ZUM4870884: Aug. 08, 1953 - 5000 children fighting” Indian” tribe.: In Planten and Blomen (Hamburg) 5000 children attacked a group of 90” Indians” of the Karl-May festive play from Bad Seegeberg after the group had given a preformance of 20 minutes only and the children felt therefore disaapointed. This well-mean performance ended in a great war. The children were hunting the Indians who had to hide themselves in the exhibition halls. The children destroyed the benches, wanted to get back and entrance fees and the police had great pains to deal with the small palefaces / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4871021: Oct 15, 1951 - London, England, United Kingdom - PEGGY PHILLIPS, 20, from SLE-gardens, Upper Beeding, Sussex, after she was elected Bonfire Queen of Beeding and Bramber. She will lead a 1,000 strong torchlight procession through the streets on October 27th. Peggy, who is a land girl, (a girl or woman who does farm work, especially in wartime), helping her nurseryman father, has twice been Maid of Honour, she is holding her pet rabbit Billy. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4871041: Second World War (1939-1945) (WWII): General Dwight Eisenhower (1880-1969), Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), Commander of the 1st French Army, at the French Army Headquarters, East of France, 25 November 1944: with a 15-year-old boy who guards prisoners German - Photography, France, 1944 / Bridgeman Images
ETE4871069: Second World War (1939-1945) (WWII): Staff meeting at the HQ of the 1st French army east of France, 25 November 1944: from left to right; General Jean De Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), commander of the 1st French army, General Omar Bradley (1893-1981), commander of the 18th armed group American), the general of the armed corps French Antoine Bethouart (1889-1982), General Jacob Devers (1887-1979), Commander the 6th American Armee Group and General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe - Photographie, France, 1944 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4872580: Aug. 12, 1953 - 12.8.53 400 killed in Greek earthquakes - At least 400 people have been killed and hundreds injured in three days of earthquakes in the Greek island of Cephalonia. Yesterday was the worst yet. Towns and villages were wrecked and many thousands made homeless in the neighbouring island of Ithakis / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4871847: Aug. 08, 1953 - Ten hours Afloat. Dramatic Rescue of Survivor of U.S. Atom bomber Crash in the Atlantic.: As seen from the searching vessel - the Cargo ship” Manchester Shipper” - Sgt. Roy Spears - still afloat after ten hours in the water. Sgt. Spears was taken aboard the cargo ship after being ten hours in the water after being the American Convair - Atom Bomber- world's largest plane - which crashed in the Atlantic. / Bridgeman Images