ZUM4944285: Oct. 21, 1954 - Scotland gets its worst rainstorms in living memory: Scotland has had its worst rainstorms within living memory. Rivers have burst their banks, roads have been flooded or blocked by landslides, rail and road transport has been dislocated, and telephone communications interrupted / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4929248: May 05, 1954 - Roger Bannister does it. Runs mile in under four minutes: Britain's Roger Bannister has done it. Last night he ran the fabulous four minute mile, a feat which the world's athletes have been trying to achieve for years, His time the three minutes 59.4 seconds. As he passed the post at Oxford's Iffley road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4929514: May 05, 1954 - The Queen and the Duke Reunited with Children: H.M. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Tobruk and were reunited - after five months - with their children, Prince Charles and Princes Anne, abroad the Royal Yacht, Britannia. The Royal couple landed at EL aDem airport, Libya, after breakfasting at the airport they began the 18 mile car journey inspecting a Guard of Honour, after arriving at El Adam airport / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4941084: Sep. 09, 1954 - Film Director's wife goes Shopping. Mrs. John Huston, wife of film director, John Huston wore this leather coat and carried a Leather bag, when she went shopping in London today. She arrived yesterday after a visit to America and ~ s to join her husband who is filming “Moby Dick” at ~ isguard / Bridgeman Images