ZUM4909790: Jan. 31, 1954 - In a sign of understanding, journalists from West Berlin were allowed to visit the Soviet embassy and see and photograph its inner rooms and festive halls for the first time in the post-war period. Here is a picture of the enormous stain-glass window piece titled” Kremelt? rme” or the Kremel Towers / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907770: Jan. 22, 1980 - Georges Marchais is pictured during his interview on the TV program 'Cards on the Table' / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905227: 1977, Persian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba received at the White House by American President Jimmy Carter and his wife / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906650: Jan. 01, 1954 - President Coty takes over (1). Retiring President Auriol and the New President Rene Coty riding in an open car on the way to the town hall / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909399: Jan. 26, 1954 - Antonio Dances AT the Empire Theatre Paris Without Rosario / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906179: Jan. 01, 1954 - 'Ramon Navarro, at home' To His Fans: Ramon Navarro gave a dinner at the Savoy Hotel last night to the score of women who have remained faithful to his fan club / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906161: Jan. 01, 1954 - Britons going well in the Monte Carlo Rally.: Some of the competitors taking part in the Monte Carlo Rally arrived at Clifton's garage, Sidcup, Kent, at 3:30 a.m. this morning. Theirs cars were checked and serviced before continuing their journey to dover on their hazardous 2,050-mile run to the South of France / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906922: Jul 06, 1979 Health Minister Simone Veil and successor Jacques Barrot / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909964: Members of the congress of President Harry Truman (third from left in front row), among them John Fitzgerald Kennedy (second from left in second row), 23/07/1947 / 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

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

ZUM4906642: June 5, 1979 - Paris, France - The first female British Prime Minister (from 1979-1990) MARGARET THATCHER, in a meeting with the President of the French Republic GISCARD D'ESTAING / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908304: Jan. 14, 1954 - 35 Killed in Comet Disaster, Wreckage brought ashore: Part of the wreckage of teh Comet jet airliner, which crashed in the Mediterranean with a loss of 35 lives, being examined after it had been brought ashore at Porto Azzurro, Isle of Elba / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4909598: Jan. 28, 1954 - This young girl wearing a black body suit is not trying to imitate a ghost, but presenting a novelty created by the designer Jacques Fath: The sun-shielding organza veil... What do our elegant ladies think of it? / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906881: Jan. 01, 1954 - SPRING FASHION SHOW..BLOWING KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: Bloving Wild is the name given this evening wrap in white organdie - and modelled here by Barbara Miura - at a showing of Herbort Sidon's Spring Collection in London today / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905868: May 05, 1978 - UN - French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906316: Feb 04, 1979 - 'Soviet's favorite rock'n'roll star ', DEAN REED, pictured during a performance given in memory of the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist Martin Luther King, in Palace of the Republic in East Berlin. / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907091: Portrait of Hugo Eckener (1868-1954) in the 1930s / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907424: Oct. 18, 1979 - The President of China Hua Guofeng attended a gala in his honor at the Paris Opera. Here is President Valery Giscard d'Estaing being welcomed by a little ballerina at the opera / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905946: Jul 07, 1978 - EC-meeting in Bremen/West Germany - A two-day conference of the European Council take place in Bremen on July 6th/7th. Under the chairmanship of Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, the assembled State Presidents and Prime Ministers of the EC-countries will consider the possibilities for a European monetary-system and also for a common position for the coming Economic Summit Conference (with the most important industry-nations) in Bonn on July 16th. Ops: French President Giscard d'Estaing (left) and the Federal Chancellor - and Council President - Helmut Schmidt during the EC-meeting in Bremen. Keystone West Germany 78/7/7 / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907763: Jan. 04, 1954 - Italian student Lionel Natole & girlfriend Gisele before death / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908034: Jan. 07, 1954 - After a six hour conference with his Western colleagues Soviet High Commissioner Dengin left the British headquarters. He didn't look exactly friendly. The discussion was postponed and will continue in the Soviet headquarters. Pictured: The Soviet representative Dengin (left). Far right is British commander Coleman / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4907628: Jan. 01, 1954 - Queen Elizabeth” in Dry dock: The liner Queen Elizabeth is now in King George V Dock at Southampton, where she is undergoing her annual overhaul / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908445: Jan. 16, 1954 - 16-1-54 The President receives his guest Maharajah presents a shawl - / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4906208: Jan. 01, 1954 - Governor of British Guiana meets native Students in London: Sir Alfred Savage the governor of British Guiana this afternoon paid a visits to the royal Empire Society, Northumberland Avenue - where he had an informal talk with a number of Coloured Students. Picture Shows: Sir Alfred Savage seen with some of the students during their talk this afternoon / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905436: Jan. 01, 1954 - Thirty-five people in comet Air Liner Crash. Stewardess who took the place of her friend. Thirty five people (29 passengers and 6 crew) lost their lives then a B.O.A.C. Comet Airliner crashed into the sea in flames in the Mediterranean, soon after leaving Rome yesterday. Included in the dead was 23 year old stewardess Miss Elaine Baker of Southern Rhodesia - who was taken ill in Karachi with ear trouble / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908552: Jan. 16, 1954 - Vincent Auriol is also in the picture. / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908951: Jan. 21, 1954 - My new job... said the American Negro-boxer Al Hosman who already played in the German film” Johnny saves Nebrador” when he began a new carrier as bar-mixer in a night-club in Munich and it seems he knows this art already very well / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4905537: Jan. 01, 1954 - Today's Cold Weather scenes.: Half Britain in grip of Big Freeze-up: Fourteen thousands miles of roads in Britain were affected today by this big freeze up which is now covering 39 counties / 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

ZUM4905603: Tina Turner performing at The Harsmith Odeon for her first solo concert, London, 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908853: Jan. 01, 1981 - Friedrich Durrenmatt / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908934: Jan. 21, 1954 - Eastern Berliners Demonstrate For Murdered Jewish German Communists. President Pieck Speaks: At the same time as the Jews were being persecuted by the Soviets in all the Communist states - the GDR Government - the Eastern German Association ordered a demonstration by Eastern Berliners in” Memory” of two well known German Communists murdered 34 years ago - Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxenburg. A greet parade was held through the streets of East Berlin at which pictures of the” Martyrs” were carried. East German President Pieck made a speech at which he gave the unusual Soviet denounciations of the West / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908313: Jan. 14, 1954 - Widespread damage in South Wales Flood.: The death roll has risen to 25 in the avalanches in the Swiss mountains, and helicopters are being used for rescue work / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908032: Jan. 07, 1954 - The three city commanders from the western sectors of Berlin met with the Soviet high commissioner Dengin (pictured below) at the British headquarters. Pictured above is the driver of the Soviet car / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4908662: Nov. 11, 1980 - After their meeting at the Elysee Palace during which they discussed the international situation and economical problems, President Giscard d'Estaing and Chancellor Schmidt decided to reinforce their solidarity / Bridgeman Images