ZUM4948310: Jan. 01, 1955 - Actress Sculptor Prepares For Her Exhibition Of” Personalities At Prime Minister's Conference” Miss Fredda Brilliant the actress sculptor wife of Herbert Marshall was to be seen at her St. John's Wood Studio this morning preparing for the exhibition of her work which is to be opened at the A.I.A. Galleries by Krishna Menon next week. The exhibition will include busts of some of the important personalities at the Prime at the Prime Ministers Conference, Brilliant, Fredda (1903-99) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948085: Jan. 01, 1955 - Two Injured As B.E.A. Viscount Airliner Crashes On Take-Off At London Airport. The pilot and one passenger were injured when a B.E.A. Viscount airliner crashed on the take-off at London Airport. The aircraft had taken a wrong turning on to a disused runway in mistake for the main take-off runway during the fog. It crashed into a barrier and ended up between a hangar and some builder's huts. One engine was thrown on to a stack of scrap metal. There were 25 passengers aboard the aircraft including two children. Keystone Photo Shows: - The tangled mass of steel - which is all that remained of one of the Viscount engines after the crash at London Airport / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948374: Jan. 01, 1955 - Wholesale retailing in Kolkata: Calcutta today is largely a city of congestion and overcrowding but nowhere so conspicuously as in Bowbazar. This picture shows the street during a comparatively quiet time of the day with vegetable retailers selling their goods on the pavement outside the big wholesale vegetable market near Sealdah Railway Station. In the evening, when thousands of office workers make their way to the station on their way home - the pavement becomes almost impassable / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948421: Jan. 01, 1955 - Stars Arrive From The United States For New Film In Britain; Among the arrivals at London Airport from Hollywood this morning were screen stars Miss Faith Domergue and Gene Nelson. They are to take part in their first British picture” Time Slip” for Anglo-Amalgamated / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948860: Jan. 01, 1955 - The Mercy Missions Continue.. Helicopter Lands on Flight Deck Of H.M.S. Glory. Navy helicopters and R.A.F. aircraft have been carrying out their Mercy Missions over the desolate waste of snow covered Sutherland, Scotland for some days now.. They have been carrying food and supplied to the snowbound villages. The aircraft have been their only form of contact with the outer world.. Keystone Photo Shows: - Another of the missions completed - the helicopter lands on the flight deck of H.M.S. Glory in Lech Erriboll. Sutherland / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948530: Jan. 01, 1955 - She Loves A 'Lolly' - Does Lollo...!!! Italian Star Visits The Circus: Popular star of the Italian Screen Lovely Gina Lollobrigida was the guest of honor at the Circus Togni, nr. Rome recently - at a benefit performance for the poor of the Italian Capital. During the interval - Gina Petted a newly born lion club - ate a sweet 'Lolly' - and met Tiberio Mitri idol of the Italian boxing enthusiasts. Phoot Shows Gina Lollobrigida really enjoys a sweet” Lolly” during her visit to the Circus / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948579: Jan. 01, 1955 - Mr Guy Mollet, Socialist Leader, may form new French Cabinet - Mr Guy Mollet, Secretary General of the French Socialist Party, had an interview with President Coty late this afternoon. It is believed that the President may entrust M. Mollet with the task of forming the new cabinet. OPS: Mr. Guy Mollet arriving at the Elysee Palalce this afternoon / Bridgeman Images