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ZUM4944538: Nov. 01, 1954 - Floods In The North of England And Scotland.. Bridge Collapses On Kilmarnock-Dumfries Road. Keystone Photo Shows: - The scene after the end of a bridge on the main Kilmarnock-Dumfries road - at Thornhill had collapsed - after being undermined by the heavy flood waters / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4944544: Nov. 02, 1954 - Japanese Ballet Company Arrives In London. “Justice” - With A Fan.. The Japanese Ballet Company - the first to visit this country since 1939 - arrived in London this afternoon. Under the leadership of the Prima Ballerina - Miho Hanaya ~ ui - the company opens for a season at the Prince Theatre on Thursday / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4944570: Nov 02, 1954 - The Dock strike threatens to spread. Idle shipping in the pool of London: Many crowds of idle dockers and dozens of idle ships were to be seen in the Tooley Street, Bermondsey wharf area this morning following the strike of 2,, 500 dockers who refused to work on lorries driven by Non-Union man or those who worked during the big October Strike. Many efforts are being made to get them to return to work / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4944621: Nov. 04, 1954 - Court of Common Council's Meeting at the Restored Guildhall - The Court of Common Council; s meeting, which is the first to take place in the restored Guildhall - was held today. Keystone Photo Shows: - General View Showing the Court in Session - presided over by the Lord Mayor - in the restored Guildhall today / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4944630: Nov. 04, 1954 - Professor Max Born receives the Nobel Prize for Physics. The Swedish Academy of Sciences decided this evening that the Nobel Prize should be awarded equally to two German physicists: Professor Walther W Bothe and Professor Max Born. Professor Born (Pictured) is the chair for natural philosophy department at the University of Edinburgh / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4944882: Nov. 11, 1954 - First Over the North pole Air service starts machine arrives in Copenhagen: Many well known personalities were on board the Royal Viking airliner when she landed in Copenhagen yesterday at the end of the first over the north pole service flight journey. At the same time another machine flew in the opposite direction from Copenhagen to Los Angeles. Included in the arrivals at Copenhagen were Mr. Charles Marshall former Marshall Aid Administrator the Lord Mayor of Los Angeles screen stars Walter Pidgeon and Jean Hersholt journalists and reporters / Bridgeman Images