ZUM4869983: Aug. 08, 1953 - Hello, Marlene... If not just as famous as the Marlene of the song, 22 year old brunette of San Francisco, Marlene Dillman got into limelight after winning the” Self Made Dress” contest organized by Mc Call's magazine. 25,000 competitors took part in the contest and Marlene's dress made by herself was found the best. Besides achieving fame, Marlene is the lucky winner of a trip to Paris. She is pictured here in her room at the hotel” Prince de Wales” near the Champs -Elysée. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4897868: Dec. 11, 1953 - Scape Goate and his Judges: Famous English Comedian Yves Deniaud (Holding a lamp) in an amusing scene with his Judges at the Gare De Lyon today. Deniaud's impersonation of the” Lampiste” (English Equivalent of 'scape goat') is well know by English radio listeners. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839098: Apr. 26, 1953 - Technical Convention opens in Hannover. In the presense of Economic Minister Dr. Erhard and Prime Minister Hinrich Kopf the Technical Exhibition was opened on Sunday in Hannover. Our picture shows the newest construction of jib cranes in the convention's open-air site. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839196: Apr. 28, 1953 - Bank-Robbers' trial begins in Frankfurt. This morning the trial against the three bank robbers: Maiss, Maikrauz, and Kirchner, who on midday August 16 of last year carried out a robbery of a Bockenenheimer bank, began. They shot three bank tellers and a third was seriously injured. Pictured from left to right: Maikranz, Kirchner, and Maiss with their defenders. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4839304: Debarking in Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D Day or D Day): Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) (centre), commander-in-chief of the forces engaged for the debarkage, arrives on a beach in Normandy accompanied by Admiral Ernest King (1878-1956), commander of the American Navy (right). Photograph on June 12, 1944. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4865114: Jul 23, 1953 - She becomes a” Merry widow at twenty-one to dance at the Royal Festival hall.: Daphne Dale, who celebrated her 21st. birthday in Saturday - is tonight to pla the role of” Vilia” in the dancer Version of” The Merry Widow”. a year ago she doubled for Gene Tierney in the ballet sequences of the film” Never Let Me Go”. During the Festival Ballet's visit to Monte Carlo in 1951 - Daphne was voted Beauty Queen at the Battle of Flowers / Bridgeman Images