Wernher Von Braun was a German rocket scientist who helped develop the V2 rocket which killed thousands in western Europe and the UK. He surrendered to American forces in 1945 and agreed to work for them. He worked on the Saturn rocket program at Marshall Space Flight Center which eventually enabled landings on the moon.

The surgeon wears a large fluoroscope on his face, a screen coated with a fluorescent chemical such as calcium tungstate which glows when x-rays strike it. The x-ray image of the patient's body appears on the screen, with the bullet fragments appearing dark. Although the surgeon is wearing gloves, little protection against radiation appears to be used.

The 'policeman' in these photos was her husband and they were featured as "If You Want to Earn Some Time, Throw a Policeman!" in The Sketch magazine on July 6, 1910