... THE SCENE ON THE AIRFIELD AT SPEKE, NEAR LIVERPOOL One hundred and forty-five first-line aircraft of the U.S. Eighth and Ninth Air Forces parked in a dispersal area awaiting processing for re-deployment to the U.S. and, eventually, service in the Pacific war zone. None of these aircraft have flown more than 100 combat hours, and they still carry their guns and bomb-racks EACH WHITE DISC ...

... SEWELL OF RADLEY.-- In two-years time Radley College will celebrate its centenary. On August 17, 1847, this now famous public school (which has this year again won the Ladies' Plate, over Eton and all other rowing schools) started its existence, with three boys and great expectations, under that extraordinary pioneer and educational planner Sewell of Exeter. Who was this famous, for ...

... FURTHER DISCOVERIES IN GERMANY And Scenes in Berlin's Thriving Black Market THE TEMPELHOF AIRFIELD IN BERLIN HID A FOCKE-WULF ASSEMBLY PLANT The aperture at the end of the assembly line through which the completed F.W.I 90s emerged ready for testing Berlin's famous Tempelhof airfield before the war one of the finest and best-equipped airfields in Europe became during the war an assembl) plant ...

... HOW LONDON CELEBRATED THE NEWS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER OFFER TWO PICTURES TAKEN ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, JUST AFTER THE (PREMATURE) ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST WAS OVER. The upper picture was taken in front of Buckingham Palace in the early afternoon the lower picture was taken in Piccadilly Circus at 9 o'clock the same evening It was at midday on Friday, August 10, that the first ...

... The old Austrian Empire, before 1914, ram shackle though it might be, was a Great Power, giving the protection of a famous historic Empire to all its dependent peoples. It included the Kingdom of Hungary, an equal partner, of which the Emperor was the crowned King, and the one-time Kingdom of Bohemia, with its Czech people. Beyond these chief divisions, there were Poles in Galicia, a portion ...

... monsoon conditions east of waw BRITISH SOLDIERS i WORK THREE DAYS NON-STOP TO BEAT THE MONSOON Hauling part of a Bailey bridge into position at Waw during a dry spell. The two pictures given here were taken while Sappers and Miners were working hard against the weather in monsoon conditions to put up a Bailey bridge, 174 ft. long, across the Pegu Canal at Waw. The bridge was of immediate ...

... For nearly two years of the war the Royal Navy used a phantom fleet of wooden warships fitted with dummy guns to hoax enemy reconnaissance aircraft and bombers. They were merchant ships with elaborate superstructure of plywood and canvas, painted to transform them into replicas of R-class battleships and an aircraft-carrier. They were used as bait for U-boats, and as aerial decoys to draw air ...

... THE MAN WHO IS TO BE PRINCE OF THE SALTEE ISLANDS Michael Neale looks at his island from the Irish mainland. A quarter of a century ago Mr. Neale sold newspapers In London later, he became a street navvy and dish-washer now he is to be crowned Prince of Saltee Islands. He is thirty-four years old, and he lives in Green Park, Dublin. His island, situated off the Irish coast, is three miles ...

... AMERICAN INVASION SHIPS ARE LOADED UP IN THE MARIANAS FOR ONSLAUGHTS AGAINST JAPAN American lorries are here seen hauling supplies to waiting Tank Landing Ships at a port in one of the Marianas group of islands in the Central Pacific. From the warehouses in the background a steady stream of lorries carry equipment and provisions for the U.S. troops en route to combat areas. The Japanese were ...

... LABOUR HOLD THEIR FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE GREAT VICTORY AT THE POLLS The scene is Transport House, Westminster H.Q. of the Labour Party. At the head of the table is Mr. Clement Attlee on his right are Professor Laski (Chairman of the Party Executive) and Mr. Greenwood. On his left is Mrs. Attlee MR. ATTLEE SEES THE KING After Mr. Churchill's resignation, Mr. Attlee was called to the ...

... THE CENTRAL FIGURES AT THE THREE-POWER CONFERENCE ARE PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER AT THEIR LAST MEETING It has now been announced that the Conference was held in the Cecilienhof, the Palace of the former Crown rrince at rotsdam. In this picture the three leaders are seen seated in front Mr. Clement Attlee, President Truman and Marshal Stalin. Behind them stand Admiral Leahy (U.S.), Mr. Ernest Bevin ...

... HPhe three larger views included on these pages were all taken from an aircraft flying over the centre of London since the cessation of German air attacks They might almost be titled Les* We Forget. Whilst the war was in progress it was, perhaps, necessary to play down the destruction hurled down on us night after night. And time has helped to make the scars less ugly But scars they still ...