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"LAKONIA" Survivors arrive back in England. 265 survivors — 124 passengers and 141 members of the crew — arrived at Tilbury, Essex, aboard the "ARCADIA", sister hip of the ill-fated "LAKONIA". Latest report say that the "Lakonia" sank while being ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Putting out flames on a giant aircraft carrier.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The efforts of Dr. Harsanyi, an Argentine farmer, and Karl Oepen, a West German master locksmith.
Daily Mirror
Captain Erikson and Wife Saved from Wrecked Windjammer
Captain and wife saved from wrecked windjammer. A dramatic photograph taken as Captain Erikson, the captain, was being rescued by breeches buoy from the wreck of his famous old windjammer, HERZOGIN CECILIE, on the rocks at Salcombe, Devon. His wif...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Dean Gooderham Acheson, newly appointed United States Secretary of State, succeeding George C. Marshall. The photo recorded by the United States Information Service (USIS).
The Times of Ceylon Press