MPX5157370: Salvage workers sort through the damaged band instruments at the Cafe de Pais following two 50K landmines which fell through the Rialto roof straight onto the Cafe dance floor. Eighty people were killed, including Ken 'Snakehips' Johnston who was performing onstage at the time. March 9th 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5159974: Winston Churchill and daughter at Niagara Falls on the observation platform. A crowd gathered around his car before the train left. British Prime Minister spent 2 hours at Niagara on his way to the United States. He visited the falls and made a tour of local beauty spots on the Canadian side. He was accompanied by his daughter Miss Mary Churchill and was shown around by Major General C. F. Constantine of the Canadian Army. The party crossed into the US by car and rejoined the special train at Niagara Falls Station. British Official Photograph (Crown Copyright), August 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160771: Th U.S. Marine memorial surrounded by miniature American flags on "Bloody Ridge', scene of some of the most fierce fighting during the Battle for Guadacanal. The islands saw some of the bitterest fighting in the Pacific between the Japanese and the Americans and is still littered with the debris of war. 9th November 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5161560: MTB 309 was an American Elco 77 ft, built 11 February 1942, Commissioned 22nd April 1942. Her first Commanding Officer was Lt D Jermain DSC. RN who was also the 15th Flotilla's Senior Officer. In September 1942 the remaining boats of the 10th Flotilla (MTBs 260-268) joined forces with the 15th Flotilla, Lt Jermain DSC RN remaining as SO until being replaced by Lt Cdr C Evensen DSC RNVR in September 1943. (Picture shows) Princess Elizabeth, Prince philip and Princess Margaret aboard the MTB. 23rd July 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images