ZUM4904314: Jan. 01, 1954 - Lord and Lady Mounbatten Receive Freedom of Edinburgh. The Freedom of Edinburgh and the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of Edinburgh University, were conferred yesterday on both Admiral Earl Mounbatten, C-in-C Allied Forces, Mediterranean, and Countess Mounbatten. Keystone Photo Shows: - Earl Mountbatten making his reply, after the graduation ceremony in the McEwan Hall, Edinburgh / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904485: Jan. 01, 1954 - The” Comets” Have Their Detailed Strip-Down. Investigating The Cause Of Disaster; Work began yesterday on stripping down the De Havilland” Comet: aircraft - which have been withdrawn from B.O.A.C. Service following the weekend disaster in which 35 people lost their lives when one investigation is to be in complete detail - by experts in an effort to find a lead to the cause of the fee” Comet” disaster / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904505: Jan. 24, 1977 - Giscard d'Estaing will preside over the inauguration ceremony of the new European Palace on January 28 in Strasbourg. It was built to house the Ministers Council, the Parliamentary Assembly, and the secretarial department of the European Council whose seat is in Strasbourg / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904624: Jan. 01, 1954 - Preparing To Drop Envelopes Into The Sea - Admiralty Take Part In Oil Pollution Research: As a contribution to the campaign against the pollution of the beaches by oil residue jettisoned by ships - 10,000 plastic envelopes are to be dropped by aircraft of Coastal Command over a radius of approx 500 miles from the Bay of Biscay to a point half way between the Hebrides and Iceland. The envelopes will drift ashore in time - and the finders are asked to complete the enclosed cards stating time and place of finding etc. and send it to the National Institute of Oceanography, nr. Goda ~ ming, Surrey. Each card returned carries an award of 2/6d. or its equivalent in foreign currency. The cards will be numbered and the date and position at which each was dropped will be recorded. It will thus be possible to work out the approximate speeds and directions of the currents - which will give a lead as to the directions taken by oil dropped from ships in various points. Instructions on the cards will be printed in eight different languages, 2,000 are to be dropped in early Spring; Autumn and winter this year - and 4,000 in early Summer / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904881: Jan. 01, 1954 - Planet Jupiter to be televised: The B.B.C. hopes to show the planet Jupiter on Television screens tonight. Permission has been given by the Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones, to use the 36in. telescope at Greenwich. A television camera will be attached to a wooden cradle made for the purpose. If the sky is clouded, material, prepared previously will be shown / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904748: May 07, 1977 - May 7th 1977 Seven International Leaders at Downing Street Summit Conference - The Downing Street Conference started today with seven International Leaders taking part. They are Prime Minister Callaghan, President Carter of America, President Giscard d'Estaing of France, Mr. Trudeau of Canada, Signor Andreotti of Italy, Chancellor Schmidt of West Germany, and Mr. Fukuda of Japan. They will discuss how to pull the industrial world out of its troubles / Bridgeman Images