ZUM4939430: Aug. 08, 1954 - DR. TARNESBY RETURNS TO LONDON WITH HIS CHILDREN. DR. PETER TARNESBY of Barley Street who recovered his two children RUTH (4) and SYLVIA (3) from his wife after a dramattic search. through France and Italy - returned to London with they this evening. Dr. Tarneshy's wife - who is also a Doctor - took the childran to the Continent from their London House three weeks ago. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - DR. PETER TARRESEY comes down the aircraft steps with SYLVIA (left) and RUTH this evening / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4939710: Aug. 08, 1954 - Tahar Ben Ammar to form new Tunisian government: M. Tahar Ben Ammar, Tunisian home rule leader, who has been entrusted by the be ~ with the task of forming the new government as a result of the interview the bey had with Mends-France in tunis last sunday / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4939813: Aug. 08, 1954 - Demonstration of the U.S. Army's new 75 MM Skysweeper anti - aircraft gun: The United States Army's new 75 mm Skysweeper, a large caliber automatic anti-aircraft artillery weapon, was fired at radio controlled and towed targets before high ranking British Army officials and members of the press, at Weybourns, Norfolk, today. The new gun which can find and track approaching aircraft as far away as 15 miles, is capable of firing on and defeating air targets as far away as four miles. The weapon, equipped with radar, computer, and gun all on one carriage, operates day on night regardless of weather conditions, even when aircraft are invisible in a blanketing fog / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4941057: Sep. 09, 1954 - THE WORLD'S FIRST” FLYING SAUCER” PILOTED AT HOME... HE PILOTED THE” FLYING LEFT”... The world's first 'Flying Saucer' Pilot WING COMMANDER R.T. SHEPHERD, seen with his wife at their Nuthall, Nottinghamshire, home. Wing Commander Shepherd is pilot of the new wingless Jet aircraft which rises vertically into the air - powered by two super Rolls Royce Jet Engines. talking about his experiences in flying the new machine - Commander Shepherd said” I felt as though I were sitting in a moving lift - it was quieter than piloting a helicopter - there was little vibration”... The advent of the 'Flying Lift' is expected to revolutionise much of the aircraft design of the future / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4941349: Sep. 09, 1954 - They did not even Recognize him. American Crooner out Walking in Leicester Square. When Frankie Laine - American Crooner arrived at London Airport he was met by an organised reception committee of a crowd of teenage fans.. When he went for a walk in Leicester Square this morning he was not even recognised by the passes-by / Bridgeman Images