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The Illustrated London News 1948.

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Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

Jerusalem...

Ghandi

January 30th - Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi

 

silver wedding

April 26th - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth celebrated their Silver Wedding

 

The Olympic Games in London

Israel

May 14th - Proclamation of Israel as an independent Jewish state -
Chaim Weizemann became the first President
(Theodor Herzel considered to be the creator of modern Zionism

The first Arab Israel War

May - Heathrow Airport was officially opened to international traffic
when a Pan Am Constellation landed from New York

July 5th - The National Health Service came into operation
by Aneurin Bevan the Health Minister

July 29th - The Olympic Games was held in London.
Fanny Blankers-Koen (Holland),
Emile Zatopek (Czech) and 17 year old American Bob Mathias

August 12th - Morris Minor cars started production

August 23rd - The World Council of Churches was formally constituted

November 14th - Princess Elizabeth gave birth to Charles Philip Arthur George -
the future Prince of Wales - Prince Charles

 

prince charles

December 15th - Prince Charles was christened at 3.30pm
in the Gold Music Room at Buckingham Palace

December 31st - Sir Malcolm Campbell, land and water speed champion, died aged 63

malcolm campbell

The Berlin Airlift, the Marshall Plan, begins after the Soviet Union
blockaded Berlin cutting off all access to it by land.

The Kinsey Report was published to many a raised eyebrow

British Citizens Act grants passports to all Commonwealth Citizens

The Long Playing record was introduced

 

January 3rd

New York paralysed by snow Wrights Coal tar Soap Fish Family - - -Dunlop Historic City maps 'Cantebury'

January 10th

The Kremlin - New York paralysed by snow 2 pages - The growth of the railways in Britain 19th century

January 17th

Map of Jerusalem arabs and jews Johnnie Walker Puffing Billy - Kodak Spiders web

January 24th

Mahatma Ghandi begins his fast - Floods in Shrewsbury and Worcester 2 p - Van Gogh drawings in black chalk

January 31st

Illinois State Prison -

Advert - Guinness Carolingian Knights Entertainment,


HMS Valiant (fought at Jutland and Matapan),
HMS Renown (fought Scharnhorst and Bismarck),
HMS Rodney (helped sink Bismarck),
HMS Nelson (led operations against the Japanese),
and HMS Queen Elizabeth (surrender of the German fleet effected on board in 1918).
On announcing the news that these ships were to be scrapped,
the Admiralty announced that they would pass 'into the Valhalla of men-of-war',

Frankfurt, extensively bombed during the war.

 

February 7th

- 4 p Ghandis Murder - war repairs to Eton College - Ruskin and Effie Gray

 

February 14th

New House of Commons cutaway 3 p - Ghandi -

Adverts

Schweppervescence bottle of Tonic - 1/4 p ICI ancestors of industries -

Abdulla 7 cigarettes The Beach

 

 

February 21st

 

' US Air Force at Goose Bay on Labrador – A Team of Huskies Being Dropped from a C-47 Transport Aircraft by Parachute
the aim of the operation is to use teams of huskie dogs in the rescue of victims in disaster situations,
developed by a Colonel Paul A. Zartman Commandant of the airbase at Goose Bay

' The Dogs with Their Handlers Inside the Aircraft On the Way to a Mock Disaster Exercise –
The Dogs Wearing the Parachute Harneses '

' The Annexation of Marion Island in the South Indian Ocean –
The Ceremony at Which the Flag of the Union of South Africa is Raised …'

' Reading the Proclamation on Prince Edward Island in the South Indian Ocean –
Lieutenant Commander P. Dryden-Dymond the Commander of HMSAS Natal '

' An Aerial Photograph of a View of the House of Commons showing the Structual Steelwork of the New House,
Houses of Parliament and surrounding areas,
the part of the building showing the steelwork was destroyed by enemy action in 1941

The New Weather Station for South Africa - Prince Edward and Marion Islands:

' An Albatross Egg on Marion Island - Being Held by One of the Occupation party '

' Prince Edward Island Seen From the Sea '

' Marion Island From the Sea '

' Ths Skua Gull '

' A Sea Elephant in the Foreground with Naval Personnel Departing After the Annexation Ceremony '

' A View of Prince Edward Island From HMSAS Transvaal ' two sailors in the foreground

' Prince Edward Island – A Naval Party Coming Ashore '

' Gunners Point on Marion Island – A Tarpaulin Shelter Where the The Occupation Party from HMSAS Transvaal Spent Fifteen Days
– HMSAS Natal and SS Gamtoos at sea in the background

" Natal " and The Storeship Gamtoos Entering into Transvaal Cove at Marion Island …'

' Lieutenant B. Grindley Offering The King Penguins His Glass of Champagne …'
a group of penguins and the Lieutenant with a sailor in the background

' Mister Thomas Balston The Author of "John Martin 1789-1854"

' A Crayon Portrait of John Martin on His Deathbed by Charles Martin, His Son '

' The Fall of Babylon & The Deluge – by John Martin '

Heard Island in the Antarctic – Australia's New Weather Station:

' Summit of Heard Islands Emperor William Peak

' A Rock Hopper Penguin Held by an Australian Geologist '

' Meteorologists, Radio Operators and an Engineer at the Start of a Fifteen Month Tour of Duty '

' Cape Lauren – The Glacier Topped Cliffs

' Rogers head – A 600ft Striated Pinnacle
with Penguins Dotted around the Base '

The Cremation of Mahatma Gandhi -:

' Mourners at New Delhi – The Governor General, Earl Mountbatten and Countess Mountbatten
with Mr Patel and Crowds of People '

' The Ghat Where The Body of Gandhi was Cremated '

' The Amphibian Craft, Entering the Waters of the Sangam, Bearing the Ashes of Gandhi '

' The Journey to Allahabad - The Flower Decked Compartment of the Train Which Transported The Ashes of Gandhi '

' The Funeral Amphibian Showing the Urn to Be Consigned to the Waters of the Juma and The Ganges at Allahabad '

Ceylon -:

' The Assembly Hall at Colombo –
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at the Ceremony to Open the New Dominion Parliament '

' Queens House Colombo After TheCeremony – Mr D. S. Senanayake Prime Minister –
Governor General of Ceylor Sir Henry Moore – Sir John Howard –
An Other Members of the Cabinet '

' Map Of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Showing the Proposed United States Naval Bases …'

' Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz of the US Navy '

Indonesia -:

' A Dutch Soldier Examining a Rifle Handed in By a An Member After the Demobilisation of the Indonesian Republican Army '

' Indonesians Being Led By Dutch Soldiers with Republicans Wainting in an Enclosure Before Handing in Arms

' General Djatikoesoema and A Dutch Air Force Officer – The General Explaing Evacuation Procedures '

' The Governor General Dr Van Mook – Dr Mohamed Hatta – Mister L. Neher '

' The Dutch HQ – Major General Baay of the Netherlands Greeting General Djatikoesoema on His Arrival '

' Batavia – Dr Mohamed Hatta Saluting as He Walks Through a Crowd After The Resignation of Dr Sjarifuddin's Cabinet …'

' The Implacable – The Last French Vessel to Surrender to the British After The The Battle of Trafalgar

' Delta, The 200 Ton Dutch Motor Vessel Damaged After Hitting Battersea Bridge, The Master Hendrikus Oosting InJured '

' A View of the USS Pomodon – A New Look for Submarines

' The US Battleship New Jersey to be Laid Up '

' The Russian Ship Baku in Millwall Docks London – The First Ship to Bring in Grain under the Anglo Soviet Trade Agreement '

' The Yugoslav Ship Bihac at Manchester Docks Being Unloaded of a Cargo of Timber

'

Sketches by "Our Special Artist Captain Bryan de Grineau Aboard Reive HM Submarine Ambush at Rothesay:

' The Submarine " Ambush " in Arctic Waters – At Periscope Depth During The Testing of The "Snort " Apparatus '

the Snort or Snorkel was an extension to the periscope to enable the sub. to remain under water longer

' A View in the Submarine – the Exhaust Manifold in the Engine Room Leading to the Snort Mast '

' The Engine Room – Showing the Air Intake Pipe with Escape Hatch Above

' The Control Room of the Ambush ' shows three men in the control room beneath the conning tower

' The Galley – Cold Air From the Snort Circulates Inside the Submarine '

 

' A New paint Which Prevents Fire – A Demonstration Showing a Burning Building ' - in the United States

' Hammersmith Hospital – A nurse in the New Premature Babies Unit Giving a Baby Oxygen '

' A Man Using a Metal Detector on Trees – Timber Imported From Germany Being Examined for
Bullets or Shrapnel Which Could Turn the Edges of Saws '

' A Man in a Railway Carriage – Using an Automatic Dry Shaving Apparatus '

' Mid Air Refuelling – A Lancaser Air Tanker and a BOAC Liberator, Above the Atlantic '

' The Ice Covered SS Drottningholm on Her Arrival at New York After an Atlantic Crossing '

' At A Californian Test Station – A Ram Jet on a Launching Rack During Experiments for the US Navy '

' An Electric Motor Callled the Electrotor – Smaller than a Jewel in a Ring, 3/16ths of an Inch in Length '

' The Bathyscope in Which Professor Piccard and Dr Cosyns (seen in photo) Hope to Descend–
With Some of the Floaters Which Will be Attached
' this is a spherical cabin designed to dive in depths of 2½ Miles in the Gulf of Guinea

' California USA - A Fog Dispersal Experiment by Mr E. R. Pleasants of San Francisco '

' Swinton near Ripon in Yorkshire – For Use as a Conservative College '

' Pitt House – A Mansion in Hampstead Associated with William Pitt,

' A Sale Catalogue of Marie Antoinette's Pictures dated 1798
Auctioned by Mr H. Phillips and Son at St Clouds Paris '

' A Sale Catalogue of The Property of Sir Joshua Reymolds
Auctioned by Mr H. Phillips and Son at His Great Room 67 New Bond Street London '

' a 16c Fresco Discovered at Tandridge Hall near Oxted '

 

Paintings on View at Whitechapel – Given by Lord Bearsted to the National Trust:  .

' Night – by William Hogarth ' - ' Morning – by William Hogarth '

' Martin Ruze – A Portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger '

' A Young Man – a Portrait by parmigianino ( F. Mazzuola ) '

' A Young Gentleman – a Portrait by Rogier Van Der Weyden '

' Fete In Venice at the Camp Santi Giovanni e Paolo,
Pope Pius VI – by Francesco Guardi '

' Presentation of the Virgin – by Giovanni de paolo '

 

Personalities and Events of the Week:

' General Omar Bradley The US Chief of Staff – President Truman – General Eisenhower '

' Mr Thomas Raymond Kelly GC – An Able Seaman in the " Empire Plover " –
George Cross Awarded Posthumously ..'

' The world Table Tennis Championship at Wembley – Mr R. Bergmann of England –
Miss G. Farkas of Hungary – Shaking Hands '

' Squadron Leader Robert Kronfeld Killed in an Experimental Flying Accident at Alton Hants '

' Air Vice Marshal D. C. T. Bennett – Liberal Candidate for North Croydon

' Sir Oliver Franks – The New British Ambassador to the United States of America ..'

' Captain Roy Farran DSO- Acquitted by a Palestine Court Martial … '

' Major General Charles Himilton Boucher To Command the British Gurkha Division '

' Sir Isaac Isaacs Dies at Melbourne …'

' Mr Henry Ford with the First Car to Be Exported from Dagenham to the US ….'

' Admiral Lord Bruce Fraser – First Sea Lord …'

 

Photo-Engraving – The Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation:

' A New US Engraving Apparatus Being Demonstrated at Hackensack New Jersey '

' Mr George Washington Jnr. With His finished Double Column Engraving ' with two other men

' The Engraving Reading for Printing in The Bergen Evening Record …'

 

The Wright Brothers " Kitty Hawk "

' The Kitty Hawk in the Science Museum at South Kensington -
To Be Returned to the US in Accordance with the Late Orville Wrights Wishes '

' Men at Work on the Replica of the Kitty Hawk –
Fitting the Wing Struts at the De Havilland Training School ..'

 

' Survivors of the Antarctic Fauna of Carboniferous Times – A Bug Peloridiidae ' sketch .

' A Mountain Scene in Tasmania Where The Flora of Antarctic Are Found ' photograph

An Adult Antarctic Bug ' sketch

 

' A Light Weight Inflatable Exposure Suit Under Test for the RAF at Farnborough '

' The Olney Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race I nBuckinghamshire – Fifteen Housewives '

' The Winner Mrs Nellie Bosworth About to Overtake Miss Dorothy Pipes '

' The Winner Mrs Nellie Bosworth of Neartown Olney with her Frying Pan and Pancake '

' Mr Mynard the Bellringer Gives Mrs Bosworth a Kiss While Mrs Barnes

' Pancakes and Frying Pans Lay by the Font in the Church '

Rev. R. Collins

 

High Speed Photography –
A Chameleons Tongue Frozen by High Speed Photography '

A Natter Jack Toad Catching Its Prey

A Diagram Illustrating the Electric Circuit Used for the Photographs …'

 

Theatre – Scene from "The Mastersingers" from Wagners Opera '

' A Scene from the Magic Flute – David Franklin and others '

 

Some Adverts

' Crookes Halibut Oil '

' Du Maurier Cigarettes '

' British Rope Ltd – Coal by Rope ' advert showing an open cast mine

' Midland Bank Ltd – February Scene '

' Brylcreem '

' Kumfees by Holmes ' - Shoes

' Chance Glassware – The Spiderweb Bowl by R. Y. Goodden '

The GEC AC Model BC 4750 – 22½ Guineas '

' Mackeson Stout ' advert

' Jacobs Cream Crackers '

' Avon Tyres '

' Jack Barclay Rolls Royce and Bentley '

' Samuel White of Cowes – Standard 37 Footer ' boat cruiser

' Escudo Cigarettes '

 

Our Note Book by Arthur Bryant

The Biography of a Long Neglected Artist – "John Martin" by Thomas Balston –
An Appreciation by Sir John Squire

The Aftermath of War –by Cyril Falls

Science column – by E. S. Grew  .

Fiction of The Week – Reviews column by K. John

Theatre by J. C. Trewin

Books – What the Scientists Say of the Atom
Meet the Atoms by O. R. Frisch -Atom and its Energy by Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade
Atomic Challenge by Professors J. D. Cockcroft etc
The Electron Microscope by V. E. Cosslett -etc – Column by W. R. Calvert

 

 

February 28th

South of England in the snow -

Adverts - Rootes Group Humber cars - British Celanese interior colour

 

March 6th

City of Oxford replanned

The Siamese cat-

with Vivien leigh -

Johnnie Walker Puffing Billy - Guinness Alice Mushroom growth and caterpillar -

Marlborough College

Great Tangley Manor near Guildford

March 13th

March 20th

27 Black and White whisky Rugger - Fords of Dagenham

March 27th

 

 

April 3rd

April 10th

Austin A40 - 1/4 p ICI Robert of Chester - Abdulla 7 cigarettes Painting

Bath

 

April 17th

24 Railcrash 24 dead at Winsford, Cheshire

 

May 1st

Wolseley Cars - Dunlop Historic City maps 'Edinburgh'

May 8th

 

12p colour supp 25 years married the King and Queen, silver wedding edition

 

May 15th

Wrights Coaltar soap, Birds - Kodak air Archeaology Bradbury Dorset

 

May 22nd

Women who died for their country

Women who died for their country

 

Ford advert Dagenham marshes

Ford Dagenham Marshes and smuggling -

De Havilland Dove the executive jet

 

May 29th

Rail crash at Wath, Rotheram, 6 dead - How ASDIC works for submarines

 

 

June 5th Vol. 212, no.5694

King & Queen & Chelsea Flower Show photos - 3 pages,

Article by Arthur Bryant,

Sea Painters of Britain by Sir John Squire,

The Arab-Jewish War 2 pages, Spain 2 pages,

Aftermath of War: Military Theories in the United States, by Cyril Falls, Queens College, Cambridge
3 pages, Blood Sucking Flies, Queens College Cambridge Quintcentenary 4p Imperial leather Orchid Hybrid

June 12th

June 19th

map of Jerusalem - Trooping the colour cancelled in case it rained! -

Dewars the Ship RMS Queen Elizabeth - Cars for Bread the Nuffield organisation

 

June 26th

July 3rd

Craven A cigarettes made to prevent sore throats - Guinness, Alice studies Natural History

July 10th

 

July 17th

Johnnie Walker Cricket - Dunlop Map "Winchester"

July 24th

31 Kia-ora by Hoffnung - Abdulla 7 Cruising

 

August 7th

opening ceremony of the Olympic games, Wembley

August 14th

supermarket shopping in the USA - pictures from the olympics -
Shopping with a car Nuffield organisation - Kodak Chemistry drawings of Edinburgh

August 21st

The marvels and mysteries of the nestling bird 7 drawings -
Flamingoes in the delta of the Rhone -
7 pics a Berliners life and the cold war -
Fanny Blankers Koen 6 pics
Edinburgh Festival conductors and artists -
celebration of Cologne Cathedral 7th century 3 pics -
Jerusalem - Malaya sport... England v Australia test 4 pics
and returning Dutch atheletes -
George Stephensons centennary -
aero modelling 2p 20 plus drawings of gliders , jets , piston engined planes
5 pics of floods in the Borders of England and Scotland,
10 pics events of the week and personalities,
Sir Malcolm Sargent , Boult , Menuhin etc -
Nancy Spain reviews Mrs Beeton and her husband 5 pics -
Flamingoes in the delta of the Rhone

August 28th

Moor Park in danger of demolition -

Britains tobacco crisis shortage of tabs (cigs) -
model engineer exhibition - War in the Himalayas 3 p
Guinness, Alice.. Bottle and Jug - Capstan Yacht -
A history of the British Post Office

September 4th

The Ridderzal Queen Julianna drawings 3p The Coffee House Social scene

Sept 11th

Queen Whilemena of the Netherlands abdicates and inauguration of Queen Julianna 9p -

Johnnie Walker Ships - Abdulla 7 Ballerina

Sept 18th

25 Dehavilland Compression chamber - Dunlop Cities "Lincoln"

 

October 2nd

October 9th

How an atomic bomb works !! - 100th day of Berlin airlift -

Black and White Whisky Golf - Lotus shoes "Out of reach" - Englands waterways Canals etc

 

Octtober16th

London before 1666 Thomas Wyck - Malaya guerilla warfare

 

October 23rd

The DoDo bird - Crufts - Austin - Hillman Minx

 

Octobert 30th

Motor Show - W.H. Smith a history 4p

 

November 6th

Huntley and Palmers biscuits - Schweppervescence

November 13th

introduction of forklift truck causes strike - Truman elected President of USA

November 20th

royal supplement birth of Prince Charles - Johnnie Walker Sports cars - Guinness, Alice in Snowmansland

November 27th

The Orcades - ICI 1/4 page Robert Boyle

 

December 4th

December 11th

 

December 18th

December 25th

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