ZUM4888381: Oct. 10, 1953 - Millions heard a baby's cry... His first broadcast: Over the radio into the homes of millions came the cry of a baby yesterday... Her's the baby, seven week old Allan Nicholson. His Christening service was broadcast from the parish church at Ambleside, Westmoreland. When the vica, the REV. S.C. Bulley, made the sign of the Holy Cross with holy water on his head, Allan yelled. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nicholson looked anxious.. But the Vicar smiled. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4880557: Sep. 09, 1953 - B.E.A. Still In Air Race.: Mr. Peter Masefield, Chief Executive of British European Airways, said today that they withdrew entry from next week's trans-world air race early this year, but after” top-level” talks they re-entered a Vickers Viscount airliner. The Vickers Viscount R.M.A.” Endeavour”, the gaw- turbined powered airliner is now ready for the contest, the longest and most arduous ever planned. The plane will be the sole representative of Britain in the Transport Handicap Section of the race which is a separate race from the speed section and is based on the formula in which credit will be given not only for the time contestants take to complete the 12,000 miles journey across the world, but also for the payload they carry / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4863039: Jul 07, 1953 - Royal coronation pageant on the Thames... Model of the” Gothic”: Photo shows Model of the” Gothic” - the vessel in which H.M. The Queen will travel to an from Australia and New Zealand - as seen from Hungerford Bridges - during the Royal River Pageant on the Thames today. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4863328: Second World War (1939-1945): Lieutenant Colonel Bernice Wilber, Commander of the Women's Army Corps of HQ Allie, decorates Second Lieutenant Ruth Sobeck with “Purple Heart” for his injuries on a British hospital ship in the Bay of Salerno. Photograph taken in Central Italy, March 6, 1944. / Bridgeman Images
JEB4863473: View of the objects (ceramic and tin pots, bottles, crucifix, articule model, skins, plaster statuettes, apples and onions) found in the still lifes of Cezanne, preserved in the workshop of the Lauves or workshop of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), construction 1901-1902, hill of the Lauves in Aix en Provence (Bouches du Rhone) / Bridgeman Images