ZUM4927166: Apr. 23, 1954 - Shakespeare Memorial window unveiled ceremony in Southwark Cathedral: Dame Sybil Throndike this afternoon unveiled the new Shakespeare Memorial Window in Southwark Cathedral to celebrate the anniversary of the famous authors' birth. The window which contains about 400 pieces of glass replaces the one which was destroyed by a bomb in 1945 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4926599: Turns Disc 45 Tour - Apr. 10, 1954 - A German radio company today released a novelty radio with a record player built into it. The device works with both batteries and on a power supply. The record player accomplishes forty five turns in a minute with extremely little power consumption. (Manufacturer: Metz - Radio) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4926981: Apr. 14, 1954 - Independents' Exhibit Paintings And Sculptures: Three Guesses to say what it is... You lose. The Sculpture is entitled” The Virgin and the Child” and is due to the imagination and the Talent of the Paris Artist Parran. One of the features of the annual exhibition of 'Independent' Artists now being held at the Grand Palais, Paris / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4927342: Apr. 27, 1954 - Long Focus Camera throws Chinese guards into panick.: This press photographer with his unusual long focus camera was held up by Chou En Lai's bodyguard as he was trying to get a few” shots” of” Chou's” gorgeous villa. He was released expaining that the” Gun” he was handling was by no means” Deadly” / Bridgeman Images