ZUM4868055: Aug. 08, 1953 - Paris 'latest creations for Autumn winter 1953-1954: Balmar Presents this pretty cocktail Dress in rainbow taffeta, pink and blue. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ obligatorily: creation Balmain. By decision of the syndicate of sig dress makers, this photograph should not be published before august 25th 1953. we Decline all responsibilities in case of judicial proceedings. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4871488: Aug. 08, 1953 - W.V.S. send clothing to earthquake Islands.: Members of the W.V.S., one of the first to offer immediate help for the Greek earthquake victims, were busy packing clothing this morning for transport to the Greek earthquake islands. They will be flown out by R.A.F. Hastings transport / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4871603: Aug. 08, 1953 - Home again. By “Little Dunkirk” Ship. The Channel steamer Dinard ploughs on towards the White Cliffs of Dover. Her decks are crowded with holiday makers. This was how they reached Britain in the week-end's non-stop shuttle service which rescued 35,000 Britons from strike-bound France. The” little Dunkirk” operation was completed at midnight last night. By then 20,000 had arrived at Victoria. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4872636: Aug. 12, 1953 - Railway Strike in France: The great French railway walk-out virtually spread into a general strike last-night. And as it began to paralyses the nation from the channel coast to the Riviera thousands more tourists were stranded; the British Embassy in Paris was forced to organize an emergency get-home service in Army buses; and Whitehall agreed to release extra France for spent-out holidaymakers to buy food and shelter. Hardly a main -line train ran in France all day. Hardly a bus or 24-hour strike, bringing the city to a standstill has been called by the men who operate them. Picture Shows: Boulogne, the Maritime Station- these tourists had arrived in France. Their wonderful holiday abroad had started. But Boulogno wasn't their final destination and apparently thee were no trains to take them on. They sat with their luggage in the station. Some Stretched themselves out on the ground. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4872767: Tue 03, 1953 - German scientist expelled from China: Professor Dr. Franz Huebotter who owned for 23 years a private hospital in Tsingtau and who was highly esteemed as an outstanding scientist in China was suddenly arrested in August 1951 and put in jail together with a German Bishop and 20 friars as they all were charged with” imperialists and reactionaries”. For 16 months he was in prisons of the Communist Chinese Government of Mao Tse Tung. Now he was suddenly released and expelled but he had to leave behind his hospital, his scientific works and all his property. From 1914 to 1930 Professor Huebotter was university teacher for oriental medicine at Berlin University and became world-famous by his medical works. The refugee from China found preliminary shelter in the house of his son in Wiesbaden. There the 71-years-old man wants to recover from all the exertion and fatigues. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4873029: Aug. 13, 1953 - The Kon TiKi boys comes cruising down the Thames.: Old Man River gets an adventuruos crew. Five Bristol Boy Scouts on their home-made replica of the famous Kon Tiki raft are floating on oil drums down the Thames. They started from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, on Sunday. But it's hard work poling - it took them three days to cover 16 miles. They hope to reach Oxford tomorrow. They are seen here at Shifford Lock, Oxfordshire. The trip, including building the raft and its transport to the river, cost? 3 2s, a head. / Bridgeman Images