ZUM4927688: May 03, 1954 - Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. thinks that being a multimillionaire does not count as a profession. The grandson of the American railway tycoon became a journalist. With film camera, audio recorder, and typewriter in hand he travels the world. 25,000,000 Americans read his tales three times a week in over 800 newspapers. He also appeared on tv in the production” Showa.” He is pictured here in Hamburg where he is collecting stories for his show. After Hamburg he will travel on to Bremen, Duesseldorf, Koeln, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, and Munich / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4920512: Queen Elizabeth (Elisabeth) II - Mar. 03, 1954 - Royal Tour of Australia - Queen Attends Victoria Racing Club's Meeting.: There was a vast gathering at Flemington racecourse for the Royal visit to the Victoria Club's meeting at perhaps the most beautiful racecourse in Australia. H.N. the Queen congratulates Australian jockey Purtell after he had won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Cromis. Others in the picture are (L.Tor.) R. Sinclair the trainer, Mr. E.A. Underwood, the owner and Sir Chester Manifold, Chairman of Victoria Racing Club / Bridgeman Images
ETE4933969: Second World War (1939-1945): Potsdam (Germany) July 15, 1945: For the Big Three Conference, advisers to US President Harry Truman, from left to right, Mr Henry Bundy, Secretary of State for War Henry L. Stimson are welcomed by General Edmund Hill (Head of E.M of USTAF). / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4934392: Jun. 02, 1954 - Not For Use Before Evening Thursday: Errol And Anna Rehearse For” Lilacs In The Spring”. Famous London Restaurant Reconstructed At Film Studios: Stars of the new film” Lilacs in the Spring” - Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle are busily at work rehearsing their parts at Elstree Studios. Anna plays the role of” Carol” who in a series of” flashbacks” dreams she is the wife of her father - played by Errol Flynn. In effect both he and she play the roles of father and husband - Mother and daughter. One of the scenes takes place in a reproduction of” Romano's Restaurant” - in the Strand in the year 1917 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4937717: Jun 06, 1954 - She's Only eleven But She Country Her Own Fare And Flies From Canada: An airliner brought 11-year-old Valerie Sampson from Toronto to London yesterday. But it was hr own determination, confidence, independence, and shrewd business sense which made the trip possible. Valerie went to Canada four years ago from her home in Bournemouth, with her mother, father, and young brother. Her fare was ~ 99, and she earned every penny of it herself, baby sitting, and working a newspaper round, plus enough pocket money for her three-month. Here was determination. She brought with her one small suitcase and an airline handbag carrying only two changes of clothes for her stay. Her father, head store-keeper for Toronto firm, will send a monthly allowance. Valerie will spend a month with her aunt and uncle in Surrey. The she will visit her grandparents in Bournemouth / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4937743: Jun 06, 1954 - Cardinals leave for St. Boniface Centenary Congress at Buckfast Abbey: Cardinal Wendel, of Munich and Cardinal Frings, of Cologne, left Paddington this afternoon for Plymouth to attends St Boniface Centenary Congress which takes place at Buckfast Abbey on Saturday June 19th / Bridgeman Images