ZUM4830544: Tue. 11, 1953 -” It's like a fairy tale... I still don't quite believe it.” Pictured is 16 year old pianist Christa Schwarz, from Berlin. She informed reporters that she would be going on a grand tour through America the next month. She had only answered a newspaper ad requested a pianist out of fun. 71 year old tenor Carl Neumann, discovered and trained by American soldiers, was so enthused by her playing he immediately hired her. Now this duo of the youngest and oldest musical team will be on tour, which should last four to five years. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4831052: Tue. 20, 1953 - Sir Laurence Olivier brings his wife Rome, Vivien Leigh arrives at London Airport; Vivien Leigh accompanied by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier arrived at London Airport this afternoon at the end of their flight from Hollywood - via New York. Great difficulty was experience in getting Miss Leigh into the aircraft at New York owing to her dread of flying. She is suffering from a nervous breakdown / Bridgeman Images
MDO4830770: Alpine hunters practicing shooting at the foot of Mount Cervino with the new Maxim machine guns - Illustration by Beltrame from “La Domenica del Corriere”” October 1910 - (The Alpine practice firing at the foot of Mt Matterhorn with the new guns), Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945) / Bridgeman Images