ZUM4870343: Aug. 08, 1953 - Professor Piccard's” Bathysphere” is launched in Italy: Professor Piccard's” Bathysphere”, the vessel in which he hopes to explore the depths of the Tyrrhenean Sea, and set up a record dive of 13,000-ft., was launched at Castellamare dio Stabia, Italy. The vessel consists of two main parts - a cigar-shaped structure of watertight compartments which will house the special liquid which will be used for surfacing, and a lower part which is the actual sphere from which observations will be made / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4870381: Aug. 08, 1953 - Professor Piccard makes first descent in his new” Bathysphere”: Professor Piccard the famous Swiss Belgian physicist was accompanied by his son Jacques when he newly designed bathysphere” Trieste”, at Castellamara di Stabia, near Naples. He hopes to reach a depth of 13,000 feet during experiments near the Islands of Ponza to study and photograph the sea bed. During these tests three dives of 40 feet, lasting a few minutes only were made / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4870566: Aug. 08, 1953 - Sanders arrives home - Mr. Edgar Sanders, the British businessman who was freed from a Hungarian prison two days ago after serving nearly four years of a 13 years sentence, arrived at Croydon Airport this evening in a special plane, with his wife and three daughters who had flown to Austria to welcome him. Keystone Photo Shows: Mr. Edgar Sanders (centre), seen as he left the airport, after his arrival at Croydon. H/Keystone / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4876658: Sep. 09, 1953 - Alec Guiness a priest and detective: The famous English screen comedian Alec Guiness as a priest in the new film” Father Brown” which is now being completed in Paris. Alec Guiness is playing the role of an amateur detective who comes to Paris in search of a notorious crook. Facing him is the English actor Gerard Oury impersonating a English inspector. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4899379: Dec. 12, 1953 - The” Concourt Of Fashion” Has Been Awarded In Paris Yesterday: The Concourt Of The Parisian Fashion Has Been Awarded Yesterday Evening At The Ambassadors. The Price Winniers Had To Fulfill Two Conditions: To Design Their Models Free From Haute Couture Inspirations And To Execute Them In Woolen Materials. From Left To Right: Mille Toussaint, Ist Price For The Coat. The Ist Price For The Costume Mrs. Palache And The Dress, Mile Nicod. Ist Price And Is Presented By Lucky; Christian Dior's Model / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4900046: Dec. 12, 1953 - Exhibition of Fine Art in London Portrait of Admiral Lord Cunningham.: Many well known personalities were to be seen attending the preview of the” Courier” Exhibition of Fine Art - held at the Royal Society of Painters in water Colours, Condult Street, London, this morning / Bridgeman Images