ZUM4868248: Aug. 08, 1953 - Rigden Under Close Arrest: Tony Rigden, 20-year old leading a aircraftman, whose disappearance in the Canal Zone caused an Anglo-Egyptian crisis, is under close arrest and guarded by R.A.P. police. No charge has been preferred against him. Rigden, a National Serviceman due to be demobised, was reported kidnapped in the Canal Zone seven weeks ago. Britain backed a demand for his return with strict control of traffic into Ismailia. Three days afterwards the controls were relaxed. The Rigden family heard nothing more until Saturday, when Rigden was flown to London from Paris with R.A.F. Security Police. Now Rigden is to be asked exactly what happened the night he vanished from an Ismailia hotel. Intil they have every detail, the Air Ministry refuses to disclose-how Rigden came to be freed. He was visited yesterday by his parents / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4868276: Aug. 08, 1953 - CACTI ON SHOW AT ROYAL HORTICULTURAL HALL. A Cactus and Succulent Competition for Amateurs - Fortnightly Show for the Sherman Hoyt Trophy - opened today at the Royal Horticultural Hall. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: 6-years old ANNAH GILBERT of Romford, Essex - seen with a giant cactus one of the exhibits, today. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4868417: Aug. 08, 1953 - Opening of the German Industries Fair: New export thriller: Walt Disney clocks manufactured by black forest cuckoo-clock industry. The German industries fair, Better known in this country as the 5th clock-and jewelry fair, opened at Frankfurt/main, yesterday. 42 Swiss clock - and watch manufacturers and 12 Austrian Goldsmiths display their outstanding products. In an effort to overcome the present prevailing depression, And to regain the international market lost in world war II, The black forest cuckoo-clock industry in south west Germany meets pretty well with very competitive prices. The new Walt-Disney-clocks in their entirely new and somewhat funny design found many admirers, and yesterday's report from the fair indicates” That The Clocks Just Go” ' / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4869599: CASABLANCA CONFERENCE - January 1943 - Allied leaders meeting at the Casablanca Conference, at the Hotel Anfa. Left to right: General Henri Honore Giraud (1879-1949), High Commissioner of French North Africa; U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt; General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French; and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. / Bridgeman Images