ZUM4866981: Aug. 08, 1953 - Raising the” Kronprins Frederik.: Efforts to raise the sunken Danish liner,” Kronprins Frederik, which capsized and sank after being swept by fire in April, at Harwich, are being made today. Salvage men have been working on the ship for months, and work began this morning on raising her / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4867285: Aug. 08, 1953 - Confiscated US food help rations in the Easterrn sector distributed: The American food help rations, which had been distributed to the hungry eastern population, were in many cases confiscated by Eastern” Volspolizei”. These rations were distributed in Eastern Berlin to Western unemployed, today. In the foreground of the one of the picture you can see two Eastern” Volkspolizisten” watching the distribution. The other picture shows crowds in Eastern Berlin, at the Gendarman Market. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4867311: Aug. 08, 1953 - Annual C.I.G.S. conference: The annual conference of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Field Marshal Sir John Harding), continued today at the Staff College, Camberley. The exercise known as “For 'and On”, is concerned with the use of atomic weapons in war, and is being attended by Commanders in chief of Home and Overseas Commands, and other officers / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4865395: Jul. 24, 1953 - Daphne padel builds a house and beats the price ring too: Daphne padel, stage and radic star, wanted to build a single-story, three-bedroom house - her architect told her that it shouwls ot cost more then, 500 but five tonbridge, Kent, builders submitted tenders within a few peubds of, 000. Yesterday Daphne told TV-viswes out the” price ring” operated among builders to inflsts prices, She was aperaing in the first program about the home which the B.C. will televise stage by stage, the building as a house after the tenders were received the B.B.C. consulted the royal builders a grace on an in flashed price. But today a contract is being signed by a company which operates over a wide area for the building of the house under, 500 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4865255: Jul. 24, 1953 - 24-7-53 The young cowboys of Dartmoor. Lasso lessons - Ex-South American cowpuncher Ross Salmon is holding a two weeks course for would-be cowboys on his School for Cowboysat Longdown, near Exster, where he hopes to start a cattle range. He plans to rear cattle in real ranching style on 25,000 of Dartmoor's lonely acres in an effort to put to use some of the wastelands of Britain. To do it he is teaching the boys to ride cowboy style and to do everything that a real Western Cowboy has to do which is rather different to the Cowboys of the Sereen. Keystone Photo Shows: Rancher Ross Salmon gives a lasso lesson to (from left) Lanes Murphy of Harrow; Bill Halliday of Neasden and Bill Moran of Petts Wood on his School for Cowboys. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4865278: Jul. 24, 1953 - 24-7-53 The young cowboys of Dartmoor. Lasso lessons - Ex-South American cowpuncher Ross Salmon is holding a two weeks course for would-be cowboys on his School for Cowboysat Longdown, near Exster, where he hopes to start a cattle range. He plans to rear cattle in real ranching style on 25,000 of Dartmoor's lonely acres in an effort to put to use some of the wastelands of Britain. To do it he is teaching the boys to ride cowboy style and to do everything that a real Western Cowboy has to do which is rather different to the Cowboys of the Sereen. Keystone Photo Shows: Dartmoor goes Wild West. Hill billies echo over the moor to the accompaniment of guitars and mouth organs round the cowboy's camp fire. / Bridgeman Images