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... I RE-BRIDGING THE RIVER PO Pile-driving craft at work in midstream as a temporary structure is erected to carry Lombardy's north and south traffic. On the right is a broken span of the old bridge SHARPENING THE GREAT PILES FOR THE PO BRIDGE German and, Italian labour, supervised by men of the Royal Engineers, is' being used for reconstructing this vital link between Lombardy and Central Italy. ...
... â– kAapUAAHj ,4 3 i jy *i .4 bi 1 1 1 â– HHHH The city of Meshed, the old capital of Khorasan Province, is i a place of considerable importance from a poli tical and commercial point of view. Both Russia and Britain view it with interest Russia because of its proximity to her Turkmenian frontier and Britain be- cause of its long-stai d- ing trading relatk ns with India by the over- I land route. ...
... Of all the great war time innovations, radar was one of the most remarkable, and in the following diagrams and pictures, which in earlier days would never have passed the censor, an out line is given of the methods by which radar detected the approach of enemy aircraft and then trans mitted vital data to a ship's guns, enabling them to engage with accuracy. Now radar is being put to a ...
... Lieut. B. C. G. Place, V.C., Lieut. I. E. Fraser, V.C., and Leading Seaman J. T. Magennis, V.C., all three of whom won their decorations in midget submarines built by Vickers at Barrow, were guests of the firm fQr the launching of the new sub marine Anchorite, and subse- quently attended a luncheon and reception at which they were presented with gold cigarette-cases on behalf of the workmen in ...
... HE WAYFARER 99 FLYING OVER JERSEY This aircraft brings Croydon Aerodrome within an hour's flight of the Channel Islands, and at the end of this month it inaugurates the new service. When this picture was taken the Wayfarer 99 was arriving at Jersey to participate in the ceremonies on the first anniversary of liberation from German occupation lie Bristol Wayfarer, one of the first of Britain's ...
... DREAD ENCOUNTER IN THE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD Magwitch (Finlay Currie), the runaway convict, frightens Pip (Anthony Wager), the village blacksmith's young friend, ordering him to bring him some food to eat and a file with which to remove his fetters. One of the opening scenes from the Cineguild film Great Expectations PIP LIYES IN MISERY That 's the way with this boy answer him one question and he ...
... PRINCE OF SPENDTHRIFTS (7).-- The truth emerges very plainly indeed. Corruption in all matters relating to the Turf had reached a point where chicanery could no longer be countered by chicanery, and a root-and-branch purge was necessary. For decades the vicious circle had widened and intensified the trouble, and men like Bentinck and Rous were just beginning to realise that the ethical founda ...
... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Post-War History Repeats Itself.-- For God's sake do not drag me into another war! I am worn down and worn out, with crusa ding and defending Europe and de fending mankind; I must think a little of myself. I am sorry for the Spaniards-- I am sorry for the Greeks-- I deplore the fate of the Jews; the people of the Sandwich Islands are groaning under the most ...
... After the tumult of preceding weeks, in which Calcutta was the scene of bitter racial feuds, of bloodshed, arson and pillage, the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr provided a lull in the political storm, and for one day the Muslim community turned to prayer and thanksgiving. In the political sphere the Muslim Leaguers, and their leader, Mr. Jinnah, remained aloof from the new Interim Government ...
... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Clear the Decks.-- Mr. Alex ander appropriately used a nautical phrase in his appeal to the wrangling Allies to cut the squabbling and begin to make the peace. It is noticeable in these sombre weeks of schoolboy tu quoque and mud-slinging in Paris how ardently the cheers of the majority have greeted every appeal for ending suspicion and recrimina tion, and how ...
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... The Burden May Be Shifted Entirely To Indian Shoulders. Meanwhile British And Indian Warriors Still Guard The Passes As In The Days Of Desmond, V.C. By Harwood Steele THE North-West Frontier! There is magic-- Indian magic-- in the name. But is it still the Land of High Adventure, of a gallant little Indian and British Army guarding India's teeming millions against certain Powers and ...