ELD4923368: Battle of the Catalaunique Fields, where the Romans, the Francs and Visigoths reunited put the huns of Attila and the ostrogoths near Troyes, Dawn - Barbarian Invasions - (Battle of the Catalaunian Plains or battle of Chalon or battle of Maurica, took place in AD 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I against the Huns and their allies commanded by their leader Attila) Drawing by Marcel Jeanjean (1893-1973) draws from “” Les beaux episodes de la histoire de France”” 1922 Collection privee, Jeanjean, Marcel Joseph (1893-1973) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4923580: Apr. 04, 1954 - Hollywood Film Star Arrives. Constance Smith. Hollywood star, Constance Smith, arrived at London Airport today. She is to film for producers Robert Baker and Monty Berman in their Tempean Film” Tiger by the Tail”, a fast-moving thriller to be made later this month / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4923247: Apr. 04, 1954 - Dumbo, Mind my Child: In India elephants are heavy-duty “” tractors””. In England Dumbo at the London Zoo can prove brains as well as brawn, Photo shows an American visitor, three-year-old Susan Lipton from Boston, Mass gets a demonstration of Dumbo's stroller prowess, and note that raised leg just to show how easy it is / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4923508: Apr. 04, 1954 - 'Delicatessen' Ship wins Prize: Francois Brouillet of Lyons, Delicate seen specialist, shows his ship” Lucullus” made of Pies, Sausages and other delicatesse? He was awarded the first prize for his little master piece by a jury in a paris Restaurant this morning / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4923739: Apr. 04, 1954 - Like a gun... looks this new Astro-Tele-Objective with a focal-distance of 100 cm. Put on movie or other cameras it is possible to make shots of far distance. The objective, some meters long is the biggest attraction on the Photokina, the international fair, opened on Saturday, April 3, at Koln, Germany / Bridgeman Images
ELD4923741: Illustration by Marcel Jeanjean (1893-1973) of the song populaire francaise (nursery rhyme (folk song) “J'ai du bon tabac”” attributed to the abbe de l'Attaignant (1697-1779) (Illustration for french nursery rhyme (folk song) “J'ai du bon tabac”” 20th century Private collection, Jeanjean, Marcel Joseph (1893-1973) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4923818: The Gallic leader Vercingetorix (80-46 BC) going to Jules Cesar (100-44 BC) to Alesia in 52 BC - Vercingetorix (72-46 BC) gallic leader, surrendering to Caesar in Alesia (France), 52 BC - Drawing by Marcel Jeanjean (1893-1973) draws from “” The beautiful episodes of history France”” 1922 Private collection, Jeanjean, Marcel Joseph (1893-1973) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4923835: Apr 04, 1954 - Love Philtre Kills two Girls: Scotland Yard were sure last night that a love philtre drug killed the beauty queen and her girl fellow worker, who fell ill at a London Office. Detectives are also sure that neither girl knew she had taken the drug. The girls. Miss June Malins, aged 19, of Wightman-road, Harringay, London and Cliftonville, Wimbledon, worked in the office of a manufacturing chemist. Police concentrated their inquiries on the theory that someone put the drug in food or drink taken by the girls. It is though unlikely that the person intended to kill. The drug may have been given as a form of joke. But a strong dose is fatal. The girl's office manager, Mr. Arthur Ford, of Batch-road, Houslow, is in hospital with symptoms of poisoning. In 1952 June Malins won the” Physical Excellence Girl of Margate” Competition / Bridgeman Images
ELD4923951: The King of France Charlemagne (742-814) (Charles I the Great) receiving the submission of the defeated peoples in his palace at Aachen 790 ca. (The conquered tribes in front of king of France Charlemagne in his palace of Aachen 790 ca) Drawing by Marcel Jeanjean (1893-1973) draws from “” Les beaux episodes de la histoire de France”” 1922 Collection privee, Jeanjean, Marcel Joseph (1893-1973) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4923994: Apr. 04, 1954 - The switcher at the door: This new sensation will be shown on the next industries exhibition in Hannover. This installation can be fixed at every door in and outside. It will cost only DM 25 (Questions address please to Deisting & Co. in Munich Schillerstr. 23) / Bridgeman Images