... . ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I 1-mHu THE KING and QUEEN and PRINCESS ELIZABETH visited a wartime nursery at Graigentinny School during their recent stay in Edinburgh. His Majesty held two Investitures at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. GROUP CAPTAIN PETER RUSSELL r Johnnie 91 WALKER is an R.A.F. Ace, who won the D.S.O. in 1942 and the D.F.C. in 1940. In our issue of Sept. 20 ice published this ...

... JENNY JDNES -SET IN COAL-MINE, COTTAGE AND ABBEY. CAROLE LYNNE as Dilvs in George Black's new musical shoic Jenny Jones' at the London Hippodrome. 44 An Episode in Havannah speciality dancer TOMMY LINDEN and f/ie Corps de Ballet in the operetta set in Nelson's day. Dilys and Penry as the lovers in An Episode in Havannah CAROLE LYNNE and RONALD MILLAR. 44 The Story of St. Ceiriog spectacular ...

... c (Pin=up r^/irl. )/a 10. (SMhe'ffyilkams. Beautiful swimming champion ESTHER WILLIAMS heads the spectacular Water Ballet, featured in M.-G.-M.ys new Technicolor production, Bathing Beauty and appears in some decorative bathing, diving and swimming sequences. Red Skelton stars in the picture, and Harry James and his band add to its attractions. The film, which is showing at the Empire, ...

... THE PRE-FABRICATED PORT At Arromanches on the Normandy Coast How it was Constructed for the Supply and Reinforcement of the Allied Armies T n order to accommodate the necessary shipping and port equipment, the size of each harbour had to be roughly the same as Dover, which entailed the construction of 150 caissons. For technical reasons these could not be placed in water deeper than fathoms, ...

... The complications of refuelling a cruiser at sea have been reduced to a minimum by modern methods a large part of the process now takes place while both vessels are proceeding on their course. This picture shows the scene looking aft along the cruiser's deck. In the foreground is a rating holding a marked line which enables the navigator, watching from the bridge, to keep on a true course ...

... YY/hen an R.A.F. plane out on an operational mission over Western Holland gets into difficulties, necessitating a forced landing, the pilot may well be faced with a problem very different from anything within his previous experience. Below him he sees nothing but a network of shining waterways, varying in size from those capable of allowing a couple of sailing-barges to pass one another with ...

... The flame-thrower shown in the above drawing is a British Crocodile, the most powerful and effective of the three types now being used on the Continent. The vehicle itself is a Churchill tank, to which has been fitted an armoured trailer containing the necessary fuel. The flame can be projected to a distance of over 150 yards by the use of a special new type of fuel. One of the curiosities ...

... During the past few weeks, the King has made a tour of the British armies in Belgium and Holland. He arrived by air on October 1 1 wearing battle-dress for the first time, and drove to Field-Marshal Montgomery's Headquarters. For the next five days he inspected the Nijmegen spearhead and paid visits to various headquarters, covering many hundreds of miles. Each night he slept in Marshal ...

... ■aaiamif THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION BOARD IN CHINA Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is here seen with his visitor from the States, Mr. Donald M. Nelson (Chairman of the W.P.B.), on the veranda of the cottage assigned to him at Chiang Kai-Shek's country estate near Chungking. On the left is Dr. T. V. Soong, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs. On September 26 Mr. Nelson returned to ...

... v Historic Estate for Scottish National Trust Kintail, Seat of the Earls of Seaforth IN spite of the increasingly absorbing war news, we have read from time to time, with a mingled sense of interest and relief of gifts and purchases for the National Trust. These have ranged from comparatively modest cottages to estates of vast acreages. How ever, irrespective of their acreage or value, the ...

... THE Royal Air Force has taken enthusi astically to the cultivation of fruit and vegetables on waste areas at aero dromes and stations. The Air Force men, in their spare time, have achieved a high standard, and the show at Westminster on October 10 and u afforded proof of what can be done in the production of foodstuffs on land which would otherwise be useless. The gardens vary in size from 6o ...

... I^aMigSv opv a Paper Weight's Derby Prospects A Win for the King NEWMARKET'S October meeting, the last of the season as far as Head quarters is concerned (and did you bow to the Ditch on leaving?) was very enjoyable and produced some excellent racing. Its outstanding features were the Dewhurst Stakes and the Jockey Club Cup. There was also a Cambridgeshire, but it, alas was but a shadow of ...