ZUM4895390: Nov. 11, 1953 - Rifle shooting section of the Britannia shield competitors from the United States. The rifle shooting section of the annual Britannia shield contest was held this afternoon between representatives of the R.A.F.; Norway; Belguim; Netherlands; United States and Canada / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4895417: Nov. 11, 1953 - Police investigate disappearance of farmer and his wife. Scotland Yard detectives are now investigating the strange disappearance of wealthy farmer 55 year old John Herries and his wife Phoebe (54) from heir farmstead Derlwyn, in carmarthen shire. Quarried - pits - mine shafts in the area etc. are being searched for any trace of the couple - and over 50 statements have been taken by the police from local inhabitants / 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
ZUM4899638: Dec. 12, 1953 - Woman to succeed Henry Berstein as Director of Ambassadors Theatre.: Madame Refoule who has been appointed director of the Ambassadors Theatre succeeding the famous playwright Henri Bernstein who died recently. She is the 24th woman director of a Paris Theatre / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4899800: Dec. 12, 1953 - The tailless jet shows its paces First public flight of the short Sherpa aircraft. Britain's smallest jet aircraft, the tailless short Sherpa research plane, made its first public flight at Belfast today. The Sherpa -designed as a 200 m.p.h.. “Baby” forerunner of experimental machines to probe the problem of ultra high speed flight several miles above the earth, has an aero - isoclinic wing swept back at an angle of over 42 degrees / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4899932: Dec. 12, 1953 - Giant Bridge over the Severn: The biggest bridge in Europe the third biggest in the world is to be built across the River Severn as part of the New Government plan to modernise British road services. It will cost between £12,000,000 and £20,000,000. The bride was first suggested 20 years ago. It will connect Bristol and Cardiff and bring all the South West country into direct touch with the Midlands, saving scores of thousands of miles a day in road transport. It will link the main road from Gloucester to Bristol with the Gloucester South Wales road. Plans for the Severn Bridge were laid years ago, and full tests have been made during the past few years on models at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington, Middlesex / Bridgeman Images