ZUM4846793: May 16, 1953 - Royal Windsor Horse Show... Youngsters Shelter From The Rain: Photo Shows Three young riders takes shelters from the rain during the Royal Windsor Horse show at Home Park.. They are L-R: Anne Hampton (10); Elizabeth Reid (12) and Christopher Reid (9) all of Epsom. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839677: May 04, 1953 - British” Comet” Airliner Crashes Near Kolkata... Forty-Three Killed In Mysterious Accident. Investigators are proceeding into the mysterious crash over the weekend of a British Comet Jet Airliner.. The machine was seen to nose-dive like a ball of fire over a village - only six minutes after taking off from Dum Dum airport, Kolkata, India - on the journey to London.. There were no survivors of the Forty-three passengers and crew. Keystone Radio Photo Shows: - The tail end of the fuselage of the Comet which was found about 150 yards from the main wreckage, near Calcutta. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839784: May 04, 1953 - At the final game of the German Soccer Championship Eintracht Frankfurt and FC K? With in Frankfurt am Main on Sunday in front of 65,000 spectators to compete. The game ended with Eintracht winning 2:0. Pictured Left: The go-ahead goal for Eintrachtis is scored. Pictured Right: Gawliczek (K? ln) during an artistic kick. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4842522: May 05, 1953 - Preparation for the Cheslka Flower show. W.V.S. Garden gift scheme: Photo shows a floral display in the form of the Royal Crown made of violes - tagetas end elyesum - being erected on the WV.S. stand to illustrate the WVS Garden Gift Scheme - at the Chelsca Flower Show this morning.. The show is to be opened tomorrow. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4911694: Feb. 02, 1954 - Ice Balierina: Andra McLaughlin, the American ice-skating star, has taken up ballet and spends several hours each day practising under the expert tuition of a leading ballet instructor. Miss McLaughlin, who plays Sinbad in the pantomite-an-ice at Empress Hall, is at the age of eighteen, the highest paid teen-ager on ice. She gets over £600 a week / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4911856: Feb. 02, 1954 - European featherweight champion from Belgium sight-seeing in London: Jean Snyers the Belgian holder of the European featherweight championship who is to meet Sammy McCarthy in defance of his title at Harringay tomorrow evening- was to be seen on a sight-seeing tour of London this afternoon: Photo show: Jean Snyers seen with the lights of Piccadilly circus as a back-ground - this afternoon / Bridgeman Images