ZUM4933480: May 17, 1954 - Combined Services Amphibious Demonstration: Runaground V, the annual amphibious and cliff assault demonstration staged for the benefit of the Students of the Royal Navy, Army and R.A.F. Staff Colleges, is now taking place in the solant area. Taking part are motor minesweeper, motor launches and taking landing craft of the Royal Marines Navy and R.A.F. squadron and strong Army Units / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933500: May 17, 1954 - Combined Services Amphibious Demonstration: Runaground V, the annual amphibious and cliff assault demonstration staged for the benefit id the students of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force Staff Colleges, is taking place in the Solent area today, tomorrow and Wednesday. Taking part are motor minesweepers, motor launched and tank landing craft of the Royal Navy, landing and riding craft of the Royal Marines, R.N. and R.A.F. air squadron and strong R.M. and Army units, The first part of the demonstration held on the beaches at Eastney, Southeast, show the preliminary reconnaissance and sequence of events an amphibious assault against a defended beach / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933583: May 18, 1954 - Jacqueline Joubert and Aglaee Win Beauty and the Beast Contest / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933558: May 17, 1954 - A 'Visit France' Site: A Striking view of the altier Viaduct, near Clereunt Ferrand, one of the little know beauty spots in France / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933567: May 17, 1954 - Exhibition Of Art By Young Africans: An exhibition of Cyrene Art - more than 1,200 paintings and sculptures by young Africans - is being held at the Roy ~ ~ Watercolour Society Galleries, London / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4930352: May 05, 1954 - Pictures Aboard The Royal Yacht Britannia Now Berthed At Tower Pier / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4930406: May 05, 1954 - Pictures Aboard The Royal Yacht” Britannia” Now Berthed at Tower Pier. OPS: The interior of the veranda which connects with the sun deck / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4930544: May 05, 1954 - Riots In Tunisia: French Columnist Demonstrate before the residence of the French Governors in Tunis yesterday. (Radio Picture) / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4930636: May 05, 1954 - A PUzzle - IN THE PARK.. OPEN AIR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION... KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: - Two gardeners are very puzzled over this creation - which has been named” The Standing Woman”.. It is one of the exhibits by Alex Archipenko at the exhibition of sculpture in Holland Park, London, organized by the London County Council, Archipenko, Alexander (1887-1964) / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4930734: May 05, 1954 -” Sweetheart Of The Silent Screen” Comes To England: An arrival at Southampton on the linear United States yesterday was Mary Pickford, the” Sweetheart of the Silent screen”. Mary, who is now 71, and is accompanied by her husband Charles” Buddy” Rogers, is visiting London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow to try and find copies of 220 of the 300 films that she made, which are wanted for a Hollywood Museum / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932921: May 11, 1954 - Royal Family at Gibraltar. Visit to the Barbary apes / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932995: May 11, 1954 - Zsa Zsa Gabor Adopts Poodle from Paris Kennel / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933170: May 13, 1954 - Harriet Anderson at Tissin Institute” Minka” Movie Reception / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933192: May 13, 1954 - British Tanks Show Agility In R.A.C. Display At Bovington.: Military attachments from 18 countries outside the Iron Curtain were among spectators at the Royal Armoured Corps Centre's annual demonstration of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4933233: May 13, 1954 - Diane and her dancing pony” The Bell and the Beet ' / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932236: May 05, 1954 - British Tanks Show Agility In R.A.C. Display At Bovington. Military attachments from 18 countries outside the Iron Curtain were among spectators at the Royal Armoured Centre's annual demonstration of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932275: May 05, 1954 - Combined Service Amphibious Demonstration: Runaground V, the annual amphibious and cliff assault demonstration staged for the benefit of students of the Royal Navy, Army and R.A.F. Staff Colleges, is taking place in the Solent area today, tomorrow and Wednesday. Taking part are motor minesweepers, motor launches and tank landing craft of the Navy, landing and raiding craft of the Royal Marines, KR.N. and R.A.F. Squadrons, and strong R.M. and Army units. The first part of the demonstration held on the beaches at Eastney, Southsea, show the preliminary recognition and sequence of events in an amphibious assault against a defended beach / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932481: May 05, 1954 - N.A.T.O. Officers visit Northwood R.A.F. station.: A party of N.A.T.O.Officers this morning paid a visit to the R.A.F. Station at Northwood, Middlesex - where they held a conference / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4930858: May 05, 1954 - Gun bullets fired as his premier: A recent portrait of M. M'zali the Tunis prime minister who had a narrow escape when bullets were fired at him in Tunis yesterday / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4931068: May 05, 1954 - Preparing For The Derby At Epson Johnny Longdon Gets The Feel Of The Course / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4931309: May 05, 1954 - Australian Singer for TV” Quite Contrary”: Lisa Stranz, the Austrian singer and film star, who sings in Spanish, German French and English, will be making her debut in this country in the TV programme” Quite Contrary” on July 21. She is now studying singing under Bertha NicklassKempner / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932649: May 06, 1954 - The Britannia In Malta: Photo shows View in Valletta Harbour, Malta - showing the royal yacht Britannia, On left, with the cruisers, H.M.S. Glasgow, and H.M.S. Gambia / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932683: May 07, 1954 - Roger Bannister Does It! Runs Mile In Under Four Minutes: Britain's Roger Bannister has done it. Last night he ran the fabulous four-minute mile, a feat which the world's athletes have been trying to achieve for years. His time was three minuted 59.4 seconds. As he passed the post at Oxford's Iffley road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4932806: May 10, 1954 - Queen Arrives In Gibraltar Receives The Keys Of The Fortress: The four silver keys which have locked the doors on the secrets of the British fortress for 250 years were handed over to H.M. The Queen, when she came ashore at Gibraltar today / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4931386: May 05, 1954 -” Husty” is Getting Quite a Big Girl None - A Meal For a Zoo Elephant - It is Very Expensive Buminess fedding an Elephant - Especially when she is still growing - Like fourteen year old Husty in this picture. She has grown so Much that the Harness of her howday has burst grown so much that the harness of her howdey has burst and she will have to have a new got before she display is just an ordinary round meal - for any growing elephant.. She Drinks 22 Gallone of Water Every Day - and the food represented is 1 truss of Hey; 12 lbs. Cabbages; 2 large Brown leaves; 5 lbs. Meal Biscuits 10 lbs. Carrots; 2 lbs. Apples; 14 lbs. Potatoes; 12 pkts. Biscuits; Some Sweet Popcorn; 4 Ozs. Salt and one buckay of locust Beans / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4931458: May 05, 1954 - Royal Windsor Horse Show. The horse that fell at the jump / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4931478: May 05, 1954 - Teaching Him Young: Little Phillip Payne thoroughly enjoys himself when his mother, Mrs. Lorna Payne, who was one of the famous” Seven Sisters” riding school - takes him over a jump with her. Keenly watching young Phillip's reactions, are his brother Barry, aged 9 - on his 9-year old pony” High Jinks”, winner of over 150 prizes in Show Jumping, and his sister, Wendy, 16, herself an accomplished show jumper, riding her piebald jumper” Barbary ' / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4931509: May 05, 1954 - Abbey celebrates Its ~ 1,000,000 Mark..: A ceremony was held this afternoon outside. Westmister Abbey to mark the reading of the one Million Pound Mark for the restoration fund.. Cables from the U.S.A. and Australia were delivered increasing the fund from ~ 980,000.. A'thermometer 'outside the Abbey was altered - and a thousand” thank you” balloons were released. Picture Shows: Dr. Don the Dean - holds cables from the United States and Australia- during the ceremony outside the abbey this afternoon / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4938901: Jul 07, 1954 - Russians in Melbourne attend commission on Espionage” We hate Communism '; A number of Russians living in Australia attended the Melbourne hearing recently of the Royal commission into espionage - at the High Court of Australia in Melbourne. The commission was enquiring into events which led up to the application and granting of political asylum to Mr. and Mrs. Petrov - former Soviet officials in Australia - after attempts had been made to forcee Mrs. Petrov back to Moscow - after her husband had made a number of revelations regarding the Soviet Spy system throughout the world. The Russians openly declared their hatred of the Soviet System and Communism in general / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4938929: Jul 07, 1954 - Members of the” Housewives Association” Prepare to celebrate ending of rationing. Members of the” London Housewives Association” - were to be seen this afternoon at 24. Porchester Terrace - blowing up some of the hundreds of balloons which they plan to release tomorrow after ending of Rationing / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4938967: Jul 08, 1954 - Exhibition Of Chinese Finger Painting: An exhibition of TSE-HUA (Chinese finger painting) by the Singapore artist, WU TSAI YEN, opens tomorrow at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington. So far as is known, this is the first exhibition and demonstration in this country, or indeed, of any western country, of a very ancient Chinese art of which today there are a few accomplish exponents. Mr. Wu is, in fact, probably the only artist in the world who paints exclusively by this method. He uses his right finger mainly, and his pictures, done on scrolls, are in the classical oriental style / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4939033: Jul. 29, 1954 - 12- year old boy from Yugoslavia. Invited to Scout Jamboree. Jurica Liebhardt, 12 year old boy from Zagreb, Yugoslavia, wrote to the boy Scout Headquarters to ask if he could join the Boy Scouts. As there was no Boy Scout Movement in Yugoslavia he was invited to the International Jamboree which opens this week and in Torquay for 3000 Scouts from All countries. Jurica arrived alone at London Airport this evening from Yugoslavia / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4939085: Aug. 08, 1954 - Demonstration of the US Army's new 75 mm skysweeper anti-aircraft gun: The United States Army's new 75 mm Skysweeper, a large caliber automatic anti-aircraft artillery weapon, was fired at radio controlled and towed targest before High ranking British Army officials and members os the press, at Weybourne, Norfolk, today. The new gun which can find and track approaching aircraft as far away as 15 miles, is capable of firing on and defeating air targets as far away as four miles. The weapon equipped with radar, computer and gun all on one carriage, operates day or night regardless of weather conditions, even when aircraft are invisible in a blanketing fog / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4946186: Nov. 30, 1954 - Sir Winston Churchill's Both Birthday. After the Prime Minister and Lady Churchill had entered no to Downing St. on return from Westminster Hall, after presentation of portrait of Sir Winston, and while members of their family were arriving to join them at luncheon. The crowd outside chanted repeatedly” We Want Winston”. Eventually Sir Winston appeared on the steps, the crowd surged forward, brushing police aside, and did not halt until only a few feet away from the Prime Minister. They cheered Madly as Sir Winston gave the” V” sign and repeatedly said,” Thank You” / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4946260: Dec. 06, 1954 - Opening of the Newmarket sales.. Well wraphed up against the Cond: A number of record prices were paid at the Bloodstock sales which opened at Newmarket this morning / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4946337: Dec. 09, 1954 - Whirlwind hits London. / Bridgeman Images