MPX5091374: Gulliver, all 21ft of him, weighing 6cwt, made of metal, needed a crane to start him on his journey from Cheyney Walk in Chelsea to Tokyo, Japan. Gulliver is the metal creation by cartoonist, artist, Gerald Scarfe and is one of twelve characters that Gerald is making for the British Pavilion at the Expo '70 to be held in Tokyo in March. The metal monster took Gerald three months to put together, using welding apparatus, he made is in the garden of his home in Chelsea in two halves and each half had to be hoisted by crane from the garden, over two garden walls to the side road where it was packed away into large crates. The other characters that Mr. Scarfe will be working on are Hamlet, MacBeth, Robinson Crusoe, Samuel Johnson, Long John Silver, Pick Wick, Alice 'thru the looking glass, Oliver, Shakespeare, James Bond and My Fair Lady. Bearded Gerald Scarfe with Gulliver. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5091386: Adolf Hitler addressing the state funeral of Weimar Germany's second President Paul von Hindenburg who died in August 1934. He led the nation through the Wall Street Crash crisis. He also appointed Hitler as chancellor on January 30th 1933. The funeral took place at Tannenberg. August 1934 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5090014: American Lightnings, the plane used by the United States Army Air Force for long range bomber protection, waiting to be assembled at a base in England in record time and sent for use with the squadrons preparing for the defeat of Germany in occupied France February 1944 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5090041: A new type of kitten has been born in Hoddesdon, Herts. The two ten week old Lilac Pointed Devon Rex Kitten, were bred by Mrs. Glenda Worthy of Hoddesdon and are the only two in the world. They have both been given exotic names Sayonara Lilac Frosting (female) and Sayonara Lilac Time (male). Both kittens are the offspring of prize winning male Self Lilac Devon, Sayonara Lilac Warrior and a Blue Pointed Queen. January 1972 / Bridgeman Images