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Published: Saturday 30 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 63 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR j HAT TO- SALVADOR DALI, for showing how scented dreams are the stuff of which Surrealism is made. SURREALISM FOR ALL might be the title of these two pages, since here SALVADOR DALI goes as far as he photographically can to let us all into the secret of the subconscious-automatic nature of his art, Surrealism. Here we see Dali with scented essences pressed upon his eyelids, ...

ROYAL QUARTETTE AT HOME

... . N.B. Colour plate inserted in thin issue. SPECIALLY TAKEN BY FOX PHOTOS FOR THE CENTBNARl r the illustrated london news. This picture of the KING and QUEEN with PRINCESSES ELIZABETH art their fireside occupations, will carry special appeal to the giant fnmw one of a set taken to commemorate the Centenary Number of 44 The h illustrated weekly paper in the world was born, on May 14, 1842, ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 119 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE NEXT OF KIN

... DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE NEXT OF KIN. 44 HPHE NEXT OF KIN is not -h only a picture with a message of warning on the importance of keeping one's mouth shut, but is a splendid, dramatic film. The script was written by actor dramatist Captain (now Major) Sir Basil Bart- lett (military supervisor of the film), whose wife plays the role of a W.A.A.F. The picture was made with the help of officers ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 246 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LAUGHTER, BEAUTY AND WIT AT THE SAVILLE

... . FINE AND. DANDY, the new Firth Shephard musical show, is a winner. To begin with, it has Leslie Henson, Dorothy Dickson, Stanley Holloway and Douglas Byng to head the bill, and this strong team is well served by witty scenes, admirable fooling and attractive dance numbers to put over. The burlesque of the Brains Trust is one of the most inspired moments, and Douglas Byng touches the top in ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HUNTLEY & PALMERS

... TAR always takes highest toll of the choicest products. It is these which require the best ingredients and the best ingredients are the most severely rationed. So if you have difficulty in getting your favourite Huntley Palmers Biscuits, please remember that their scarcity is the best tribute to their quality. To meet Government requirements Huntley Palmers Biscuits are now made of National ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 70 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs 

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... ATTACK IS NOW THE ORDER OF THE DAY! TROOPS IN THE SCOTTISH COMMAND DEMONSTRATE THE NEW IDEAS now being put into practice throughout the British Army. This picture, showing Landing Exercises, was taken during the King's recent visit Decent events have demonstrated how the new ideas in offensive tactics have been applied by the British Army. The raids at Bruneval, St. Nazaire and Boulogne small ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 200 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

....AND SO VANISHED PÉTAINIA!

... .AND SO VANISHED PETAINIA Twilit Land of Penance and Unreality, Created by a Man Who has Now Handed France Over to the Unspeakable Laval. Some Details from the Last Authentic Report on Petain in Action By FERDINAND TUOHY HISTORY books will dedicate a special chapter to the twenty-two months which terminated when Marshal Pétain announced Laval as Head of the Government. For, whatever else ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2227 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Photographs 

THE ROMAN CISTERNS OF LIBYA: Recently Revealed, and Now Supplying the 8th Army with Water

... The Roman Cisterns of Libya Recently Revealed, and Now Supplying the 8th Army with Water WITH the approach of the hot season in the Libyan Desert, the problem of water supply will become this year, as last, a matter of the greatest urgency. The chief difficulty will be, as always, the local distribution of water; but the main supplies will probably be full to over flowing, owing to the recent ...

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... REAR-ADMIRAL A. L. ST. G. LYSTER, C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., Fifth Sea Lord, is also the Chief of Naval Air Services he is here seen with Captain A. G. Talbot, D.S.O., captain of Illustrious, after arriving on the aircraft-carrier by air Before his appointment as Chief of Combined Operations, Lord Louis Mountbatten had been appointed to H.M.S. Illustrious, and during her period in an American ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 795 | Page: Page 18, 19, 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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... AUSTRALIA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON DR. H. V. EVATT, WHO HAS COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE WAR CABINET IN LONDON, AND TO REPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH ON THE PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL r\r. Evatt is the Australian Minister of External Affairs (or, as we might say, Foreign Secretary) and Attorney-General he has recently been on a mission to the United States. A few days ago he arrived in ...

Published: Saturday 09 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 164 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE JAP ADVANCE ON MANDALAY

... THE advance of the Japanese through Central Burma to Mandalay took the form of three main prongs the first up the Irrawaddy valley through Magwe and Yenangyaung the second along the Sittang River and the third through Taunggyi, across the Salween. The last- mentioned was also the means of approach to Lashio at the western end of the famous Burma Road, which can thus no longer function as a ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1131 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Maps  Photographs