ZUM4925340: Apr. 04, 1954 - Do you still remember the sinking of the Titanic? : 42 years ago, the modernest and biggest steamer of that time, the” Titanic” crashed by drifting ice in the floods of the Atlantic ocean in 1908 April 14th. For the remembrance of this very day the television-section of the” Hessischen Rundfunk” (Broadcast Corporation in Southern Germany) transmitted the story of the ships sinking. Quite remarkable is the fact, that the stars of the play where all persons who where rescued at that day. Herr Fritz Zurn was the former second cook of the Titanic. Today he's a gent of 64 and owner of a restaurant names Titanic in Gemmrigheim near the Neckar / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4934571: Jun 05, 1954 - Charlie Chaplin Receives? 5,000 Prize of The World Peace Council... World famous Charlie Chaplin was unable to deliver his own speech - when he received the? 5,000 prize awarded by the World Peace Council i Zurich - owing to acute toothache.. In the speech he warned that the secret manufacture of Hydrogen bombs would soon be common knowledge.. “All Nations big and small, will have them” he said at his villa overlooking Lake Geneva.. Keystone Photo Shows: - The scene after the handing over of the prize by the International Committee of the Movement at the Chaplin Villa - L-R: - Dr. Synge, Noble Prize winner (English Delegate); Charlie Chaplin; Andre Bonnard (Swiss Delegate) Jean Burler (French Delegate), who handed over the prize, and M. Zalamea, Secretary of the 'Peace Committee' / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4926348: The Royal Family Together Again. Together again - enjoying every minute of the last stages of the Royal tour. The Queen films the scene as ships of the Mediterranean Fleet steam out from Malta to greet her and her family. Prince Charles, too, wants to remember this moment of excitement. So he brings out his box camera to take a snap from the bridge of the royal yacht Britannia. The Prince wears a sailor suit, watched by his uniformed father, Apr. 05, 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4932924: May 11, 1954 - Royal Family at Gibraltar visit to the Barbary Apes: Photo Shows H.M. The Queen - seen with” Max” the leader of the famous Barbary apes, when with the Duke of Edinburgh (seen nearest camera) and their two children, they visited the apes at Gibraltar today / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4944591: Nov. 03, 1954 - Princess Margaret sees display of French fashions. presents certificates to Christian Dior.: Princess Margaret this afternoon saw a special display of Christian Dior fashions at Blenheim Palace - in aid of the British Red Cross Society. About 1,600 guests paid five guineas each to attend the show which was staged by thirteen models - flown from Paris / Bridgeman Images