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The Circus as Usual: Parkins' All-British Show at Earls Court

... The Circus as Usual Parkins' All-British Show at Earls Court If you want to know just what can be done on four small wheels in a space approximately ten feet square, watch the Ayres trio and marvel at their skill, their speed and their graceful execution. Where a false step might be fatal. But memory isn't the only thing the elephant is famous for. He never makes a mistake at least, not this ...

Brooklands' Father Time

... By Highwayman EBBY is dead. A. V. Ebblewhite, of Brooklands, Donington, and all places where they race on cars or motor-cycles, and none of those places can ever be the same again. Everyone who had been to Brook lands must have known Ebby, at any rate by sight-- the short, gnome-like figure that used to stand, a little flag in one hand and his case of stop-watches on the crook of his left arm, ...

NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

... WHERE IS THE ARK ROYAL'? WELL, A FEW DAYS AGO SHE WAS DOWN AT RIO The famous question of the Goebbels propaganda, Where is the Ark Royal? has echoed round the world. We must apologise for not keeping the German authorities promptly informed, but here is an answer which helps to minimise our neglect. The crew fcand the giant carrier are both visible over the heads of Rio de Janeirans in a ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 181 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MORE CANADIANS ARRIVE

... MORE CANADIANS. ARRIVE ANOTHER CON1INGENT OF CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVING IN BRITAIN LAST WEEK-END The scene at the quayside as a crowded transport disembarked its portion of the latest Canadian contingent to arrive in this country. The French Navy had assisted in their safe arrival WELL-CLAD, ARMED, AND ACCOUTRED WERE THESE CANA DIAN ARRIVALS The men of this new contingent were a particularly ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 112 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ALL ABOUT THE SUBMARINE

... SPECIAL SUBMARINE SECTION THE SUBMARINE COMES TO THE j SURFACE FOR FRESH AIR AND i TO RECHARGE HER BATTERIES Just when and where a submarine can indulge in a surface run depends very much on circumstances. She must come to the surface for recharging her batteries and might have to re-submerge if an enemy plane were seen AT WORK BELOW The Diesel engines require constant care. They are placed on ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 131 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BRITISH FIGHTING ME ... WHO HAVE SCORED HITS AGAINST THE ENEMY

... BRITISH FIGHTING ME N WHO HAVE SCORED HITS AGAINST THE ENEMY ONE OF THE HELIGOLAND RAIDERS OF DECEMBER 18 IN HIS BOMBING KIT One of a crew which took part in the Heligoland engagement on December 18 in which twelve Messer schmitt planes were brought down. Owing to the wintry weather the men went up especially well clad ONE OF THE FIGHTERS OF THE SEA WHO HAS SCORED HITS AGAINST THE ENEMY Lieut. ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 383 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FINLAND--LAND OF FAIRY TALES AND GRIM REALITY: Where Men and Women Are Trained to Concert Pitch to Serve the ..

... FINLAND --LAND OF FAIRY TALES AND GRIM REALITY Where Men and Women Are Trained to Concert Fitch to Serve the Interests of Their Country WE become so accustomed to asserting that the women were wonderful that when war breaks out in unusual places the tribute to the women of the particular land wracked by war is liable to be lacking in intensity, and heaven knows everything one can say about ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2005 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

PHILIP PAGE ON THE THEATRE

... Philip Page on the Theatre The West End's Only Panto, and Other Shows of the Week LET royalty take first place among the Christmas shows, so here goes for King Panto (though why pantomime should tradition ally be invested with such honour I have never understood). So far as the West End of London is concerned it is a solitary monarch this season, Cinderella at the Coliseum (it was ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1308 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

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THE BRILLIANT FINNISH

... THE FINNISH COMMANDER OF THE PETSAMO DISTRICT, GENERAL WALLENIUS, VISITS THE CENTRAL AREA OF FIGHTING He is here seen talking to captured Russian soldier with a Finnish officer standing in the background. A number of the pictures we have received from this area of winter darkness are taken i bv flashlight FUR-CAPPED FOREIGN JOURNALISTS INTERVIEW A RUSSIAN PRISONER IN THE FOREST AREA ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 65 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHAT DOES 1940 HOLD IN STORE FOR US?

... Up to the Present We Have Neither Undertaken J\[or Undergone Any Large-scale Attack by Land, Sea or Air. What of the Future The Strategy of the War XV.) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.C.L. A LOT has happened since my last article. First and foremost we have got over Christmas and into the New Year. Whilst wishing that all would enjoy it (and especially, those who ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2012 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

TENSE MOMENTS UNDER SEA in a British Submarine

... -SPECIAL SUBMARINE SECTION WATCHING AN ENEMY VESSEL THROUGH THE PERISCOPE LENS, SHOWING THE HANDLES FOR MOVING THE PERISCOPE TUBE Vision through the periscope is often very limited. The splash of waves may wash over the upper lenses, much interfering with vision. The viewing lenses can be turned to any point of the compass by the handles shown here WATCHING THE DEPTH INDICATOR DIAL AS THE SUB ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 172 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs