caption for this photo that dates to around 1916 reads: London watching for aerial foes by night. Using high-powered lights, the British would scan the skies for enemy planes, to shoot them down or otherwise disable themso that they could not fire on London.

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Size: 4950px × 3614px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1910s, 20th, century, france, great, london, searchlight, war, world, wwi