ETE4922716: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Near Wesel (Germany) March 24, 1945: At dawn, on the east bank of the Rhine, soldiers of a PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment) of the 17th American Aeroportee Division of the 1st Armee Aeroportee just discovered two abandoned vehicles and a German dead / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079730: "Twiggy" the baby elephant was half an hour late for her appointment to 'tow of the premises', the 47 year old Captain Derek Napper Napper, skipper of HMS Ganges the naval training school at Shotley Suffolk, and found she had been replaced by a couple of horses. Half-an-hour late, but Twiggy the baby elephant gets a welcome from the crew members. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079753: Entertainment Comedy: American comedian George Burns arrived at Heathrow Airport today to star in Thames Television's one-hour special "Max", starring Max Bygraves, who was at the airport to meet him. Also arriving at the airport with George Burns was glamorous Lisa Miller who will join him in a comedy routine on the show. Getting into a routine, (left to right) George Burns and Max Bygraves pictured at Heathrow today. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079808: The scene in the living room at St. Christopher's Fellowship boys white and black sit round a fire chatting and talking. Above the mantelpiece is a treasured souvenir of one of the mountain climbing expeditions which the lads loved, a mountaineer's Kevin the Deputy Warden sits with them chatting and discussing with them just everything. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079854: Wireless set used by enemy agents who were executed today. Two enemy agents, acting on behalf of Germany, were executed at Pentonville Prison today following their conviction under the Treachery Act 1940, at the Central Criminal Court on November. 22nd. 1940 their names are Jose Waldberg, a German born at Mainz in 1915 and Karl Meier, a Dutch subject of German origin, born at Koblenz in 1916. A Home Guard wearing the two cases which contained the complete transmitting set found in possession of the spies. December 1940 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079902: Miss World 1969. (left to right - front row) The Misses, Argentine, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France and Gambia. (left to right - centre row) The Misses, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guyana, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Nigeria. (left to right - back row) The Misses, Norway, Philippines, Seychelles, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Venezuela and Yugoslavia. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images