ZUM4841207: May 05, 1953 - Rehearsal for the coronation procession; A rehearsal was held this morning for the coronation procession. About 300 troops were used to represent the units taking part. They left Buckingham Palace at 5 am arriving at Westiminster Abbey a little more than half an hour later. The troops were battledress and no bands were used. The State Coach and a few troops to represent the immediate entourage covered the rest of the route. The object of the rehearsal was to practice the marshaling of the procession / Bridgeman Images
ETE4842182: Second World War (1939-1945): General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) in conversation with Connecticut Republican Representative Clare Boothe Luce, a member of the US House of Representatives Defense Committee. Photograph taken in France in December 1944. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4845026: May 05, 1953 - British F.P.B's on way for Exercises with Danish and Norwegian Navy Ve ~ ~ els.: Eight fast patrol boats including four long boats and four short boats left H.M.S. Hornet in the Solent yesterday - to take part in exercises with the Royal Danish and Norwegian Navies. In Danish of Lieut, Comm. J.A. Syms D.S.C.R.N. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4843683: May 05, 1953 - Full Dress Rehearsal of the Coronation Production of “” King Henry VIII”” - A full-dress rehearsal was held at the Old Vic this afternoon of the coronation production of “” King Henry VIII””, which will open an eighty-week season before the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on May 6th. Keystone Photo Shows: Alexander Knox, the Canadian actor, who plays the part of Cardinal Welsey, seen in his splendid robes during today's rehearsal at the Old Vic. H/Keystone / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4844190: May 05, 1953 - They recently held a vacuum cleaning contest between men and housewives an well-known Jungfernstieg in the center of Hamburg. This contest proved that men were much more perfect and faster than housewives. We are showing some snapshots of the side of the losers. / Bridgeman Images