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... THE FESTIVAL from the AIR The Progress of the South Bank Exhibition and the Pleasure Gardens THIS IS THE CENTREPIECE OF THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN This aerial view, taken above the roof-tops of Lambeth, shows the site of the Great Exhibition on the South Bank as it now appears, about two months prior to the official opening by the King. Dominating the upstream sequence on the left is the great ...
... 11 GAY'S THE WORD 1 ON STAGE AND FILM Royal Visits to the Theatre Gay s the Word at the Saville Theatre Harold Lloyd's New Film THE KING AND QUEEN VISIT GAY 'S THE WORD The Royal Party arrives at the Saville I Theatre. Left to right in this picture are Commander F. W. Lipscomb Colonel R. F. J. Hay- I ward, V.C. Mrs. Hayward and Colonel J. Roxburgh (wearing spectacles) their Majesties and I ...
... The Sudden Passing of Mr. Ivor Novello Dr. Malan and His Adopted Daughter; The Eviction of Sir John Stuart Knill THE LATE IVOR NOVELLO, ROMANTIC ACTOR, ACTOR-MANAGER, PLAYWRIGHT AND SONG-WRITER Mr. Novello, whose death occurred last Tuesday with great suddenness, was one of the most outstanding figures in the modern theatre, with a whole host of successes to his name ever since he wrote one of ...
... The Cutty Sark Moves On THE FAMOUS CLIPPER SHIP ENTERS DRY DOCK Of all the old Clipper ships which cut their furrows between the China Sea and the Downs and rounded the Horn in the grain race in the golden age of sail, the one that holds the firmest place in the affections of British sailing men is the Cutty Sark. Likenesses of her in wood, in water-colours and in oils adorn a host of English ...
... SHIPS OF THE HOME FLEET FORGATHER IN WEYMOUTH BAY-- THE DESTROYERS CADIZ, JUTLAND, BAROSSA, GABBARD, ALAMEIN AND CORUNNA, ALL UNITS OF THE BATTLE CLASS SEEN WITH OTHER WARSHIPS BEFORE SETTING OUT LAST SATURDAY FOR THE CUSTOMARY SPRING CRUISE TO GIBRALTAR AND THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN The Fleet was due to reach Gibraltar on February 2. In March it will join the Mediterranean Fleet for ...
... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Briefing the Socialist Fighter-Pilots.-- The Chiefs have held their briefing pow-wow and the candidates for glory are airborne. After A.C.M. Attlee had pumped in a little complacency with a review of business done, A.C.M. Morrison gave a last-word pep talk on lines more sombre. No complacency, he begged. The mission would not be a joy-ride. The A. A. gunfire ...
... KING FAROUK I, TENTH RULER OF THE DYNASTY OF MOHAMED ALI, TAKES A HOLIDAY AT FASHIONABLE DEAUVILLE The King, in a double-breasted light-grey dinner jacket and in a black doak, posing on the terrace of his hotel before leaving for the Casino. The King's arrival at Marseilles in the Royal yacht was shrouded in mystery, as also was his journey through France to the northern coast. The King's ...
... MECHANISED ARMOUR AND AIR-SEA RESCUE Testing Four of the World's Latest Developments A NEW SAFETY DEVICE FOR AIR-SEA RESCUE-- TESTING THE BRITISH COMPOSITE PARACHUTE LIFE-JACKET IN THE CANAL ZONE OF EGYPT Squadron- Leader J. R. W. Blyth, A.F.C., of the Army Airborne Transport Training and Development Centre at Abingdon, floating in the sea after his 1029th parachute jump when testing the new ...
... FRANCE CONVOYS THE RUBBER OUTPUT OF INDO-CHINA Protecting the Line of Supply on the Saigon River The Military Situation takes a turn for the Better A CONVOY STEAMS UP THE SAIGON RIVER TOWARDS THE IMPORTANT DAU TIENG MICHELIN RUBBER PLANTATION This convoy, headed by an armed landing-craft, is laden with food and equipment for the plantation, and it will return to Saigon with vital supplies of ...
... London's Sailor Police Force THE WATCHDOGS OF THE THAMES WHO COMBAT RIPARIAN CRIME London's Police Force, like Britain's armed forces, has a Senior Service. This is the Thames Division of the Metropolitan Police, a body of men whose ceaseless vigil makes London's river the most efficiently policed stretch of water in the world. As recently as 150 years ago crime was rampant among the 37,000 ...
... ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS The Kentish Spa Where Beau Nash Once Reigned and the World of Fashion Obeyed His Mandates v Though spas are notoriously susceptible to the whims of popular taste, time, on the whole, has been kind to Royal Tunbridge Wells. Once it was considered the essence of bon ton to take the waters amid the rustic environs of this salubrious resort on the borders of Kent and Sussex ...
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