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ZUM4840396: May 05, 1953 - Comet Crash gave them seats in Abbey for the coronation - Queens Scouts in London; Lieut. Col. A.G. Oldhan, of Melbourne, Australia, whose brother, The hon. T.G. Oldham, and his sister in law were killed in the Comet air liner which crashed near Calcutta while on their way to the Coronation - has been allowed by the Earl Marshal to take his brother's place in the Abbey at the Coronation ceremony, and to select another members of the Queen's Scouts, of which Lieut. Col. A.G. Oldham is the head, selected Troop Leader Alan Cook, of Mackay, Queensland, aged 17 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4840420: May 05, 1953 - Christ's Hospital Boys March Through London. Up Goes The Mace: 840 Boys from Christ's Hospital, marched from Cannon street station today to St. Paul's Cathedral for a Thanksgiving Service, as part of the ceremonies to celebrate the 400th. anniversary of the schools foundation / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4840131: May 05, 1953 - Rancher And Inger Ark The Long And Short Of It: Photo shows Sheila O'Neill, the attractive five foot nothing dancer in” Paint Your Wagon” and the bearded Joe Leader, the 6 ft. in singer on the same show - make a contract in the size on the steps of the Albert memorial toda0 Hill's 23rd rd rd, birthday / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839585: May 02, 1953 - 2-5-53 New United States Ambassador to Italy greets American Defence Minister in Rome. Keystone Photo Shows: Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, newly appointed American Ambassador to Italy, greets Mr. Wilson, the American Minister of Defence when he arrived in Rome recently. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839701: May 04, 1953 - British” Comet” Airliner Crashes Near Kolkata... Forty-Three Killed In Mysterious Accident. Investigators are proceeding into the mysterious crash over the weekend of a British Comet Jet Airliner.. The machine was seen to nose-dive like a ball of fire over a village - only six minutes after taking off from Dum Dum Airport, Kolkata, India.. There were no survivors of the passengers and crew numbering Forty-Three.. Keystone Radio Photo Shows: - Part of the wreckage of the Comet - after the crash, near Calcutta during the weekend. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839812: May 05, 1953 - SILENCE AT SUEZ: Anglo-Egyptian talks over the protection of the vital Suez Canal have been suspended without agreement. The single land bridge between the Eurasian land-mass and Africa, with front and back doors on two seas, the Canal Zone has unsurpassed port and transportation facilities, is a fully equipped technical and military base, and is a vital 90-mile natural pivot of defense-offensive strategy for the Middle East. Picture shows: Corner of the huge British arms dump of Tel EL Kebir in the Suez Canal Zone. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4841243: May 05, 1953 - Duke Inspects U.S. Atom Bomb Carrier: The Duke of Edinburgh climbs up int the giant RB. 36. the world's largest operational bomber, at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, yesterday, Bases. The Duke, who flew 400 miles in a Viking aircraft of The Queen's Flight, also inspected American troops at Bentwaters, Sussex and Burtonwood, Lancashire. At Brize Norton, he inspected gun sites and crews. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4841378: May 05, 1953 - They recently held a vacuum cleaning contest between men and housewives on well-known Jusgfernstieg in the center of Hamburg. Vnis contest proved that men were mach more perfect and faster than housewives. We are showing some snapshots of the site of the losore. / Bridgeman Images