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... Acknowledged This film _ combines as a better film h i g h speed and latitude in exposure with colour sensitivity, ensuring good results under all normal photographic conditions. Added to these qualities are correct gradation and fine grain, which enable even the beginner to obtain excellent contact prints, whilst enlargements can be made without any loss of definition. HOUGHTON BUTCHER ...

Published: Saturday 08 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 67 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

Gordon's

... Gordons ,-v\W Ss tVe few By Appointment to H.M. King George VI. Stands Sup*tJ2AfiSL Maximum Prices per bottle 25/3; Half bottle 13/3. Gt. Britain Northern Ireland only ...

WHY VON ARNIM FAILED: An Analysis of General Alexander's Strategy in Attacking in the Centre: and Drawback of ..

... IN wax, more can often be learned from the mistakes of the enemy than from our own failures. It is well established by now that in the campaign which has just ended in Tunisia, errors of strategy and tactics on the part of the Axis have been abundant, while the planning of the Allied Command and the generalship of the commanders of the Allied armies have compelled universal admiration. From El ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1442 | Page: Page 10, 11 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

THE FINAL PHASE--THE PRISONERS POUR IN

... THE GERMAN SURRENDER AT BIZERTA Some of the 25,000 Axis prisoners who gave themselves up to the U.S. troops in the Bizerta area on May 7 and the succeeding day. They left behind them a burning port, and came in their thousands to surrender after a whirlwind campaign which left them dazed How the German prisoners streamed into our lines in the country outside Tunis, the day before that city ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 124 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Graphic

... W.A.A.F. STAND BY FOR THE RETURN OF THE BOMBERS. This is the crew of a Halifax bomber which had just returned from a big raid on Germany. The airmen taking part in such raids can now go straight from their aircraft to the new Drying Room which has been opened to them on various stations, and which are each under the care of a W.A.A.F. Safety Equipment Assistant. This is the latest method in ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 231 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LEAST-KNOWN MEDITERRANEAN ISLE

... Mussolini's Development of the Big Island of Sardinia Before, and Since, the Opening of War. Described by FERDINAND TUOHY CONSIDERING the continuous role Sardinia has played in Europe's war-making since 1936, it is odd that we haven't heard more about this second largest island of the Mediterranean. Sardinia was used as one of the Italian bases for the incursion into the affairs of Spain, ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1900 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

FROM the HEROIC ISLAND of MALTA

... To commemorate the sterling service rendered by the men of one of the regiments stationed in Malta, a tablet in the form of their regimental badge was recently unveiled in the rocky walls of a much blitzed dockside building. Prior to the unveiling, detachments of the regiment were inspected by Vice- Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, former Vice- Admiral of the British Mediterranean island outpost. ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 588 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BEAUFIGHTERS ATTACK A NAZI CONVOY WITH CANNON AND TORPEDO

... Pictures taken during the action On May .17, a Nazi convoy consisting of six supply ships and eight escort vessels was attacked by Beaufighters of Coastal Command whilst steaming north off the fcutch coast. The R.A.F. wing was led by Wing-Commander H. G. N. Wheeler, D.F.C. (who comes from London) the torpedo-carrying Beaufighters were commanded by Squadron-Leader G. D. Sise, D.F.C., a New ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 336 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HIGH SPEED IN THE AIR

... And the Phenomenon Known as Black-Out which Accompanies It During Aerial Manoeuvres New Pictures of the World's Fastest and Most Versatile Aircraft, the Mosquito, in Production THE increased speeds at which modern planes fly has brought many new problems to both designers and flyers. One of the most difficult to solve, because it affects the pilot, is liability to black-out. This is the ...

SCENES BEHIND the FIGHTING AREAS in NORTH AFRICA

... PAVING THE WAY FOR THE CAPTURE OF MATEUR American repair crews are here seen filling in holes in the road to accommodate the heavy truck and tank traffic during the approach of American armoured forces towards the great German stronghold of Mateur, within the Bizerta-Tunis defence perimeter. This picture gives a good idea of the manner in which the rains can play havoc with the lesser roads in ...

Published: Saturday 15 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEWS ITEMS FROM THE HOME FRONT

... WORKERS' PLAYTIME Miss Gwen Catley singing to a vast audience of munition workers under the direction of the B.B.C.'s Variety Depart ment The British Broadcasting Corporation has always tried to help in the war effort. Soon after the beginning of the war, they took over a huge theatre from which many variety shows, such as Music Hall and Happidrome, were performed. Blocks of tickets for these ...

Published: Saturday 15 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 574 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Graphic

... THE THREE MEN WHO CARRIED OUT THE FINAL OVERTHROW OF THE AXIS IN NORTH AFRICA: GENERAL ALEXANDER, during his visit to First Army Headquarters before the great Round up, confers in the open air with GENERAL ANDERSON (in beret) and AIR MARSHAL CONINGHAM Not only is the campaign in North Africa actually over it is also officially over Mr. Attlee declared this last week in the House of Commons. ...

Published: Saturday 22 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 286 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs