ZUM4845139: May 05, 1953 - The First Two Arches Go Up in the Mall... The Horse Guards are off to Buckingham Palace. And along the Mall, they pass the newly erected arches under which the Queen will ride on the first stage of her Coronation Day procession to Westminster Abbey. The arches, 65 ft. high and made of tabular steel, are to be decorated and wired for Coronation Night illuminations. There are two more to be erected. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4845402: May 05, 1953 - British Canberra Jet Bomber Sets Up New World Altitude Record Of Over Twelve Miles: It has just been officially announced that the British Canberra Jet Bomber, powered by two Bristol Olympus Turbo-jet engines, and piloted by ~ ing Commander W.F. Gibb D.S.O., D.F.C. - on May 4th. set up a new world altitude record for Class C. aeroplanes. Observed by officials of the Royal Aero Club and the Federation Aeronatatique Internationals - the Olymp ~ s-Canberre took of from Filton Aerodrome and 14.32 hrs. and landed again at 15.33 hrs after creating a new record of over 12 miles in height / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4845557: May 05, 1953 - Practice For Coronation Coaches: Al the carriages that will be in the Coronation procession on June 2 - including the State Coach - went for a practice drive along the route this morning. There was a precise of the assembly of coaches art Buckingham Palace and their dispersal at Westminster Abbey Vast crowds watched the rehearsal / Bridgeman Images
MME4794126: Rome, Pius XII Auditorium (concert hall of the Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra), 1999. German conductor Kurt Sanderling performing a rehearsal/Roma, Auditorium Pio XII (sede dei concerti dell'Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia), 1999. Il direttore d'orchestra Kurt Sanderling durante una prova-, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images
MME4795128: Rome, National Theater, December 21, 1999. Cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife, soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, with the students of the “Galina Vishnevskaya Theater-School”/Roma, Teatro Nazionale, 21 December 1999. Il violoncellista e direttore d'orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich con la moglie, il soprano Galina Vishnevskaya e gli studenti della “” Scuola-Teatro Galina Vishnewskaya”” -, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images