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ZUM4867387: Aug. 08, 1953 - Wounded Doctor Flies Home: Photo Shows Dr. B. Peck, of Plymouth, whose wife was murdered and himself wounded when bandits made an armed attack in his car near the Franco-Spanish border, stopping off a plane at London Aiport last night in his arrival from Barcelona. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4867718: Aug. 08, 1953 - Film Star Ballerina To Dance In London: Colette Marchand, the French Ballerina who became an International film star in” Moulin Rouge”, is to dabbed in London this month at twn times the salary she craned here as a small name in Roland Petite's Company four years ago. That is the price M. Petite has had to pay for the screen fame of Colette, who has been hailed in New York as” Les Legs” and her own Paris as France's favorite ballet dancer. In the latest Petite ballet,” Cine-Bijou”, Roland Petite and Colette Marchand as a Parisian worker and a little typist sitting side by in their suburban cinema watching an American gangster film / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904881: Jan. 01, 1954 - Planet Jupiter to be televised: The B.B.C. hopes to show the planet Jupiter on Television screens tonight. Permission has been given by the Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones, to use the 36in. telescope at Greenwich. A television camera will be attached to a wooden cradle made for the purpose. If the sky is clouded, material, prepared previously will be shown / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4905148: Jan. 01, 1954 - Carnival in Munich... The Mayor of Munich, Thomas Wimmer (left) handed the golden key of Munich over to the Prince and Princess of the Munich Carnival, called” George” and” Bobby”, as the sign that the Munich Carnival, called” Fasching” had been opened. The this year Fasching is to be for 54 days. During this time about 3000 festivals are to be held / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4905193: Jan. 01, 1954 - Demonstration of Qualities of Secondite: A demonstration of the exceptional qualities of Secondite to resist fire and acids and as an inmulating material when used as a building material, as a filter to separate light oils from water, in the standard petrol engine, was held today at Marylebone Goods Station. Secondite, which was invented by Angelo Secundi, an Italian, is a name which has been given to ricemills after they have been treated by a patent process. After this treatment. Secondite is an inorganic substance of a very high silica content / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4905212: Jan. 01, 1954 - Landmark Returns: The Oxford-Street Landmark Self edge's clock, which was Taken down to make may for Coronation decorations, was replaced today. the clock in cast in bronze, overlaid with gold, Polychrome and faience. the block of Portland stone, representing a ship's prow weighs 15-tons. bells and decorations add to the weight / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4905258: Jan. 01, 1954 -” Gorilla” success tempts Michel Simon: M. Michel Simon, the famous French screen comedian (left) sings pierre Brassen's latest success” Gorilla” at a Gala staged by the Paris broadcasting campy. Brassens, the author is seen at the right accompanying the comedian / Bridgeman Images