ZUM4839098: Apr. 26, 1953 - Technical Convention opens in Hannover. In the presense of Economic Minister Dr. Erhard and Prime Minister Hinrich Kopf the Technical Exhibition was opened on Sunday in Hannover. Our picture shows the newest construction of jib cranes in the convention's open-air site. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839677: May 04, 1953 - British” Comet” Airliner Crashes Near Kolkata... Forty-Three Killed In Mysterious Accident. Investigators are proceeding into the mysterious crash over the weekend of a British Comet Jet Airliner.. The machine was seen to nose-dive like a ball of fire over a village - only six minutes after taking off from Dum Dum airport, Kolkata, India - on the journey to London.. There were no survivors of the Forty-three passengers and crew. Keystone Radio Photo Shows: - The tail end of the fuselage of the Comet which was found about 150 yards from the main wreckage, near Calcutta. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4839701: May 04, 1953 - British” Comet” Airliner Crashes Near Kolkata... Forty-Three Killed In Mysterious Accident. Investigators are proceeding into the mysterious crash over the weekend of a British Comet Jet Airliner.. The machine was seen to nose-dive like a ball of fire over a village - only six minutes after taking off from Dum Dum Airport, Kolkata, India.. There were no survivors of the passengers and crew numbering Forty-Three.. Keystone Radio Photo Shows: - Part of the wreckage of the Comet - after the crash, near Calcutta during the weekend. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4846533: May 13, 1953 - London, England, United Kingdom - A cavalcade of fashion from the 18th to the 20th century is being held through the streets of the City of Bath as part of the Bath Assembly celebrations. The dresses and costumes have been collected from families living in and around Bath and the West of england, and ladies of the city's fashionable past arrived at the Octagon in sedan chairs. Children and young adults look on as Mrs. F.R. Jarman arrives at the Octagon in an ornate sedan chair. / Bridgeman Images