ZUM4914785: Feb. 05, 1954 - STRUCTION TO SAVE THE GIANT” BRITANIA”.. SCENE FROM THE AIR.. Keystone Aerial View Shows: - View of the giant British Jet Aircraft - the 100 seater Britannia - as workers - R.A.F. personnel etc. struggled to release her from the mudbanks of the River Severn - in an unsuccessful race against the rising tides. Today Tanks are to be used to haul her on to dry ground.. The Britannia which cost? 100,000 to construct flew for the first time on December 23rd. She was piloted by Chief Test Pilot Bill Pegg.. Only one member of the crew of 12 received injuries in the crash landing which Pilot Pegg had to make when one of her four engines caught fire during her test flight / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4914928: Feb. 06, 1954 - Canadian Premier Lunches with Sir Winston Churchill: British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill with his guests, Canadian Prime Minister Mr.Louis St. Laurent, and members of his family at No. 10, Downing Street, London today. (Left to Right): Mr. Jean Paul St.Laurent, son of the Canadian Premier; Mrs. Hugh O'Donnell, daughter of Mr. Louis St. Laurent; Sir Winston Churchill; Lady Churchill and Mr: Louis St. Laurent. The Canadian Premier is in London on a world tour to meet leaders in the search for an approach to peace / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4914959: Feb. 06, 1954 - That'll definitely get the ball rolling! These five young German deserters of the French Foreign Legion come fresh from the Indochina warzone to tell us what it's really like. Indeed, the German men have shutter-inducing things to report. This is a very delicate situation for Bonn: how to deal with France's attempts to hush up the such affairs. Although the men certainly had the purpose of informing young Germans of just what went on there, the poor devils were immediately taken into custody by detectives after their flight from Bangkok. Pictured: At their arrival in Hamburg: Horst Pethorius, Erik Bertmeyer, Hugo Schmidt, Erwin Hagemeidl, and Gunther Kleinke / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4915215: Feb. 11, 1954 - Royal Australian Tour - Original Picture Queen sees life Savers at Bondi Beach. The highlight of the Royal visit to Bondi Beach, Australia, was the surf carnival, in Which the Queen and her husband, sitting amid a vast concourse of people in summer cloths, were so interested the they overstayed their time. This pictures shows the parade of Surf Life Savers marching up to the Queen's dais / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4915521: Feb. 12, 1954 - Royal Marine Commandos Undergoing” Arctic” Training Course in the Scottish Highlands.: London and Chatham Royal Marine Commandos are undergoing a” survival training” course under Zero temperatures on the top of the Cairngorm Mountains near Invernses. The man attending the special course are practising snow warfers high on the icy 4,000 feet peaks in winds which can reach more than 70 miles an hour. They are spending nights on the mountains in snow holes in the ground and in tents, while learning mountain navigation. During they day they are taught such thing as step cutting and glissading (sliding down icy slopes). Before going to Scotland the men had a toughening-up conses at the Commando School at Bickleigh near Plymouth. The object of the training is to supply a neuclus of personnel accustomed to operating tactically under snow conditions. During the course they learn to ski- use snow shoes etc / Bridgeman Images