Start your search
Select a category to get started
Welcome to the Image Library. Search a selection of images from the National Records of Scotland's diverse collections and purchase high-quality digital images for publication, broadcast or display.

Landing in Normandy, 6 June 1944
Photograph of British soldiers landing on the Normandy coast on D-Day. Photograph taken by British Army Film Unit and acclaimed by the American press as \"the war's greatest picture\".

Second World War fighter pilot
Photograph of a pilot of an RAF Thunderbolt taking part in a bombing raid off the coast of Burma.

Advancing through the jungles of Burma, 1939-1945
Photograph of Royal Scots Fusiliers advancing through the Burmese jungles during the Pacific conflict.

VE celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London, 1945
Photograph of Victory in Europe celebrations in Trafalgar square

War savings rally, George Square Glasgow, 1939-1945
Photograph of preparation for war savings campaign rally in George Square Glasgow

Merchant ship convoy, 1939-1945
Photograph of the view from a British merchant ship in part of an Atlantic ship convoy.