... . Alexander Korda's spectacular screen version of the famous romance of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson, our greatest admiral, was recently completed in Hollywood, with VIVIEN LEIGH and her husband, LAURENCE OLIVIER, who have now returned to this country, in the leading roles. Further stills from this important picture are given on other pages. PHOTOGRAPH DY COBURN. ...

... CHELSEA A.R.P, IN REVUE FOR A.R.P. COMFORTS. Left MARIA STORMONTH, a voluntary driver in 44 French Porcelain The entire cast of the Chelsea Depot 2, A.R.P. Revue in 44 Romany Reverie with LfiON FRANKS in the centre. Left HUGH SKILLON, stretcher-bearer, FRANK BENNETT, stretcher- bearer, and RAY FARMER in 44 The Benshill Rays, a burlesque of 1927 types of Sister acts. LfcON FRANKS, a stretcher ...

... DIRECTOR ANTHONY ASQUITH gj AT WORK ON g COTTAGE TO LET. Lonely cogitation. Decision in concert with film-cutter CHARLES SAUNDERS. Intense concentration. Preparing for criticism. Satisfaction with camera-operator CYRIL KNOWLES. Discussing with CARLA LEHMANN, who plays the heroes daughter. Explaining his ideas to ALASTAIR SIM, tenant of the cottage. With his leading ladies, CARLA LEHMANN and ...

... PHOTOGRAPH BY BASSANO. MISS CLARE BOOTHE, in private life Mrs. Luce is the brilliant author and playwright who came over to Europe on February 10, 1940, in order to see for herself if the war struck her as being America's business or not. She is neither a politician nor a military expert, but a highly intelligent, observant woman having access to persons in high places, and the result of her ...

... THE STRUGGLE FOR KEREN A Key Point which May Decide in One Stroke the Fate of the Whole of Eritrea AT the beginning of last month the forces of both sides began gradually to mass their men, artillery and mechanised units in and around Keren, an important Christian and Muslim centre which has grown in size of recent years owing to its popularity as a health resort. The -British Imperial forces ...

... T LI C Pa D A ru I ITC III M n r* n Wonderful New Study from the United States which I t I r\ l\ L M wit J U M rtK Shows the Technique of this Newest Form of Warfare AT THE MOMENT OF LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT: THE CORD WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY PULL OPEN THE PARACHUTE PACK IS HERE CLEARLY SEEN For very obvious reasons no pictures of our own parachute troops can yet be released for publication. ...

... GERMANY MOVES IN THE BALKANS With Rumania Gone, Bulgaria Nearly Gone and Yugoslavia on Her Own, the Situation in the Balkans is Now Serious Under the German Force-Threat KING BORIS OF BULGARIA has had a diffi cult task ever since he ascended the throne, on the abdication of his father. King Ferdinand. His heritage was a country smarting under the loss of territory due to having backed the ...

... OALONIKA the old Thessalonica Leading city k J of Macedonia and the second port of Greece. It is a city of white houses, minarets and towers, enclosed by walls, and built partly up the side of a hill, in the form of an amphitheatre. The Saracens captured it in 904 Venice held it during the Middle Ages, and it passed to the Turks in 1430, remaining in their possession till 1912, when it ...

... A t the outbreak of A serious operations against the Italians in Abyssinia, the Ethiopian natives were badly in need of efficient leader ship. This has now been supplied by a band of British officers, ac quainted with the nature of the country and with jungle methods of war fare. Under the com mand of these deter mined men, the natives have been armed, organ ised and drilled they are now ...

... AFTER MOGADISHU: how the imperial FORCES HAVE BEEN CONVERGING ON THE MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD OF THE ITALIANS IN ABYSSINIA WITH the capture of Jubaland, the virtual control of Italian Somaliland by the occupation of the chief seaports and the river stations on the Juba, and the rapid advances into Abyssinia, the reconquest of British Somaliland seems only a matter of time. Several lines of approach ...

... Of these preparations none is more striking than the layout of all the newer German aircraft factories and arms works. Perhaps the instance of Oranienburgh, the great factory of the Heinkel concern, near Berlin, is the best of all. Oranienburgh was designed as the model aircraft factory. Completed some four years ago, it was laid out to the plans of Dr. Ernst Todt, who has had much to do with ...

... A SUBSTITUTE FOR AIR BASiS IN IRELAND How Floating Platforms, Claim d to be Unsinkable by the Invent >r, Could Take the Place of Laid Aerodromes off the Irish Coasts IN the issue of THE SPHERE for Feb ruary 22, the idea for bringing into being a safe lane for traffic across the Atlantic was discussed and illustrated. To gain the necessary local superiority in the air, it was proposed that a ...