Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• January 10th BOAC Comet crashes off Elba
• February 13th - The Queen and Prince Philip visit Bathurst in Australia part of their 6 month Tour of the Commonwealth
• May 6th - At Oxford University's Iffley Road stadium, Roger Bannister ran the first sub 4 minute mile (3 mins 59.4 secs) in the world ever. His pace makers were Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway
• May 8th - The Viet Minh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu after a 55 day seige
• May 17th - The US Supreme Court declared school racial segregation illegal
• July 3rd - Food rationing, which had in force in Great Britain since 1940, finally ended (14 years of rationing and it was the fittest diet in the world) Smoking had nearly become a substitute for eating and the links between smoking and cancer were established
• October 15th - William Golding' Novel Lord of the Flies is published
• November 3rd - French Painter, Henri Matisse, leader of the Fauves, died aged 85
• Elvis Presley recorded his first single That's All Right Mama, and so did Bill Hayley with Rock around the Clock and was used in the film Blackboard Jungle a year later
• Billy Graham led an evangelist crusade in London
• Kingsley Amis published Lucky Jim
• Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood was first performed on the radio
• Nasser seized power in Egypt
• French troops sent to Algeria in response to an outbreak of terrorism
• The US senate censures Joseph McCarthy for his communist "witch-hunt"

July 24th

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Anglo-German Rapprochement - Princess Margaret, Acknowledging the Warm Greetings of the German Crowds at Bonn, Walking with Dr. Adenauer, the West German Chancellor

Our Notes Book - Arthur Bryant
The Queen’s Vase

      Princess Margaret’s German Visit: Military and German Civil Occasions - Illustrated with Multiple Photos

      The Havoc of the Central European Floods - Strets as Canals and Scenes of Distress - Illustrated

      The Critical State in Geneva - M. Mendes-France’s Efforts Toward a Solution - Illustrated

      British and Dutch Royal Occasions, and the Visit of Britannia to Dartmouth - Illustrated

      Her Majesty - Leading English Owner: Aureole’s Great Ascot Win - Horse Racing!

      A Novelist’s Flying Life - Nevel Shute and Appreciation by Sir John Squire - With Wonderful Images

      Mukeiras Airport - The Focus of the Aden-Yemen Frontier Dispute - Three Pages With Images

      In an English Garden - A Morning at Mount-Louis - Clarence Elliott - Illustrated

      The First Royal Review of the Police since 1935: The Queen and the Great Parade in Hyde Park

      A Window on the World - Indo-China Once Again - Cyril Falls

Sketches from Life: Portraits in the Coronation Ceremony Picture Presented to the Queen - Drawn Images

Presented to Her Majesty by Her Lieutenants of Countries on a Unique Occasion: Terence Cuneo’s Painting of the Coronation Ceremony, Westminster Abbey - June 2, 1953

The Catlin Exhibition - Redskin Life by a Pioneer American Artist - English Portraiture - Fine Examples from a Current Exhibition with Images of the Art Exhibitions

      The Everyday Home Life of Jericho 3650 Years Ago - Vividly and Accurately Reconstructed from Marvellously Preserved Remains - With Multiple Images

The World of Science - The Majestic Emu - Maurice Burton - With Wonderful Images

EH Wurrpan Mukka - The Emu-Prey and the Pets of the Australian Aborigne

A Page for Collectors - Success to Aerostation - Frank Davis

Personalities and Events of the Week - People in the Public Eye
Mr. Andresej Panufnik with his Wife
Sir John Cameron
Sir Ivo Mallet
Juliet Marion Hulme and Pauline Yvonne Parker
The Imam of the Yeman
Mr. Somerset Maugham
Major G.E. Twine
Mr. Stanley Bate
MG.L. Bruce
Lord Grantley
Mr. Grantland Rice
Senor Jacinto Benavente

      The World of the Theatre - In Various Countries - J.C. Trewin

      Notre Dame Flood-Lit and Notre Dame in the New Esmeralda Ballet - and Circus and Fishing Stories with Images

      The World To-Day - Pictures of Interest from Home and Abroad

      The New Comet an Errand of Mercy, a Stonehedge Experiment

      The World of the Cinema - The Perils of Peace - Alan Dent - With Images

      Chruch State and Politics, A War Memorial and a Relic - Illustrated

      Notes of the Novel Reader - K. John

      Books of the Day - E.D. O’Brien

      Chess Notes - Baruch H. Wood

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Special Edition - An Eighteenth Year Tribute To

Winston Churchill

Statesman, Historian, Sportsman, Soldier And Orator.

Edited By Bruce Ingram

Colour Plates

• The Right Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., P.C., O.M., C.H., T.D.
  The Arms Of Sir Winston Churchill, Knight Of The Garter: Prime Minister Of Great Britain And First Lord Of The Treasury
  The Beautiful Mother Of A Brilliant Son: Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill
  The Distinguished Author: Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., In His Study At Chartwell
  The Birthplace Of Sir Winston Churchill, K.G.: His Infant Curls, And Other Relics
  As A Young Mother; And Before Her Marriage: Lady Churchill, Whose Wedding Took Place In 1908
  The Beautiful Country Home Of Sir Winston Churchill: Chartwell, Westerham, Kent
  Containing Many Historical Mementoes: Sir Winston Churchill's Study At Chartwell
  The Hon. R.A. Extraordinary: Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., As Artist
  The Art Of Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., Hon. R.A. Extraordinary: Two Painting Which He Exhibited In The Royal Academy
  Britain's Prime Minister In War And Peace: Sir Winston Churchill, K.G.: In The Gardens Of No.10, Downing Street; And With His Dog "Rufus Ii"
  In The Grounds At Chartwell: Sir Winston Churchill With A Thoroughbred Colt
  Gravure Plates

Plate A: A "Proteus" Of Politics: Sir Winston Churchill In The Many Offices He Has Held
Plate B: Sir Winston Churchill As A Soldier In The 'Nineties: Stationed In India, And On Active Service
Plate C: The First Sir Winston Churchill, And Other Notable Ancestors Of Sir Winston Churchill, K.G. Portraits Of Lady Dorothy Sydney, And Of The First And Second Earls Of Sunderland
Plate D: Sir Winston Churchill's Great Ancestors: The First Duke Of Marlborough And His Duchess
Sections

Sir Winston Churchill In Parliament
Sir Winston Churchill In War
Sir Winston Churchill - The Man
Sir Winston Churchill's Place In History

January 16th

• Tokyo crowd disaster as new year homage is paid to the emperor
  France's gruelling war in Indo-China
  Two British air disasters
  New Zealand's new Anglican Cathedral
  Tristan Da Cunha's first stamps
  Lord Norwich's memorial service
  The Queen in pastoral & Maori New Zealand
  Where Homer's nestor entertained Odysseus' son Telemachus
  Rimsky-Korsakov's "Coq D'Or" - A Covent Garden success
  Raoul Dufy at the Tate Gallery
  Adverts : Daimler Cars.

February 27th

• Front Cover - The Queen opening the Australian Parliament at Canberra
• Inside - Landscape and conditions on Deception Island
• Birds and Mammals found in London
• Cotton King wins Waterloo Cup owned by Mr T Noble of Lancaster

March 6th

• People crossing the frozen sea from Denmark to Sweden by foot
• photographs of the the recovery of the wreckage of the BOAC Comet Airliner which crashed in the sea off the island of Elba on January 10 1954. The salvage operation was undertaken by the salvage vessel the Sea Salvor, which recovered parts of the fuselage, hydraulic control gear and personal effects of those who perished.
• General Neguib of Egypt's restoration to power
  The Royal tour of Australia
  Floods in Queensland & New South Wales
  The Goliath Frog
  The cold beauty of The Alps, photographed from the air
  Toledo - The old capital of Spain
  Venetian prototypes of English 18th Century houses
  The world's fastest land vehicle
  Britain's 1st Gas street heaters
  Adverts : Land Rover, Guinness (Full page colour), & British Railways
  

March 13th

• The Royal tour of Australia
  Rioting in The Sudan
  The launching of the British submarine, H.M.S. Explorer
  Billy Graham on a London crusade
  Gardens at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition
  Royal Academy exhibition of Augustus John's work
  Boring for coal off the shore of Britain for the 1st time
  The Syrian coup
  The U.S. congress shooting outrage
  An unusual family pet - 'Teddy' the giant anteater
  Stonehenge
  Britain's biggest salvage operation - Righting The Empress of Canada
  Before & after the 2nd attempt on the life of the Sultan of Morocco
  Adverts : Dunlop, Daimler Cars, & Reed Paper.

April 10th

• British troopship Empire Windrush which caught fire off Algiers on March 28 1954 whilst en route to Southhampton. Four crew members died trying to fight the fire, and eventually the ship was abandoned as a total loss. Some 1,500 men, women and children were rescued. Passengers can be seen clearly abandoning ship using ropes, whilst those already in the lifeboats look on.
• French defence of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
• Royal tour of Australia.
• Oxford's triumph in the 100th boat race.

April 24th

• Her Majesty the Queen opening Parliament in Ceylon
  The Queen's upcoming visit to Tobruk - The storm-centre of World War II, and the Crown Colony of Aden
  Edouard Manet masterpieces from The Louvre
  The ruins of Parakrama & Polonnaruwa
  Prince Charles & Princess Anne on The Royal Yacht Britannia
  H.M.S. Eagle at sea
  Hippopotamus & cub at play in Moscow Zoo
  Taming Rhinoceros & Hippopotamus on a Kenya farm
  Adverts: Land Rover, Dewar's Scotch Whiskey, & Ilford films
  

May 15th

• THE QUEEN: photos at the Rock Of Gibralter (includes prince Charles as a boy). Photos of Queens Royal visit at Malta and Gozo
• The French: Last days at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam (with map and photos).
• Page for Collectors: Carving And Veneer
• Window on the world: Finland Today.
• Chinchilla the Andean Paradox
• Egyptian Pyramids / Tombs: Pharoah KA-A with article and photos
  * Spanish Renaisance
• An English Garden: Abbotsood Revisited by Clarence Elliott
• Full Page Ads (color and black & white): KODAK, GENERAL ELECTRIC, BRITISH OLIVETTI LTD., WHITE HORSE WHISKEY, ROLLS ROYCE, SHELL OIL (WITH FLORAL ILLUSTRATION BY EDITH AND ROWLAND HILDER), GOOD YEAR.
• Partial Page Ads: (colour and Black & white): ESSE SMITH & WELLSTOOD LTD, MAGNET PAINT, MOSS BROS, M&D, MAPPIN AND WEBB LTD, ROVER CAR COMPANY, HARRY HALL, HIGHLAND QUEEN, CHURCHMAN'S NO.1, TROUILLARD CHAMPAGNE, HAIG, LINDT, GORDON'S and more
  

May 22nd

• Front Cover - Welcome Home - Queen returns for tour of Commonwealth
• Inside - The whole of this magazine is dedicated to the Queens tour of the Commonwealth and also includes colour photos of her children.

July 3rd

• The State Visit Of The King And Queen Of Sweden
  • Full Page Photo Of The Swedish Cruiser The The Kronor Arriving At Greenwich Pier With King Gustaf And Queen Louise Of Sweden
  • Portrait Photo Of King Gustaf Adolf And Queen Louise Of Sweden
  • Of The Swedish Royal Barge With King Gustaf, Queen Louise And The Duke Of Edinburgh
  • From Westminster Pier, Welcoming The King & Queen Of Sweden, With Queen Elizaneth, Duke Of Edinburgh, Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Duchess Of Gloucester. Duchess Of Kent, Duke Of Gloucester
  • Full Page Photo From Horse Guards Parade Of The Royal Carriage Procession
  • As The Procession Enters Buckingham Palace
  • Of Queen Elizabeth, Duke Of Edinburgh, Queen Louise And King Gustaf Of Sweden
  • Queen Of Sweden And Nephew Duke Of Edinburgh
  •Queen Elizabeth And King Gustaf
  • Major Gen. Sir Edward L. Spears [Author]
  • Photo Of A Scene Of Troops Waiting On The Beaches Of Dunkirk, May, 1940
  • Winston Churchill, General Ironside, General Gamelin, Lord Gort, General Georges, January 1940
  • Winston Churchill, Gen Sir John Dill, Sir Ronald Campbell, Clement Attlee, Paul Reynaud, General Spears, May 1940
  • 'Uncovering Of The Tower Of Babel - The Ziggurat Of Tchoga-Zanbil'
  • The Restored Church Of St. James', Piccadilly
  • The 'Dispute Between Britain And Arabia - Buraimi, It's Environs And Peoples'
  • New French Premier, M. Mendes-France And His Whole New Cabinet
  • The First New Airport Since The War - Silver City Airways' Ferryfield Airport, On Romney Marsh. Drawn By G.H. Davis
  • Chou En-Lai
  • Lord Simonds - Vincent Auriol
  • Sir Gladwyn Jebb - Dame Edith Evans
  • Lord Denman
  • Cricket Heros - M.H. Bushby - D.S. Sheppard - M.C. Cowdrey
  • In Buganda - Sir Keith Hancock - J.P. Birch
  • Nabagereka Damali And Daughter
  • J.H. Peters [Athlete]
  • Lord Alexander - General Koenig
  • Princess Alexandra
  • 2 Pages Of 18 Photos From The L.T.A. Tennis Championships At Wimbledon
  • Gordon Highlanders
  • The Bermuda Yacht Race
  • H.M.S. Tally Ho At Portsmouth
  • Night Fighter Meteors In Flight
  • The Thames Barge Race
  • Proposed King George VI Memorial In Carlton Gardens
  • The Guatemalan Crisis
  • Betty Warren - Bill Owen - Doris Yorke
  • Gay Clark - Tommy Shaw - Christina Lubicz - Norah Boylan
  • Petra Davies - Prunella Scales - Gabrielle Brunt - Noel Dyson
  • In India Mr. Nehru - Chou En-Lai
  • In Lunburg Duke Of Edinburgh
  • In Dundee The Queen Mother
  Sir Winston Churchill And Anthony Eden In Washington;
  • Arriving At Washington Airport - Sir Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Vice President Nixon, Mr Dulles, Sir Roger Makins
  • Welcomed At White House - Mrs. Eisenhower, Sir Winston, President Eisenhower
  • In The Rose Garden - John Foster Dulles, Sir Winston, President Eisenhower, Anthony Eden
  • White House Garden - President Eisenhower, Sir Winston
  • In Car Procession - Sir Winston, Vice President Nixon

July 24th

No. 3509 Vol. 135. It was published out of London, England (United Kingdom).

• Content includes:
• The Queen at Ascot (Horse Racing) - illustrated with photos.

* Double Page: photo of the Coronation Ceremony Westminster Abbey June 2, 1953.

* Art: "Redskin" life by a pioneer American Artist. + English portraiture

* Illustrated art Page 139 in sepia tone "Sketches From Life: Portraits in the coronation ceremony.

* Review of Nevil Shute "A Novelists Flying Life" with photos of Airships (Zepelin).

* An English garden with photos by Clarence Elliott

* Photos of building of oil facilities in Iran

* Indo-China

* Princess Margaret visit in Germany by ARTHUR BRYANT - illustrated with photos

* Europe Floods

* Geneva

* World Of Science: The Majestic Emu

* Jerecho 3650 years ago (illustrated)

* Full Page Ads (colour and black & white): FIRESTONE TIRES, SHELL OIL, SCHWEPPSHIRE (ART BY LEWITT-HIM), ILFORD FILMS, WATERMAN'S FLAIR BALL-POINTER PEN

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August 7th

• Front Cover - The Duke of Edinburghs Departure for his tour of Canada.
• Queen leaves aircraft after saying goodbye
• Inside - Hazards of Dingy racing
• Favourite Flowers and Royal Signatures
• Jet fighters high over England

September 4th

• The world's first glimpse of New Guinea's "Shangri-la" tribe
• The death of Brazilian President Getulio Vargas
  The Duchess of Kent in Canada
  The landscape of Greenland
  Excavation of Velia, a Greek colony in Italy
  The Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  Margot Fonteyn as "The Firebird" at Covent Garden
  The Redifon flight simulator
  Photographs of the behaviour of the Honeybee
  The 21st National Radio Show
  The European Games at Berne
  Pakistan's terrible floods
  

October 23rd

• Front Cover - Queen welcomes Emperor of Ethiopia
• Inside - Christopher Chataway sets new record in 5000 metres
• Discoveries at Shrine of Paestum
• The 39th International Motor Exhibtion
• The Gyrobus Andean Coca and its Modern Addicts

November 20th

• Prince Charles : Heir to the throne
• Queen Mother in the USA
• The Cycle and Motor Cycle show
• The RAC Veteran Rally

November 27th

• The Drummond Murders Trial
• Sir Winston Churchill's Eighty Adventurous Years By Sir Charles Petrie Bart
  In An English Garden
  A Window On The World - The Future Of Jordan
  Onassis - The Man Whose Whalers Have Been Seized By Peru

December 4th

• The 'unprecedented' disaster which befell the South Goodwin Lightship. She was torn from her moorings on the night of November 26-27, during a fierce gale, and wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Double page centrepiece showing the power of the seas as they broke over the stricken ship.

December 11th

• Tribute to the crew of the South Goodwin Lightship, which was torn from her moorings on the night of November 26-27, during a fierce gale, and wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. The picture below shows wreaths being laid by relatives of the missing men aboard the Walmer and Ramsgate lifeboats. Picture of the replacement Lightship at Harwich, before being towed to its station.
• double page depiction of the sinking P&O cargo ship Tresillian, which was lost in St George's Channel on the night of 29-30 November, with 24 of her crew. The motor-boat of the tanker Liparus rescuing survivors in heavy seas.

December 18th

• Destruction after an earthquake in Algeria
• The Trade Union Congress in Brighton
  The Island of Formosa
  Refuelling ships of the US Navy
  Cub hunting on a fine September morning
  The Stone Forest lost for 20,000 years in Spain
  The Farnborough airshow
  The De Havilland wind tunnel
  Birds of the New Guinea moss forest
  Animals of South Africa stamps
  

December 25th

• Damage at Chatham Dockyard after the 400 ton caisson of No. 3 Dock collapsed, and the submarine HMS Talent was swept away to the opposite bank of the river Medway. dramatic cover page photograph of the Dry Dock at Chatham where a collapse of the caisson swept the submarine HMS Talent to the opposite side of the river Medway. Four workers died in the incident.
• Recovery of the submarine by the salvage ship Swin.
• Onboard the P&O Line Iberia, on her maiden voyage to Australia.

double page feature with several fine photographs of the maiden voyage to Australia of the new P&O Liner, Iberia. Photograph subjects include life on board, King Neptune's Court, passage through the Suez Canal, and the arrival in Fremantle. With commentary and short historical context.

• Visit to Britain by a troupe of dancers from Sarawak, Borneo
• 1953 Mount McKinley Expedition in th USA. including four pages of dramatic photographs

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