ZUM4906817: Jun. 24, 1979 - Left to right: President of the European Commission Roy Jenkins, Denmark's Anker Joergensen, Great Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Luxembourg's Gaston Thorn, Ireland's John Lynch, France's Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Italy's Giulio Andreotti, Germany's Helmut Schmidt, and Belgium's Wilfried Martens / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907028: Jan. 01, 1954 - The” World's Most Rejected Artist” - Holds Auction Of His 'Masterpieces' - In London Club: Mr.Albert Perry who terms himself as the” world's most rejected artist” - hold an auction of some of his paintings - at” The castle” Public House, Tooting, London / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907075: Jan. 01, 1954 - Guard The Royal Plate Is Serious Business; 160 pieces of priceless Plates are being taken across London from Buckingham Palace to the Victoria and Albert Museum in a plain truck with a motorcycle escort for an exhibition opening next month. Items date from the reign of Charles II (1660-1685) to that of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Picture Shows Danny, a specially trained three years old bull mastiff who rode in the truck, guards a gold center piece of the Royal Plate. Obviously he takes his job very seriously / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907216: Oct. 04, 1979 - Wearing an army parka with the presidential symbol on it, President Giscard D'Estaing attended drills, some of the most important seen since the last war, on the” Saone 79” fields. 18,000 men, 5,200 vehicles, 120 helicopters, and 200 planes participate in the exercise from October 1st to 7th / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907064: Jan. 01, 1954 - Winter Comes To Brussels... Warmth For The Guard.. Keystone Photo Show: - The Guard on duty outside the Royal Palace in Brussels - is supplied with a coke brazier - to ward off the winter chills - now that the cold weather has arrived at the Belgian Capital / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907373: Jan. 01, 1954 - Gelignite Used To Destroy Ancient Steeple In Hamilton - Scotland: About 1,000 people, including many school children watched the destruction of the Old Tolbooth Steeple, in Muir Street, Hamilton, Scotland recently - with the aid of gelignite charges... The steeple bell had tolled out the hours for 312 years but the foundations of the steeple were eaten away and it menaced a nearby housing scheme / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907468: Jan. 01, 1954 - London's Atom Fortress Is Ready Vital Centre Prepared For Emergency - In Southwark: The new Atom Bomb Proof fortress one of 100 'atomic' C.D. headquarters in London is now ready for use in Southwark. AT least a thousand tons of earth has to be moved for pumps for the construction of the centre. A diesel generator pumps filtered air into an “operations room” and provides emergency heat and light. Nothing should budge the control center which has an area below ground level of over 2,000 square feet with its own telephone exchange, mass facilities; toilets and rest rooms for weary rescue teams. The fortress has been equipped with a recreation centre. In changer is Mr. Hugh Pierce who has moved into new prefab offices and training center built on top of the underground centre - and in case of emergency the teams move below to continue emergency operations unhampered / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907687: Jan. 02, 1954 - The” Angel of Peace” in ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~: The Students The Students Barbara Pleyer, having been known as the” Angel of Peace of Helsinki”, is staying now at Berlin. She is convinced of bringing the peace to the world by her actions. Today Babara Pleyer declared to the press that is she is willing to stay at Berlin till the end of the conference of the foreign ministers. She wants to Summon the people to go into the Church to pray for peace / Bridgeman Images